T43p Update

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JHEM · #1 Post by **JHEM** » Tue May 24, 2005 8:48 pm

chbone wrote:2687e4u, I ordered at April 19.

I have it from the horse's lips today that you will all have your T43p units within two weeks. Some sooner, but none longer.

Allegedly, the "official" release to market date on these units is tomorrow and always has been, regardless of what was posted on the website or you may have been told by a rep.

If anyone wants to know the exact status of their order, PM me your order no. and I'll attempt to find out based on an offer I received today to perform the search.

I challenged a senior executive from IBM/Lenovo in a meeting today to put me in touch with anyone who had a 15" UXGA T43p who wasn't an employee or a member of the press after he expressed surprise at my statement that no one had one yet. He came up dry after 10 minutes on the phone.

Regards,

James

chbone · #2 Post by **chbone** » Tue May 24, 2005 9:26 pm

This is really a great news!

CoolDragon · #3 Post by **CoolDragon** » Tue May 24, 2005 11:56 pm

If this is true, I will order my 2G RAM tomorrow.

emorphien · #4 Post by **emorphien** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:03 am

I hope this is true. If I knew when exactly my system would ship I could order my 2 gigs of RAM then too.

CoolDragon · #5 Post by **CoolDragon** » Wed May 25, 2005 9:34 am

I just checked my order status, it modified the est. shipping date from 6/22 to 6/23. The free port replicator has been drifted from 5/26 to 5/27 and now 5/31 !

redrumchoy · #6 Post by **redrumchoy** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:18 am

i just ordered a t43p 14.1" G2U.... estimated shipping date on the email is 6/08

CoolDragon · #7 Post by **CoolDragon** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:26 am

Looks like the 15' UXGA is really the delaying issue. But I really need the real estate it brings ......

leeadam · #8 Post by **leeadam** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:06 pm

Why everyone get the E4U instead the EJU. I saw only $40 difference but you got a fingerprint reader.

chbone · #9 Post by **chbone** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:12 pm

I am afraid of the "hot" fan.

revolutionary_one · #10 Post by **revolutionary_one** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:00 pm

How much you guys dish out for th e4u??

CoolDragon · #11 Post by **CoolDragon** » Wed May 25, 2005 3:20 pm

Mine is 2000, before tax and shipping.

I selected the "2 business days shipping", but looks like it is a waste of money, since free shipping from IBM is also "2 business days"! Can I change the shipping method?

tmelega · #12 Post by **tmelega** » Wed May 25, 2005 4:19 pm

I just received my 2668-G7U today.

#13 Post by **BillMorrow** » Wed May 25, 2005 10:18 pm

had and sold a bunch of G7U's last week..

AND, just looking, i see that, indeed, some T43p's with 15 inch displays ARE shipping..

FINALLY..!!!

NaT · #14 Post by **NaT** » Thu May 26, 2005 7:34 am

BillMorrow wrote:had and sold a bunch of G7U's last week..

AND, just looking, i see that, indeed, some T43p's with 15 inch displays ARE shipping..

FINALLY..!!!

Hehehe... just checked my order status, my 1 month and 3 week old order status of CTO T43p 15" is still "Packing". The CTO may take a little longer after all.

NaT

CoolDragon · #15 Post by **CoolDragon** » Thu May 26, 2005 7:40 am

Darn, my shipping estimate date changed from 6/22 to 6/23 and now: call

Doltan · #16 Post by **Doltan** » Thu May 26, 2005 9:35 am

Just checked my status, my 2668-H3A has been shipped out from HK. 2 hr flight to pop over, supposed to have reached S'pore this afternoon 1300

Assume 1 day to clear custom, can I expect to receive it tomorrow

chbone · #17 Post by **chbone** » Thu May 26, 2005 9:45 am

Doltan,

Can you open a new thread to review this Long Time Waiting item?

I would like to open a thread to share my experience about the CTO after I received the Laptop.

emorphien · #18 Post by **emorphien** » Thu May 26, 2005 11:21 am

What happened to this thread? Kinda dead

I was hoping to hear about my order!

CoolDragon · #19 Post by **CoolDragon** » Thu May 26, 2005 12:26 pm

Here is the update for mine: ( I called at 6am PST, May 26, 2005 )

"You order is backordered, it will be in stock three weeks after your order date (which is May 21, 2005), then we need to assemble it and ship it to you."

