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Price for a newish R50p?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:57 pm
by EvilH
I may be getting a newish Thinkpad R50p. It has a 1600 x 1200 15" Flexview, 128mb FireGL, 1gb Ram, 1.7ghz and 60gb 7200rpm. It is out of warranty but was hardly used and is in great condition. The guy is asking $850. Is this about right? Seems kinda high to me.
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:59 pm
by pianowizard
Yep, that's kinda high. Such a unit should be worth only around $550 to $600.
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:12 pm
by EvilH
I thought so. A quick purusal of ebay was turning up around $500- $650. Maybe it has some extras or something. I will find out what SKU is and if it comes with extra stuff.
Actually a new search of ebay turned up a couple in that price range. But they had warranties, and upgraded RAM.
Thinkpad R50p 1833-BU4
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:38 pm
by EvilH
So according to lenovo the specs are as follows:
P M 1.7GHz, 2GB RAM, 60GB 7200rpm HDD, 15 UXGA(1600x1200) TFT LCD, 128MB ATI FireGL T2, 24x24x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD, Modem(CDC), 1Gb Ethernet(LOM), Intel 802.11b wireless, Secure Chip (TCPA), 9 cell Li-Ion battery, No preload
No OS cause it was sold to a business and had a volume license. There are a couple on ebay with these specs for that price but they had DVD burners, an OS and some had warranty.
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:43 pm
by wearetheborg
EvilH wrote:I thought so. A quick purusal of ebay was turning up around $500- $650. Maybe it has some extras or something. I will find out what SKU is and if it comes with extra stuff.
Actually a new search of ebay turned up a couple in that price range. But they had warranties, and upgraded RAM.
They all have crappy "Mack" warranties.
I could sell you a grade 9/10 R50P, UXGA, with 2GB of ram, 60GB 7200 rpm hdd, 9 cell battery with cycle count of 4 with 63.28Wh remaining, new keyboard, for 715 shipped.
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:57 pm
by EvilH
hmm $715 shipped eh.. if i cant get my guy to go down on price I might take you up on that offer. he is getting the machine from siemens so im hoping it will have nifty add ons or something
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:02 pm
by wearetheborg
EvilH wrote:hmm $715 shipped eh.. if i cant get my guy to go down on price I might take you up on that offer. he is getting the machine from siemens so im hoping it will have nifty add ons or something
Sure, mine also has XP Pro presintalled fresh from the recovery partition. Currently waiting for the new keyboard (original one had a manufacturing defect).
Re: Price for a newish R50p?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:09 pm
by seaweedsl
EvilH wrote:I may be getting a newish Thinkpad R50p. It has a 1600 x 1200 15" Flexview, 128mb FireGL, 1gb Ram, 1.7ghz and 60gb 7200rpm. It is out of warranty but was hardly used and is in great condition. The guy is asking $850. Is this about right? Seems kinda high to me.
I just bought mine on this forum for $500. Only difference is it has 512 RAM ($40 less) and wireless G ($30 more)
Somebody else has here has the same for $535 shipped, with 512MB.
It's just down the list some, this week.
Steve