That should be fine. The extra space is at the front/rear of the T42 and I assume the 9 cell adds the 3/4" at the rear on the machine. The bag also allow 1.5" thickness and the T42 is on 1.0" so there's room for a few papers/manuals/whatever.

I picked up an inexpensive sleeve at ebags:
http://www.ebags.com/ebags/techweave_la ... elid=11320

It's a slightly larger than my 14" T42 but I'm happy for $18.

I got around to peeling them off tonight. The glue on mine was really tough and 80% stayed on the computer and rubbing made a real mess. A little strapping tape pulled it off though. (Sure glad I didn't have to get out the belt sander)

I got SP2 from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en (about 270MB) and it installed on my T42 in about 25 minutes with no problems. This is the original IBM install with all their "extras". Looks good so far. The IBM Updater wor...

I just got a new T42 2378-DUU...quite a nice upgrade from my old i-Series. I find the metallic Intel Centrino and Designed for XP labels distracting. On previous systems they peeled off easily but this seem to attached permanently. I'd like them off but don't want to damage the keyboard palm rest. H...