I thought I said I wanted a CD-RW, not CD-ROM!

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aoeu · #1 Post by **aoeu** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 2:34 pm

All right, this is the only thing that's stalling me from buying a T41 right now.

If you look here here you can see under "Optical Drives" it says CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo. But when I try to go and purchase it here (note: you may have to go down and press "View configuration and buy") you can see that for its optical drive, its only a mediocre DVD/CD Combo Slim! I thought I wanted CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo but instead, just before I'm about to purchase my IBM T41, it changes to a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Combo drive!

Can someboy please explain to me what's going on?

phat_mats · #2 Post by **phat_mats** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 2:45 pm

no idea ... phone a sales rep at 1-888-SHOP-IBM, they are helpful and you don't have to wait long to talk to them.

G-Man · #3 Post by **G-Man** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 2:52 pm

It has CD-RW/DVD. If it was a simple CD-ROM/DVD it should say DVD-ROM.

Regards,
G-Man

aoeu · #4 Post by **aoeu** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:10 pm

phat_mats: I have, but too bad living in Germany complicates calls to the US

G-Man: Thanks for the clarification.

Anyways, since I am currently stationed in Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Germany. I'm wondering how IBM will be able to ship their product to me. I browsed through the IBM website and I saw some mentioning that IBM is not able to ship their laptops to P.O. Boxes [which is my address]. Are there any alternatives that I have to take? Or can we just safely assume that I'm screwed?

G-Man · #5 Post by **G-Man** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:19 pm

Well, ship it to one of your relatives, friends, and he/she can ship it to Germany via FedEx, UPS etc. But I would call IBM, because I think it's possible to send it to an US Army address. Or buy it from Bill (bill@thinkpads.com) and he'll definetely ship it to Germany.

Regards,
G-Man

#6 Post by **JHEM** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:28 pm

AFAIK IBM does ship to APO and FPO addresses, but if in doubt call or email them to make sure. Or, just order what you want through Bill, I guarantee he ships to APOs!

You with the 52nd FW? If delivery to you through normal means was found to be impossible, I could get it to Ramstein via back channel methods.

I mis-spent a lot of my youth driving along the Mosel and visiting vineyards in your area.

Regards,

James

I thought I said I wanted a CD-RW, not CD-ROM!

I thought I said I wanted a CD-RW, not CD-ROM!

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