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For sale - A Thinkpad R51 in good condition. There are no cracks in the plastics, the keyboard (NMB Thai made) is in nice condition with very minor key shine. The LCD has a brand new backlight, and it is as bright as the day it came out of the box. There are no scratches on the LCD screen, no pressure marks, and no dead pixels. There are some specs of dust on the very bottom part of the LCD, visible only on a white background. There are some scratches on the outer LCD lid/cover from normal wear. The battery holds about 1/3 of it's original charge. The R51 runs for about an hour on the battery. There is a Windows XP COA associated with this machine, and the machine will come with XP Pro installed and with a recovery partition. I will include a set of XP recovery discs.

Here are the original specifications with changes noted;

Original description:
P M 1.6GHz
256MB RAM >>Now 512MB RAM
60GB 4200rpm HDD >>Now 40GB 5400rpm HDD
15" SXGA+(1400x1050) TFT LCD
32MB ATI Radeon 9000
24x24x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD >>Now CDROM Drive
Intel 802.11b/g wireless(MPCI)
Modem(CDC)
1Gb Ethernet(LOM)
UltraNav, Secure Chip
IEEE 1394
6 cell Li-Ion battery
WinXP Pro

$280 plus actual shipping to anywhere in the world. Paypal preferred. All reasonable offers considered.

http://thinkpads.vedet.net/pictures/r51_a.JPG
http://thinkpads.vedet.net/pictures/DSC01280_a.JPG

Note: This machine is the result of a long running forum project. Many of the parts and all of the labor were/was donated by members. In effect, the machine is currently 'owned' by the members here, and I am acting as their agent. To see the work that went into this machine, see the thread below. By purchasing this machine you will also be supporting ongoing projects in this very forum, and ultimately the forum itself. Thanks to everyone who participated in the 'Thinkpads.com R51 project'.
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... sc&start=0

Ok then. What would happen if we upgrade the hard drive to a 40GB 5400rpm Seagate (with 3 Yr. warranty) and install XP Pro, with a recovery partition. Same price. Any interest now?

Price drop - $280 plus actual shipping. Hard Drive upgrade now included.

This is a great buy Harry!

If I didn't pick up this R52, I would buy it..........

Good luck,
Ron

Thanks Ron. If I had the money, I'd buy it myself. Just picked up an X32 and the upgrades killed my "Thinkpad Fund"

**SOLD** to a forum member.