Quote Originally Posted by MJZiggy
Quote Originally Posted by retailguy
meanwhile, my T42, bought used off a 6mo. lease (one of the 1st centrino processors), has got a new hard drive. That's it. My IBM is clearly a better machine in all aspects. It isn't even close. The VAIO has a catchy purplish cover and a cool logo. But, there isn't anything else to back the bling up with.
But the Thinkpad isn't made by IBM anymore. I don't even know what I'm looking for in graphics cards.

Skin, are the new ones backward compatible with CS2?
The new what? Any graphics will be sufficient. You're not doing 3D rendering so I'm sure integrated graphics will be more than adequate.