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New owner checking in. Had a A30p way back when that I was very happy with, and all laptops I had thereafter were crap (Gateway, Toshi Satellite, HP ZD-series).

Ordered 9/1, received 9/9.

T61p
15.4" screen
T7500
WSXGA+
2 GB mem
160 GB disk
FX 570 graphics card
Windows XP pro
Bluetooth
9 cell battery

$15xx (Labor Day discount). Very happy so far, hope I don't have to deal with the much maligned service organization.

Welcome! Congrats on your T61p. This community is great, you will find lots of info here.

SAP_Pete wrote:... hope I don't have to deal with the much maligned service organization.

FWIW, your best bet is to upgrade to onsite maintenenace at your first opportunity. Good luck with the new machine.

Onsite? Is that the preferred mode now? I have had good luck and good turnaround with sending mine off for depot repair, but it has been about two years since I needed to do so.

A lot of people are doing fine with Depot repair, although there are a few horror stories. On the average most people are happy with the depot service and are not bothering to post about a good experience, they just go on using their machine.