Thinkpads Forum

Whoever thought I was kidding when I said that I'll be getting rid off the vast majority of my ThinkPad collection was wrong...yes, that time has come. I'm giving all of these a couple of days on the forum before I start selling them through other channels...

A couple of general notes:

a) AC adapters are NOT included unless the description states differently.

b) Operating system is loaded from the original IBM/Lenovo recovery disks and matches the COA, with partition intact, unless stated otherwise.

c) Upgrades are available, as well as downgrades, within reason.


R61 # 1 (8927-A52)

Based on 8927-22U: T8100(2.1GHz), 2GB RAM, 160GB 5400rpm HD, 15.4in 1680x1050 LCD, 128MB nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M, CDRW/DVDRW, Wireless upgradeable, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, Secure chip, 9c Li-Ion, WinXP Pro

Stock condition apart from the addition of Intel 3945 ABG wireless card. Minimal wear on the lid, near mint otherwise. Runs like a deer. Native Penryn board, April of 2008. Middleton's BIOS. Green battery. Fully tested GPU, no flaws. Mini Dock with keys included.sale pending.

R61 # 2 custom built semi-FrankenPad

T7300(2.0GHz), 2GB RAM, 160GB 5400rpm HD, 15.4in 1680x1050 LCD, Intel X3100, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11abg wireless, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, Secure chip, 6c Li-Ion, WinXP Pro

This is an upgraded R61i. Very good physical condition, excellent LG Philips WSXGA+ LCD, green battery. Middleton's BIOS.No touchpad or docking station connection. $140

T61 (8891-CTO)

T9300(2.5GHz), 2GB RAM, No HDD (cover is included),14.1in 1400x1050 LCD, 128MB nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M, CDRW/DVD, Intel 802.11abg wireless, Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav,Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, 9c Li-Ion in "green", Win Vista Business COA, Middleton's BIOS.

March of 2008, native Penryn board, fully tested GPU. Normal wear and tear, but overall a clean (and powerful) example of the last 4:3 ThinkPad. Mini Dock with keys included.$SOLD.

T410 (2537-RB7)

i5-520M(2.4GHz), 4GB RAM, 160GB 7200rpm HD, 14.1in 1440x900 LCD, Intel 5700MHD, DVD, Intel 802.11agn wireless, WWAN option, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure Chip, Fingerprint reader, Camera, 6c Li-Ion, Win 7 Pro

Excellent condition, on-site warranty through end of September. 90W genuine Lenovo AC adapter included.SOLD

X61 (7674-CTO)

T7300 (2.0 GHz), 2GB RAM,160GB/5400rpm Hard disk drive,12.1in 1024x768 LCD, Intel X3100, Intel 4965AGN,Verizon WWAN, Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet,SD Card reader, Security Chip,Fingerprint reader, 8-cell extended battery in "green", UltraBase with CD-RW/DVD-ROM included, genuine Lenovo 90W AC adapter included. XP Pro.

Rare example with dual fans. Very good condition with signs of normal wear, needs nothing. on hold pending sale.

Z61m (9450-38U) Titanium lid model, upgraded - see specs below:

T7200(2.0GHz), 2GB RAM, no HDD, 15.4in 1680x1050 LCD, 128MB ATI Radeon X1400, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11abg wireless, Verizon WWAN, Bluetooth/Modem, 1Gb Ether, UltraNav, Sec Chip, IEEE 1394, FPR, Camera, 6c Li-Ion batt, WinXP Pro, modded BIOS.

My wife's best friend for over a year. One fabulous machine. Usual wear on the lid, small crack on the base plastic bottom. Excellent LG Philips LCD. Green Panasonic battery. Includes Mini Dock with keys. $175


I'm really not looking for trades - want this stuff out ASAP - but you are more than welcome to test the waters... the worst I can do is say "no".

Pictures are available on request.

PM or email me directly to tataslonATaol.com with any questions/concerns.

Hi Aj..
Seems like end of an era.

regards

Nope... just leaves room to add more ThinkPads

tabpclover wrote:Hi Aj..
Seems like end of an era.

regards

Indeed.

We can thank Lenovo's change to keyboard layout for that one...

emtee3511 wrote:

Nope... just leaves room to add more ThinkPads

I wish...

While I'm not leaving TPF, I am moving on to different hardware, apart from the classics in my signature...

Bump and PM coming

Ron

So George you moving to Apple or Panasonic hardwares?

lead_org wrote:So George you moving to Apple or Panasonic hardwares?

Neither, my good man.

Keeping the true classics and moving to EliteBooks.

Updated list, lowered prices

ajkula66 wrote: Keeping the true classics and moving to EliteBooks.

Why ? I thinky they are/were very loud?

George why are you suddenly moving to the HP Elitebook? is it because of the screen? or other reasons?

I would like to know as well, George. I find this pretty troubling. Mind telling us?

BTW, I would buy all of these ThinkPads from you if I had the money (I'm broke as a joke right now). I could use them for my TP collection.

lead_org wrote:George why are you suddenly moving to the HP Elitebook? is it because of the screen? or other reasons?

Well, the fact that Lenovo killed the old keyboard layout had sealed the deal. If I have to learn to type all over again, I may as well be looking at a proper LCD in the process...

thePCxp wrote:

I would like to know as well, George. I find this pretty troubling. Mind telling us?

