Trust No DVI, Mr.Mulder

GNOME 3, with a huge display, and given the Thinkpad T410's speed, it does become a truly usable Desktop Environment.
But, even with the added speed and a better video card (than the T60p) I still think that GNOME 3 is not intended to be used with more than a handfull of apps open at the same time.

Incidentally, the old Apple Cinema Display is ideal to watch The X Files on it... Started to (re) watch Season Three during this weekend.