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For sale is a Thinkpad R50p. Overall condition is 9.5/10. The flexview LCD is in excellent condition, around 9.8/10. No scratches, no bright spots, no dark spots, no dead pixels; however, there is noticeable light bleed in the lower corners. Its mostly visible with a black background, not as much during normal use. The keyboard looks brand new.

Specifications:
Intel Pentium M 1.7GHz
15" UXGA Flexview LCD
1GB RAM (1x1GB)
60GB 7200RPM Hard drive
ATI FireGL T2 GPU
DVD-RW Ultrabay Slim drive
6 cell battery (yellow 10.24Wh remaining)
Windows XP Pro SP3 installed (COA on bottom)
Ports: 2x USB2, VGA, parallel, modem, ethernet, audio out, mic in, PCMCIA, S-Video

Model Type: 1832-NU1

Picture: http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk15 ... p/r50p.jpg

Price: $280 shipped to CONUS. International available for extra. Payment with paypal.

Feel free to ask any questions.

sparta.rising wrote:For sale is a Thinkpad R50p. Overall condition is 9.6/10 (EDIT: See below). The flexview LCD is in excellent condition, around 9.8/10. No scratches, no bright spots, no dark spots, no dead pixels... there is a small amount of light bleed in the corner, not very noticeable. The keyboard looks brand new.

Feel free to ask any questions.

Edit: Shoot I just realized that the plastic grill over the heatsink is broken. I'm not sure when this happened, but the heatsink itself is unaffected. Here's a picture:
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk15 ... broken.jpg

Is it easy and cheap to replace the plastic grill section of the laptop?

CoffeeBeans wrote:
Is it easy and cheap to replace the plastic grill section of the laptop?

You would have to buy a new base and move everything (LCD assembly, motherboard, etc.) over to it. Not really worth the trouble, IMHO.

The grill really wouldn't effect you very much, I'd say its mostly cosmetic. But if you are interested in the laptop, and that is keeping you from buying it, PM me.

Installed from a clean copy of XP OEM. But I can throw in a set of T42/R51 recovery discs... those should work with an R50 right?

Yes, the T42 recovery disks will work. This is a nice system, I have one for my son, works just like my T42P, same parts except for the optical drive, it can take the taller versions.

But I found the slim at a good price

Price drop, I'm also going to be replacing the base, so the machine will be flawless.

So tempting..........just sold a T43p awhile back and miss this type notebook.

The bottom has been replaced, so there are no longer any broken parts. Its in excellent condition.

sparta.rising wrote:Model Type: 1832-NIU

No match on this. 1832-NU1 perhaps?

Also, does it have Bluetooth?

1832-NU1 thanks
Yes it has bluetooth
The wireless card is the Atheros "Dual-band" a/b card

Gosh I've had so many people locally back out after days of planning or just plain no-show. Dropping the price again.

S.R, this is one of my favorite Thinkpads. The LCD on these is awesome. In fact I just bought another R50P because I had to have that UXGA IPS Flexview LCD once again. Good luck with the sale. This a great price for an R50P. Even $350 would be a steal.

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