The Machine I am writing this message on was purchased from this same ebay seller!! The item came sealed in a IBM box with a IBM service sheet stating that the MOBO was changed do to video issues. I also have the pre-refurb SN and the post-refurb SN. One says it has no warranty and the other says it...

Works like a charm,, I have 8gb of ram running a Ubuntu/Debian mix (kernel 2.6.32) the hard drive is 500gb 7200Rpm.. I run the IBM Preloaded Windows XP 32bit in VmWare and give it access to a real NTFS part and toss it 3gigs of ram.. Runs AutoDesk and PhotoShop just fine!!! Type is 8889-CTO Now if I...