T43 2669-CTO is it worth??

[masterus]

Hello everyone

Now I use A31 with specification in my signature which I bought for 400eur ,now I have a chance to buy T43-2669-CTO with that specification:

Procesor: 2GHz
Ram: 512MB
HDD: Seagate 80GB 7200rpm
Screen: 14,1" (dont'know is it XGA or SXGA)
GPU: ATI
CDRW/DVD
WiFi and Bluetooth
9 cell battery
2 years left warranty

I don't know the screen type.
Price: 800 eur (about 1040$)..Is it worth that price

Thank you for all your replies..

Regards

[semaj]

To give you an idea of what other in the states would pay for the closest one to what you have is this one.

IBM Certified Used Notebook T43 (4BU)
T18714BU
Your price
$914.25*
IBM Web Price
$1,219.00*
Out of stock**
Intel® Pentium® M 1.80GHz
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
512MB/2048MB
40GB
14.1" TFT
CD-RW/DVD Combo
None
Gigabit Ethernet
56K
802.11 a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless and Bluetooth
Fingerprint reader
6 months limited


This is a refurbished model direct from IBM. I do not think you can purchase T43 direct from lenovo anymore.

here are some prices from ebay


IBM ThinkPad T43 15" SXGA CDRW/DVDRW Fingerprint reader

FACTORY SEALED 2.0GHz 1GB 80GB 802.11bg wireless2686M7U


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Buy It Now $1,399.99
$54.99 Aug-18 10:39



I would say the going price is 1300 to 1400. You could look at the z series for that price. Look at the ibm.com refurb site. they usually have really good deals. that is wher ei purchased my t41 originally

[nirvana0001]

I saw the same spec and price but T60 on interent last week

[mfratt]

Go on ebay. You can get that machine for around $800 US (so like 650EUR I think). It will be used, but youre saving a few bucks. However, I personally wouldnt buy another T43, largely because of the fan problems and (if it concerns you), the pain in the [censored] it was to set it up with Linux. I would go straight to a T60, or even an R60 over the T43. Dont get me wrong, its a solid and nice machine, but I would generally steer away from buying another.

[alexzabr]

I wonder a large percentage of T43 users used to lament about excessive fan noise. I run my T43 quite intensively, sometimes during whole day for technical computing and some web surfing/emailing - my machine showed to be very quete, neal silent about 95% of the time even though technical computing may be quite CPU and memory intensive at a times. Fan kicks to audiable levels perhaps 2-3 times for in 2-3 hours and then is works for just few second.
So I wonder, perhaps certain T43 series are more prone to fan issue then the others ?