While the T43 is a laptop, and therefore more portable than the desktop built in the article, it is also 5 years old. Unless it was upgraded, it will have a sma

While the T43 is a laptop, and therefore more portable than the desktop built in the article, it is also 5 years old. Unless it was upgraded, it will have a smaller hard drive and slower CPU, giving you less performance. The T43 is a great computer (I used to own one), but being that the author specifically wanted a machine that was upgradeable, it would not be useful in this situation.