Wish to buy T40...

[lilserenity]

Hiya,

I'm on the ThinkPad Mailing List; so maybe there will be some familiar names here, anyway, anyway without beating about the bush I'm Vicky and love ThinkPads.

So...

I am looking to invest in an IBM ThinkPad T40 when I am in the USA this summer (I'm in the UK) - I plan on taking my existing T23 (my main machine other the my server, a 560Z and my solid state system, a 560X) out there, sell it out there, and bring back a T40 with me

I am looking for basically:

- SXGA (1400x1050) Display
- 512MB
- 30GB+ Hard Disk

I have seen ones on eBay.com such as:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 93131&rd=1

Which seem a cracking deal (Pentium M-1.6GHz etc.), no hard disk, memory or ultraslim bay device, but all the same those extras don't cost too much.

I was wondering whether $1,149.00 was a good deal on such a specification; or whether in the USA there is some secret place that has T40s at a good price

I specifically want a T40 since the T41s are still quite pricy (for my budget) and I am struggling to discern actually the difference between the T40 and T41 beyond their name badge. (I mean some models are different, some T40s have a 16MB ATI Gfx Chip, no T41s to my knowledge do, but then some T40s and T41s have a Radeon 9000 32MB, *shrugs*).

Any ideas on good places, good deals?

Thanks in advance!

Vicky (UK)

[G-Man]

Hi Vicky,

Why don't you email Bill (the host of this forum: bill@thinkpads.com). I'm sure he can work out a really good price for you.

Regards,
G-Man

[JHEM]

Hi Vicky,

'Bout time you got here luv!

Regards,

James

[lilserenity]

Yeah well I thought I'd check it out, have a mooch like

Looks pretty [censored] cool! But what's with the toucan/pelican/big beaked bird with the crown?

Soon I will announce a chatroom on my ThinkPad site on my website, as I have been busy beavering away with PHP/mySQL this weekend. I have actually finished the chatroom client, works well. But that's on 'another' *ahem* part of my website.

Still, off to email Bill, unless you have something lined up James

Vicky

[JHEM]

Looks pretty [censored] cool! But what's with the toucan/pelican/big beaked bird with the crown?.

I would have expected a professional pub crawler such as yourself to have immediately recognized the logo of the renowned Beak and Crown!

Still, off to email Bill, unless you have something lined up James.

Bill's the go-to guy for what you're looking for. If I hear of something to meet your needs before you get to Chi-town I'll let you know.

Regards,

James

[lilserenity]

Looks pretty [censored] cool! But what's with the toucan/pelican/big beaked bird with the crown?.

I would have expected a professional pub crawler such as yourself to have immediately recognized the logo of the renowned Beak and Crown!

Still, off to email Bill, unless you have something lined up James.

Bill's the go-to guy for what you're looking for. If I hear of something to meet your needs before you get to Chi-town I'll let you know.

Regards,

James

Haha Well yesterday it was just The Cobbler's thumb.

Oh and then on to The Engineers.

And then... I'm not sure, it got a bit hazy at that point. But hey, I had 4 pints of stella by then...



teehee

But I have been busy this weekend, well Saturday on my PHP/MySQL code, but yesterday was definitely play time

I have emailed Bill and await a reply, but I know he is so busy so there's no rush

Vicky