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I have too many Thinkpads (10, I think) and it is time to unload this one since I haven't used it much in the last year. I have a new X61s on the way and just can't justify having five 12" Thinkpads lying around.

For sale is an X60, model 1706-CTO, which has been significantly upgraded from the stock configuration and has an active ON-SITE Lenovo warranty which runs until February 8, 2010. The laptop was sold originally in a bundle which included an Ultrabase, however the Ultrabase and enclosed optical drive IS NOT INCLUDED in this sale, as I will continue to use it with another X60 and an X61s.

Current (upgraded) configuration of the laptop is:

Intel T2400 processor (hope I got that right)

XGA (no apparent defects in the display that I can detect)

2GB RAM in 2 sticks (1gb of IBM RAM with FRU sticker was added to the original 1gb)

100gb Hitachi 7K100 7200rpm drive, with Hitachi warranty until April of 2010, with original diskload. I am also including the virtually unused original 80gb drive that shipped with the notebook and which carries the 3 year warranty along with the system.

Intel 802.11 WiFi card (FRU 42T0852 according to parts list), Intel 3945 A/B/G

8-cell X60 battery in "Good" condition 4 cycles, with 66.84 Wh full charge capacity; "design" capacity was 74.88 Wh. Batteries only have a 1 year warranty so this battery is no longer under warranty. The low cycle count is due to the fact that often used another, 4 cell, battery bought separately instead of this one, however I am not including the 4-cell in this sale (I'll use it with my remaining X60).

Windows XP (original IBM Diskload). I will also include a set of recovery disks which I made initially from the machine. You could also make your own set if you wish.

I bought this machine new from Lenovo 2 years ago and have been the only owner and the only user. The laptop is in very good shape with no defects however it has been used a little and hence shows some small signs of wear. It has been used approximately 4.5 months during the last 2 years, only for travel. I use my larger Thinkpads when I am home. I have the original box and contents, and of course the laptop will be shipped with its charger.

Price is $475 OBO plus actual shipping within the USA, and prefer Paypal. I'd prefer to sell it within the USA as international shipping is a PITA. If the laptop is not sold in the next few days I'll either sell it to a friend or on ebay. You can contact me by PM on this board.

ken

addendum: The original post erroneously stated that the Hitachi 7K100 warranty ended in 2008; the drive was manufactured in April of '07, and carries a warranty with Hitachi for 3 years, until April of 2010.

This is a bump.

I have a friend who wants to buy this from me, but since he is a friend who doesn't have much money, I'd have to give him a deal that might give me indigestion

If anyone here has interest in this laptop please let me know soon, since I'll probably offer it to my friend over the weekend.

ken

You have PM, sir.

Thank you,
threedaysrest.

Hello everyone,

After essentially zero response for a number of days I've had some interest expressed to me in PMs regarding this sytem. Thank you to everyone who has contacted me, even those who have asked me to ship this laptop to far flung places, which I have indicated that I WILL NOT DO. One person in particular wants me to ship the laptop at my own expense about 8500 miles, and for so little money that I'd donate the laptop to the local library before I'd do THAT.

To the two people who have expressed serious interest, it is possible that the laptop will again be available this weekend.

Due to the general lack of interest for several days after my initial post, I offered the laptop to my friend who lacks funds but who is nonetheless my friend. He is going to tell me one way or the other if he will buy it on Saturday; he told me this afternoon he is 95% sure he will buy it. Given the low asking price we are starting with ($475), the amount less that he can pay is compensated somewhat by the reduced hassle I'll have since I can simply hand the laptop to him and be done with it, not having any need to deal with UPS or Fedex or to worry about what they might do to it en route.

I am not requesting that this thread be locked, because the laptop may well become available again in less than 2 days, and if so I'll simply bump it back up again to show it is still available, and I'll then contact those people who have contacted me with serious interest.

Thanks for your patience. I did not offer the laptop to my friend before it started to look like there was very little hope of selling it to a forum member.

ken

Hi,

I want to thank everyone who expressed interest in this laptop. My friend has decided to buy it, and in fact has already taken it with him.

This thread can be locked.

ken