By
Harald Thon,
published on August 19, 2003
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: thinkpad, g40 | Themes: Business Notebooks
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: thinkpad, g40 | Themes: Business Notebooks
Contents
- 1. Decisions, Decisions: Notebook Or Desktop PC
- 2. The PC Halfling: The ThinkPad G40
- 3. The PC Halfling: The ThinkPad G40, Continued
- 4. Pictures Of The G40
- 5. In The Other Corner - Shuttle SB61G2
- 6. In The Other Corner - Shuttle SB61G2, Continued
- 7. Benchmarks Under Windows XP
- 8. Synthetic Benchmarks
5. In The Other Corner - Shuttle SB61G2

In order to have a standard of reference, we built a conventional desktop PC based on the SB61G2 barebones system from Shuttle that costs roughly the same amount as the G40 (including 15" TFT display, mouse, keyboard and operating system).
| Model | Shuttle SB61G2 |
|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Pentium4 2.40 GHz//FSB 200MHz |
| Memory Type | PC3200 DDR SDRAM |
| Amount of Memory | 512 MB (2x256 MByte) |
| Chipset Northbridge | 865G |
| Chipset Southbridge | ICH-5 |
| Graphics Controller | Intel 82865G (Core 266MHz/Memory200MHz) |
| Network | Realtek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet |
| Audio | Realtek AC'97 Audio |
| DVD-Drive | Sony DDU1621 16x/24x |
| Harddisc | Maxtor Diamond Max Plus 60 5T040H4 ATA-5 40 GB/7200rpm/2 MB |
| USB ports | 6x (2x F, 4xB) |
| 1394 ports | 2x( 1x mini F, 1x B) |
| Serial Ports | 1x (B) |
| Parallel Ports | No |
| VGA out | Yes (B) |
| Keyboard/Mouse Connector | Yes/Yes (B/B) |
| Line-in/Speaker/Microphone | Yes/Yes/Yes (F) |
| Bass/Center-/Rear-/Front-out | Yes/Yes/Yes (B) |
| SPDIF-In/Out | Yes/Yes (B) |
| B=Backside, F=Front | |
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