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IBM Thinkpad A31

IBM Thinkpad A31
IBM Thinkpad A31IBM Thinkpad A31
alaScore 75

23 reviews

Apr, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 23 reviews of IBM Thinkpad A31. The average rating for this product is 3.7/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People really like the keyboard and price. The screen and reliability are also mentioned favorably. The battery and size get critical opinions, while there are some mixed views about the design.

performance, reliability, screen, price, keyboard

portability, size, battery

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the IBM Thinkpad A31 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 75/100 = Good quality.

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Expert review by : Carla Thornton (pcworld.com)

IBM Thinkpad A31 P4m-1.9g 30gb 256mb XPP 15xga DVD Enet 56k

 

WHAT'S HOT: Two modular bays, a great keyboard, and IBM-exclusive features distinguish the models of the ThinkPad A and A30P lines, including this budget-priced $1974 A31. Either of the A31's bays can hold several different types of devices, starting...

The keyboard boasts deep-moving but quiet keys, quick-acting volume buttons, and a bright red, easy-to-use eraserhead pointing device. A shortcut button at the top of the keyboard launches the notebook's software-based manual, a tour de force among...

Jan, 2003
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Expert review by : Carla Thornton (pcworld.com)

IBM ThinkPad A31

 

Multifaceted two-bay notebook turns in disappointing battery life.

Jan, 2003
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Expert review by : Carla Thornton (pcworld.com)

IBM THINKPAD A31 P4M-1.9G 30GB 256MB XPP 15XGA DVD ENET 56K (IBM-2652P3U)

 

Though not as suited to graphics pros as its higher-end siblings are, the relatively inexpensive A31 offers the A Series advantages of dual bays and an optional cable-free PDA dock.

Jan, 2003
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Expert review by : Carla Thornton (pcworld.com)

IBM ThinkPad A31 (1.6GHz Pentium 4, 256MB, 40GB, DVD/CDRW, Windows XP, 15

 
May, 2002
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Expert review by (pcmag.com)

IBM ThinkPad A31

 

The IBM ThinkPad A31 sports the slowest processor in our group, a 1.8-GHz P4-M, but we were not sorely disappointed with its performance test results across the board. Featurewise, the A31 is a knockout. Unique to the A31 are two Ultra bays, one on...

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Exceptionally stable and extremely flexible

 

I have owned two ThinkPad A31 machines for the past several years and can attest to their excellent construction and to a wonderfully flexible design, one which remains unmatched by today's crop of notebooks. My first A31 was a 2652-M4U machine ...

Stable, flexible, well-made, good service under IBM (not only in the US but overseas, too)

Dated architecture (USB ports 1.1, NOT 2.0) [buy PCCard USB 2.0!]

Jun, 2007
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Excellent Laptop

 

Read the previous review because everything he says is completely accurate. I only add the one caveat of this being the heaviest ThinkPad I've ever used. It definately makes it's presence known as you heft it around in it's bag. If you're buying it...

screen size & clarity, every feature of a desktop, fit, finish, * build quality

Weight

Sep, 2006
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

One bad mother

 

board that is. I purchased this machine about 16 months ago and it was trouble from day one. The very first time I booted up I received an error message that equated to a bad motherboard. Called IBM and requested a replaced a was assured that all that ...

Eventually customer service and getting rid of that machine!

The weight particularly and the whole machine all around.

Apr, 2004
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

One bad mother

 

Eventually customer service and getting rid of that machine!

The weight particularly and the whole machine all around.

Apr, 2004
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

The self destructing laptop

 

Good power saving options

Just about everything else.

Mar, 2004
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