good deal/specs on t42p??

[vrs626]

IBM ThinkPad T42p 2373
Pentium M 1.8 GHz
14.1" TFT
5.35 lbs
Intel Pentium M 1.8 GHz with Front Side Bus (FSB) 400MHz
Graphics Controller M10GL-128
512 MB (installed)
Hard Drive 1 x 60 GB
Optical Device Combo
14.1" SXGA+
Gigabit Ethernet- Integrated,Wireless LAN
802.11 B/G - Intel, Bluetooth
Li-Ion 9 cell battery
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Manufacturer Warranty Three years

how do i know the rpm's on the hard drive? im assuming 7200?

price $1905

[seeyoutiger]

Specs seem nice enough... price is pretty cheap. I'd get it if you trust the seller! If i may ask, who is selling that for a price like that?

[Logi7]

looks like the harvard discount

[vrs626]

yea it's the harvard discount


stupid question im sure but is the 128MB ATI Mobility FIREGL T2 the same video card as the M10GL-128?

[vrs626]

the model # is 2373H14

[T23_Owner]

Is it really fair that Harvard students, the ones that can afford any laptop they want get the best deals? I'm not talking about the ones that work 5 jobs to pay for school (as if that would pay for it) or the ones that die their skin black and go under the united negro college fund (soul man movie)?

It should be based on income man. If you qualify for financial aid then you qualify for a cheap thinkpad.

Now don't all you Harvard students write back nasty post all at once.

When I went to school I had to use student loans and scholorship money to pay for car maintenance and food. Still paying off student dept as is my wife. Never got more than $200 off macintosh back then.

My trick for staying up to date in computers was to take my system back after 3 months and exchange it for a faster one. Wal-mart and sears used to let you do that back in 94. I was able to buy one 486 and exchange it all the way up to a pentium 100 before they kicked me out of the store. That was like 7 exchanges.

1. 486sx 25
2. 486dx 75
3. 486dx 100
4. Pentium 60
5. Pentium 75
6. Pentium 90
7. Pentium 100

10mhz back then was a HUGE speed improvement . HA HA HA.