Evaluation of price on this T40

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nctalkinghead · #1 Post by **nctalkinghead** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:51 pm

Newbie - so hope this is posted in correct forum. If not, mods please move it. Thanks. Looking for a T4x and wondered about this one for sale locally in NC:

BM T40
2.0 centrino processor with 2mb L1 and L2 cache,550 front bus speed
2GB 599 MHTZ speed RAM
Hitachi 80 GB 7200 RPM Hard drive
Internal 54 mbps Intel wireless A/B/G network card
Gigabyte network wired port or card
High speed Internal Modem
DVD writer /CDRW multi support drive
External USB floopy drive
External USB wireless Logitech mouse
15 inch TFT LCD
ATI mobility radon 7500 invetrt card
2 pci slots,2 usb ports,1 parallel port,1 external additional video
port
IBM preloaded soft ware include license copy of XP Professional
2 nos. longer life Li battery
1 nos. AC adapter

asking price is $1050

What does the forum family think?

sugo · #2 Post by **sugo** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:01 pm

When did T40 get a 15" screen?

jongordo8 · #3 Post by **jongordo8** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:13 pm

When did T40 get a FSB of 550, wait in fact when did any computer get a FSB of that speed?

simms · #4 Post by **simms** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:54 pm

And T40's don't have 2MB cache.. they have 1. Only T42/T43s in the T4x have 2MB cache due to Dothan...

nctalkinghead · #5 Post by **nctalkinghead** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:57 pm

Thanks for this input! Sounds like a really "customized" T40.

JHEM · #6 Post by **JHEM** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:39 pm

nctalkinghead wrote:