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Re: Original List Prices of IBM (and some Lenovo) era ThinkPads

#31 Post by edik » Sat Jun 30, 2018 10:48 pm

Still busy at work but hope to update soon and fill in some of the pre 2010 stuff missed.

2020: P50/E3-1535M/24GB/3xSSD/FHD
2018: T550/16/IPS 3K/72Wh
2007-2018: T450, T520/i7, X200s, T500, A31p, A30p, T42p, X60s, X32, X31
Gone but not forgotten 1998-2006: 2006 T43p 2668-H2G (2GB/60), T22 2648-8EG (128/20) 2005 X40, X31 2004 T30 SXGA+, 600X, 2003 770 P233+DVD Card, 760XD 1998 760XL+104MB

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Re: Original List Prices of IBM (and some Lenovo) era ThinkPads

#32 Post by Yukikaze » Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:22 am

What did you guys really learn? That laptops got more expensive for the same specs?
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Re: Original List Prices of IBM (and some Lenovo) era ThinkPads

#33 Post by TonyJZX » Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:05 pm

Laptops used to be very expensive. I have a few T20/21 etc. in the garage and as noted, they are $3,699 for a base config. As much as $5k for a big build.

Cut to say 2010 and a Edge 14" was like usd $500.

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Re: Original List Prices of IBM (and some Lenovo) era ThinkPads

#34 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:25 am

Anyone realize that TWBOOK.pdf has a bunch of the prices of early Thinkpads?
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Re: Original List Prices of IBM (and some Lenovo) era ThinkPads

#35 Post by mpcook » Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:56 pm

Wow! Using the listed price since I don't have the original configurations, I must have spent over $18,000 on new ThinkPads back in the old days. All were paid list price by my employer, who couldn't understand my fascination with these ThinkPads, but, since I had my own budget, I had the freedom to spend on what I wanted.

500  $1,699
600E $2,999
600X $4,100
T20  $3,699
T21  $2,999
T23  $3,149
TOTAL= $18,645
Current: 2 x W520 ET, 2 x X220 i7, T420, X230 i5, T420s, MacbookPro, Dell Venue 11 Pro, Dell XPS 8930, X1 Yoga 3GEN
Past: IBM5150-8088 500 600E 600X T20 T21 5xT23 X30 3xX31 X32 T40 T42 3xT43 T43p SL510 T60p X60T X60s T61 2xT400 T410si T400s T500-3.06GHz X200 X201 X220i5 X220i7 2xT420s

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Re: Original List Prices of IBM (and some Lenovo) era ThinkPads

#36 Post by kfzhu1229 » Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:01 am

I bought my ThinkPad T530 with a price tag of ¥6000 (roughly $1000) back in 2012.
Original Specs:
i3-2328m 2.2Ghz
2GB RAM single channel
NVS 5400M (that saved my butt for futureproof as everything else can be upgraded)
1366x768 display
6 cell battery
standard Bluetooth + Wi-Fi bgn
500gb 7200rpm hdd
basically everything but the hard drive and gpu are base spec
Dell Lat CP MMX-233 64mb 40gb W2k
600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)

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Re: Original List Prices of IBM (and some Lenovo) era ThinkPads

#37 Post by edik » Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:02 pm

Anyone realize that TWBOOK.pdf has a bunch of the prices of early Thinkpads?
I'll go through and add these, although I think I sourced some early prices from the TW pdf's - sometime since I looked at this need to focus on total accuracy (although think most are accurate but you can always get better!). Will revisit as the newer stuff is very incomplete as well.

Can Bill make this universally editable? Then all can improve... would be far better!

2020: P50/E3-1535M/24GB/3xSSD/FHD
2018: T550/16/IPS 3K/72Wh
2007-2018: T450, T520/i7, X200s, T500, A31p, A30p, T42p, X60s, X32, X31
Gone but not forgotten 1998-2006: 2006 T43p 2668-H2G (2GB/60), T22 2648-8EG (128/20) 2005 X40, X31 2004 T30 SXGA+, 600X, 2003 770 P233+DVD Card, 760XD 1998 760XL+104MB

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Re: Original List Prices of IBM (and some Lenovo) era ThinkPads

#38 Post by edik » Tue Dec 31, 2019 1:44 pm

Was just llooking at the 700C specs, 10.5-inch active-matrix color LCD, this may well be the first active matrix screen laptop? I always assumed it was DSTN!

2020: P50/E3-1535M/24GB/3xSSD/FHD
2018: T550/16/IPS 3K/72Wh
2007-2018: T450, T520/i7, X200s, T500, A31p, A30p, T42p, X60s, X32, X31
Gone but not forgotten 1998-2006: 2006 T43p 2668-H2G (2GB/60), T22 2648-8EG (128/20) 2005 X40, X31 2004 T30 SXGA+, 600X, 2003 770 P233+DVD Card, 760XD 1998 760XL+104MB

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Re: Original List Prices of IBM (and some Lenovo) era ThinkPads

#39 Post by MikalE » Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:37 pm

Can we make this thread a 'Sticky'?
A31p P-IV 2Ghz, 2MB, 2653-R6U
T500 T9600 2055-BE9
T510 i5 4384-DV7
T510 i7 4349-A64
T520 i7QM 4242-4UU Highly Modified
T16 i7 1260P 21BV000SUS

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Re: Original List Prices of IBM (and some Lenovo) era ThinkPads

#40 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:23 am

This has been a "Sticky" for years already...
Lovely day for a Guinness! (The Real Black Stuff)
Lenovo: X240, X250, T440p, T480, M900 Tiny.

PS: the old Boardroom website is still available on the Wayback Machine
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Re: Original List Prices of IBM (and some Lenovo) era ThinkPads

#41 Post by MikalE » Sun Jun 14, 2020 4:48 am

Thanks. I found it using a search and it did not indicate that it was. At least I did not see any indication.
A31p P-IV 2Ghz, 2MB, 2653-R6U
T500 T9600 2055-BE9
T510 i5 4384-DV7
T510 i7 4349-A64
T520 i7QM 4242-4UU Highly Modified
T16 i7 1260P 21BV000SUS

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