BTW, I would buy all of these ThinkPads from you if I had the money (I'm broke as a joke right now). I could use them for my TP collection.

I really don't need all of these machines, and while I wouldn't mind keeping some of them, the fact of the matter is that they'll just collect dust if I don't sell them. Keeping a couple of best-loved examples, and moving away from ThinkPads which are becoming everything I positively hated about other laptops over the past decade or so...

lead_org wrote:So George you moving to Apple or Panasonic

ajkula66 wrote:Keeping the true classics and moving to EliteBooks

My bet was also Panasonic, but seems I was wrong

ajkula66 wrote:Well, the fact that Lenovo killed the old keyboard layout had sealed the deal

I'm not familiar with Elitebooks, but don't they also have an island keyboard as well? One of the consulting companies we work with has also HP Elitebooks, I was working with those guys last week and all of them had 8560p, which also had 6 rows island keyboards and a (very dark) 16:9 screen

Coming back to topic, if it weren't for the shipping costs over the pond and the customs fees they would charge me, I would also get some of those nice machines. it's a shame you're selling the Z61m! That's a unique one!

Greetings from the Alps!

Tasurinchi wrote:I'm not familiar with Elitebooks, but don't they also have an island keyboard as well? One of the consulting companies we work with has also HP Elitebooks, I was working with those guys last week and all of them had 8560p, which also had 6 rows island keyboards and a (very dark) 16:9 screen

Correct. Island all the way. My peeve is the layout, though, and I find HP's to be slightly less atrocious than the new ThinkPad one. And of course, Dream Color panels are vastly superior to anything that Lenovo has to offer.

Coming back to topic, if it weren't for the shipping costs over the pond and the customs fees they would charge me, I would also get some of those nice machines. it's a shame you're selling the Z61m! That's a unique one!

Yes, that's a very fine machine and whoever buys it will not be disappointed in the least.

ajkula66 wrote:Keeping the true classics and moving to EliteBooks.

A review of EliteBooks in German c't magazin said that
- in a quiet room, the sound from the fans was perceived as being disturbing, and that
- the metal palm rests felt cold - even after the notebooks had been powered on for substantial amounts of time.

TTY wrote:A review of EliteBooks in German c't magazin said that
- in a quiet room, the sound from the fans was perceived as being disturbing, and that
- the metal palm rests felt cold - even after the notebooks had been powered on for substantial amounts of time.

I'm certain that the said magazine also noted that a DreamColor IPS panel is as good as it gets on a notebook...*any* notebook.

I've lived with the original T43p before and its first BIOS/EC combo which made the fan noisy as hell, but I tolerated it because it was a spectacular machine overall. The same applies to the 8740W that I should be picking up shortly...

Having been around long enough to know that there's no such thing as a perfect laptop, I'm making the compromises that feel less painful than others for myself...not saying that anyone else should or should not follow the same path...

TTY wrote:- the metal palm rests felt cold - even after the notebooks had been powered on for substantial amounts of time.

That sounds ideal actually. One of the many reasons I use mainly desktops is that I hate warm palmrests. I think HP should call this the "Dream Palmrest".

im interested in T61 (8891-CTO)
i have 2 question : how much will it cost for shipping to turkey ?
and can you provide an ultrabay second hdd adapter for it ? t61's ultrabay is pata and i wantto connect my second sata hdd to ultrabay but i cant find right adapter.

@alitahrikii: Please check your private messages.

i can add my vote for the h/p display..
bright bright bright..
h/p vivid color brightview panels are all i use on the desktops..
the 17 inch laptop has a super panel..

sorry to see you selling out your thinkpads george but you're always welcome here..

BillMorrow wrote: sorry to see you selling out your thinkpads george but you're always welcome here..

I'm keeping several of my best-loved ThinkPads and FrankenPads, Bill, so it's not like I'm completely wiping everything out...

And as long you host the TPF, I'll be happy to participate...

I love the Elitebooks too, the screens have been the best since the 16:10 format became the standard. The brightview is nice but I prefer the WVA (wide viewing angle), which is HPs version of flexview. The dreamcolor is even better, but also a very costly upgrade. My favorite model is the 8710w, it's the closest to a thinkpad and had a traditional keyboard with real keys. I also have an 8740w, but I dislike any of the chicklet style keyboards, the flat rubber keys just don't give me the same feedback that I need to be able to type by feel without watching.

My idea of an ideal notebook would be the T60/61 frankenpad, but the 8710w gives you a similar system with a larger screen for much less money. They are rather large to be considered "mobile", but they make great desktop replacements.

TuuS wrote:...but I prefer the WVA (wide viewing angle), which is HPs version of flexview.

The IBM Flexview panels were IPS. Panels, that HP call WVA in EliteBook 8740W models, can be either TN or IPS. The TN panels have typical vertical viewing angles in the range of +/-55 degrees to +/-60 degrees. The EliteBook 8740W Workstation IPS panels have typical vertical viewing angles of +/-89 degrees (DreamColor).

In the current EliteBook 8770W Workstation series, HP uses a modified nomenclature. TN panels with minimum +/-50 degrees vertical viewing angles are still called WVA. The IPS (DreamColor) panels with +/-80 degrees minimum vertical viewing angles are now called Ultra Wide Viewing Angles (UWVA) panels.

OK, this thread has outlived its usefulness.

Will be starting a new one shortly.