How to configure a thinkpad _exactly_ as i want

[Kohlsalat]

Hi guys!!

After reading several tests and forum topics, I decided that a t43 notebook _would_ best fit my needs of all devices currently sold...

BUT: how can i configure a t43 notebook in the way I want it to be?

over the express stuff on the ibm page, i can only configure notebooks that approach my dream config more or less, but are not exactly what I want my ultimate dream machine from hell to be...

is there any possibility to get a formular in which i can choose every component (cpu, gfx-card, screen, etc) as i want it to be? ( like on the dell or hp homepages)

thx for replies, daniel

[dansu]

You can buy a chassis and all the parts and assemble it yourself. But this is in no way economical. It is the one way you can have it exactly the way you want.

[Photoshopped]

Man I hear you! This has been the most frustrating purchase experience of my life. I wanted a 2 GHz T series, couldn't find it going through the normal route. Found a backdoor link from CNET where I could get a T42 2GHz, still didn't have all the options I wanted. Then discovered clicking on "See all models" or the Think Express link gave a few more configurations but not all the ones I wanted. Then after 2 WEEKS, I come across this link here on this site:

http://www.ibm.com/businesscenter/visa

It has the most options I've seen yet, and a discount:) I have no idea why IBM/Lenovo is making this so [censored] complicated. I wish you could just configure it soup to nuts like Dell (and I hate Dells!).

[safelder]

Have you looked in the tabook to see if there is a model reasonably close to what you are looking for? That won't give the CTO models, but you might get lucky...

There's a link in the FAQs, or just google ibm dodson sheets.