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My nephew is a student and I´d like to buy a X40 for him. A nice one, well preserved, in excellent condition.

Specification: 1,4 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM, 40 GB HDD, b/g wifi, IBM warranty would be sweet.
Dock is not important neither system recovery in the hidden partition.

I am prepared to pay 300 - 500 USD; I hope it is an adequate amount. If I am wrong, please correct me.
If these machines are more expensive he will get my X21 ...

You will get a nice X3* series in that price range. It will be faster and there is less hassle with the HDD - although it's a slightly larger size.

savarin is a wonderful guy to deal with, I'll personally vouch for him!

fasterbybike wrote:You will get a nice X3* series in that price range. It will be faster and there is less hassle with the HDD - although it's a slightly larger size.

That's debatable. I've had both and kept the X40 because I liked it a lot more. It's smaller, thinner and lighter. The X31 is a bit faster with a 7200rpm drive but one converts X40 to fast flash cards the difference in speed is not that big.

How much does the flash conversion cost and what's involved?

Thanks Sri!

I have both. X31 is permanently crank, now I have to change the motherboard. X40 - no problems, lightweight, excellent battery.
Differences in speed are not so gigantic.

My personal experience says - buy a X40.

FredGarvin wrote:How much does the flash conversion cost and what's involved?

It depends on what cards you use. A good Addonics 2 card adapter costs around $30 and a good speedy 16GB card can be around $170. The second card can be a bit slower, so figure $60-70. This is a lot comparing to hard disks but keep in mind that SSD drives are pretty expensive as is all fast flash. You can split this by buying a fast card + adapter now and then adding a second card later. Keep in mind that the 2 card trick only works with X40 which has an older controller. X41 can only use 1 flash card.

With X31 you'd need a 7200rpm PATA drive to get some serious performance and those drives are now becoming rare and expensive.

With flash, the cost is the only real downside. After converting my machine I noticed that it became much quieter and cooler. It also has much smaller chances of failure as those Hitachi 1.8in drives are known to last less than their 2.5in counterparts in general. The machine also became noticeably faster in certain tasks such as booting. Some tweaking needs to be done in order to install Windows/Linux but it's quite doable and instructions are available on this forum.

synchromesh wrote:

FredGarvin wrote:How much does the flash conversion cost and what's involved?

It depends on what cards you use. A good Addonics 2 card adapter costs around $30 and a good speedy 16GB card can be around $170. The second card can be a bit slower, so figure $60-70. This is a lot comparing to hard disks but keep in mind that SSD drives are pretty expensive as is all fast flash. You can split this by buying a fast card + adapter now and then adding a second card later. Keep in mind that the 2 card trick only works with X40 which has an older controller. X41 can only use 1 flash card.

With X31 you'd need a 7200rpm PATA drive to get some serious performance and those drives are now becoming rare and expensive.

With flash, the cost is the only real downside. After converting my machine I noticed that it became much quieter and cooler. It also has much smaller chances of failure as those Hitachi 1.8in drives are known to last less than their 2.5in counterparts in general. The machine also became noticeably faster in certain tasks such as booting. Some tweaking needs to be done in order to install Windows/Linux but it's quite doable and instructions are available on this forum.

Or you can just buy this and be done with it:
http://supertalent.com/products/ssd_det ... Drive%20ET

AvalonXIII wrote:Or you can just buy this and be done with it:
http://supertalent.com/products/ssd_det ... Drive%20ET

You definitely could but they end up being far more expensive per gigabyte. The 16GB one costs about $300 while the setup I proposed costs $200 and it gives you an option to add another flash card later on. That's a pretty sizable difference on an under $500 machine.

I have a x41 tablet for sale. It's used and in presentable condition. It is a Pentium-M Centrino 1.2GHz(ULV) X41 tablet (1866). Lenovo warranty until 2009/02/05.

It's fully functional and comes with a new IBM x41 tablet bag, a new trackpoint cap, two working batteries(one 4-cell and one 8-cell), and a AC adapter.

Please refer to the photos in this link:
http://xrl.in/94n
It's the actual laptop and accessories you will get.

I am asking for $525 shipped to the US. extra for international shipping.

Let me know if you have any questions or if you are interested.
My eBay account: sclantw1

synchromesh wrote:

AvalonXIII wrote:Or you can just buy this and be done with it:
http://supertalent.com/products/ssd_det ... Drive%20ET

You definitely could but they end up being far more expensive per gigabyte. The 16GB one costs about $300 while the setup I proposed costs $200 and it gives you an option to add another flash card later on. That's a pretty sizable difference on an under $500 machine.

That is very true, especially when you consider the price of a x40, it's not worth it to invest too much in it. Point taken

Teetee, thank you for your offer but I am not looking for X41T. I have one and I know it.

I sent PM to you.

I've got an X40 I'm going to sell. It's a 2371-6EJ model, which means it was a Japanese model.

Here are the specs: P M 1.2GHz LV, 760MB RAM, 40GB HDD, 12.1 XGA(1024x768) TFT LCD, Intel Extreme, IBM 802.11b/g wireless(MPCI), Modem (CDC), 1Gb Ethernet(LOM), Secure Chip, 4 cell Li-Ion battery, WinXP Pro
Note: Originally shipped with 256MB of RAM, this has 760MB installed. It also comes with a 4-cell battery instead of the 8 cell

Unfortunately, it only had a 1-yr warranty and that expired in 2005.

It has a new install of Windows XP and it's using the CD key from the sticker on the bottom of the laptop. It doesn't have the pre-boot area or the recovery discs.

It actually has a Japanese keyboard, but I can locate a US one to swap the keyboard with if you wish. It also needs a power adapter as I'm currently using the one from my T43 on it.

The computer is fully functional and in great shape cosmetically. I can get you some pictures if you wish. Looking for $350+shipping. Let me know if this is reasonable.

EDIT: I've also got an X41 for sale. 2525-E9E. Looking for $450+shipping for this one. This one has a warranty until Dec of this year.

Rob

Rob, please post your location (city/country) in your profile per forum rules. It is required esp for marketplace if you are buying or selling anything.

gator wrote:Rob, please post your location (city/country) in your profile per forum rules. It is required esp for marketplace if you are buying or selling anything.

Thanks... Updated. It's been a long time since I've sold anything on this website

Rob

Rob, thanks for understanding.

Also you have a PM reg. the X41.

Rob, you have a PM in your box.

YGM!