So my guess is four weeks after my order date, I hope it will ship at the end of June.

pointfielder · #20 Post by **pointfielder** » Thu May 26, 2005 3:50 pm

Doltan wrote:Just checked my status, my 2668-H3A has been shipped out from HK. 2 hr flight to pop over, supposed to have reached S'pore this afternoon 1300

Assume 1 day to clear custom, can I expect to receive it tomorrow

Hi Doltan, is your model 2668-H3A or 2668-H3U or something else, as
I don't see a 2668-H3A in TABOOK or in CTO category?

chbone · #21 Post by **chbone** » Thu May 26, 2005 4:08 pm

he is in singapore. The model name is different.

JHEM · #22 Post by **JHEM** » Thu May 26, 2005 10:11 pm

To those who have sent me their order numbers, thanks. I've forwarded them to the gentleman who had offered to check the status of your orders and I hope to hear from him soon.

However, I'm leaving tomorrow for Kent Island to attend my son's wedding on Sunday and will be gone all of next week. Hopefully I'll be able to check my mail occasionally during that time, but there's no guarantee I'll have the time so I may not be able to report his findings until next weekend.

Regards,

James

redrumchoy · #23 Post by **redrumchoy** » Fri May 27, 2005 9:56 am

first off congratulations james

my 14" t43p G2U's order status jsut wnet to "packing" (ordered on the 24th) i hope thats good news... anyone know generally how much longer it will be when it goes to packing? i live in the continental us

Doltan · #24 Post by **Doltan** » Fri May 27, 2005 11:03 am

Hi Doltan, is your model 2668-H3A or 2668-H3U or something else, as
I don't see a 2668-H3A in TABOOK or in CTO category?

The 2668-H3A is same as 2668-H3U, as far as I can tell from the specs. I think the A stands for Asia.

Just checked my status, my 2668-H3A has been shipped out from HK. 2 hr flight to pop over, supposed to have reached S'pore this afternoon 1300 Very Happy

Assume 1 day to clear custom, can I expect to receive it tomorrow Razz

I dunno whether to

or

when I check my status today. Seems like the T43p has cleared custom

but I am now waiting for my laptop BAG! What's more, the bag also ships out from Hong Kong, 1 day later, to TAIWAN, which is the opposite direction, then to Singapore! Shd have reached S'pore by now, and maybe can expect them to send everything over to me by tomorrow

What's worse, I will be out of Singapore over the weekend. Sigh, guess it will be next wk till I get it then..

redrumchoy · #25 Post by **redrumchoy** » Sun May 29, 2005 11:41 pm

AHHHH

i dont get this!

my status went from "packing" back to "within two weeks" !!!!!!!

whats the deal?!?!?!?

Doltan · #26 Post by **Doltan** » Mon May 30, 2005 8:34 am

Just got my T43p

Charging rite now..... anyone knows how long to charge it for initially? Don't seem to have such instructions

CoolDragon · #27 Post by **CoolDragon** » Mon May 30, 2005 11:28 am

Congratulations!

Maybe you are the first one to get 15'' UXGA T43p, except IBM employee and other IBM partners.

Waiting for your report.

First time charge is normally overnight, but it really doesn't matter. Enjoy!

sprior · #28 Post by **sprior** » Mon May 30, 2005 6:49 pm

IBM told me that I was the second order ever for a T43P back in January so I should be the first (almost) to receive this unit, and suddenly last week it went from no estimated date to shipped. According to UPS it is nearby and will be delivered tomorrow by 10:30am. I'm now crossing my fingers that it doesn't have any dead pixels because the price went up by almost $500 if I had to return it and buy another one. I'm sooooo psyched to finally get the new machine!

chbone · #29 Post by **chbone** » Mon May 30, 2005 7:13 pm

Congratulations!

How about the noisy fan issue?

brainpicker · #30 Post by **brainpicker** » Mon May 30, 2005 7:42 pm

UPS just notified me that my 15" T43p will arrive tomorrow morning! I also agree that I hope all is well 'cause my price went up $850 over what I paid. I guess these price increases are Lenovo's way of preventing those "one bad pixel" returns?

Hey, since these are in such demand I wonder what folks who haven't ordered and are waiting months yet would pay for one? I guess we'll find out soon when the 1st wave hits ebay this week, huh? 'Could break the $4K barrier. Makes me glad I didn't wait (even though I still can't figure out why the hell I really needed one of these 15" T43p's in the 1st place!).

Yak

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