yes it does fit. Anyone who has one is laughing at my above desciption of why I couldn't fit it in. It fits well and works great!

nm ... I feel like an idiot ... I figured it out ... sorry gus

Hi; I ordered a Kensigton MicroSaver security cable from www.dell.com I thought the Kensington was suppose to fit the T42. My model is specifically the T42 2373-9XU. I doubt that makes any difference though. It's the normal keylocking Kensington Microsaver. It looks like it would fit if the two bars...

ditto, just got my 2373-9xu today. Thanks Bill, you rock.

somewhat of a noob suggestion here ... there should also be a spot for people to talk about sources to view/buy thinkpads. In particular Bill, I ended up buying from him but was a bit leary of it at first, it might help BIll reel in some customers too if there was an area to talk about buying experi...

is there anyway to replace the parralell yourself with say firewire? Taht would be way better than buying a PCMIA card

wow ... you must rack up the frequent flyer miles. From the post a couple back about paying for form and having everything compacted into a small notebook ... I agree to a certain extent. My point was about things like buring DVD's that most will do very rarely, unless your backing up constantly. Yo...

this is an un-deucated response and I'll try and verify this ina bit when I have some time but I don't think the DVD burner will burn at 16x. I think it 2x ... maybe 4x maximum. Even big external players just came out with the capability to burn at 16x. Most of them are still 8x edit: my mistake I j...

you can phone the IBM sales line and tell them you want to see itbefore you buy it. They will refer you to an IBM business partner (someone kind of like Bill I believe) who sells to businesses in your area. They gave me the name of three distributors in Edmonton. These are not normal retail chains (...

I was also trying to decide between 2 of the models you're looking at. The 2373-9xu and the 2373-9zu. It is $140 dollar difference between the two and as you know the only diference is the dvd burner. For that $140 dollars you can get a much better external burner. Unless you need to write dvd's whi...

a couple of people have had success phoning IBM service and asking the battery be replaced with the sony one. Apparantly they ship you the new battery and give you a prepaid box to ship the other one back in. I would try this if I was you?

7) for security ... get a firewall (zone alarms pro 4.5) and use an antivirus as well.

according to the review at pcworld.com it seemed like many of the features on system mechanic and other suites were already included in xp and worked just as well on xp, the ones that weren't (rapid restore recue/recover type functions) are icluded on IBM. I was wondering whether I really needed a s...

It's been a week or so since I posted this thread. In that time I hae been reading online reviews and trying to learn as much about it as I can. Basically in terms of internet security; Firewall - Zone Alarm Pro 4.5 (includes pop-up blocker/cookie cleaner) Anti-virus - Norton Spyware - Adaware 6.0 a...

I can second that ... I have no idea how I even came onto this forum ... random search i think and it has been nothing but good. I've learned a lot, contributed a little bit (how much can I guy really do without a T series computer), and recently ordered a computer at a great price from Bill. Thanks...

I would think a 15 inch screen with the 1600 x 1200 resolution would be best. What is your price range?

I don't have my t42 yet but just out of curiosity if you listen top music that often off your computer and it is ab "important factor" in buying a computer to you, why wouldn't you just spend some money on external speakers. way better than any notebook speakers even reasonably priced ones.

not to jack the thread or anything but it does kinda realte to buying from Bill ... after you place your order how long does it take Bill to get the computer? Obviously assuming he doens't have it in stock and has to get it from IBM.

and Bill doesn't have to charge sales tax unless you live in Florida

according to what I have heard bill will take the computer back on an exchange for a two week period or I think you can return it for a 6% restocking fee. But you should really ask Bill to personally verify that ... bill@thinkpads.com

go to the mainpage of this forum ... thinkpads.com ... and scroll down until you find the list of thinkpads Bill is selling. He has the 2373-GEU which is a t41p on sale from 3219 to 2600. It has everything your looking for I believe

no idea ... phone a sales rep at 1-888-SHOP-IBM, they are helpful and you don't have to wait long to talk to them.

There is certainly a computer out there with those specs. What is your price range? Also just for reference the onyl hardrive that comes at 7200 is the 60 GB one. Here is one example of something that fits your specs though it is very expensive and most likely overkill for what your looking for. htt...

Here is one idea. It is made for powerbooks but since the T series 14 inch is smaller in every way it would fit in there. Scroll down to the brown and black leather ones as I think they're probably the best for a low key look. Some of them are pretty out there. http://www.acmemade.com/bags.html EDIT...

I would love a gmail account if anyone has an invite to offer ...

phat_mats@hotmail.com

Hi,

The t-series I am ordering has bluetooth so I was thinking about getting a bluetooth notebook travel mouse. However if it is a big draw on battery life then I would probably just use trackpoint or the touch pad. Also would the battery draw be any more than a USB wireless mouse? Thanks

Mat

I would also like to know ... especially when watching movies.

I know IBm has accidental coverage that you can buy for extra. I could not find the info on IBM.com If I find it I'll post it up ...

Hi;

I was just wondering if Bill was an IBM Business Partner or how it was that he attains these computers. Bill I'm sure you've been asked and answered this 100 times but if your out there could you let me know. Or if anyone else knows already ...

Thanks

k found this ... it's at a canadian site and it's $100 her so like approx $70 USD. It has 2 USB 2.0 Ports and 1 Firewire, one of the USB 2.0 is powered. It does look like it sticks out a long way though. http://www.compusmart.com/product.asp?CatalogID=0&SupplierPartID=842208&CurrentSegment=Periphera...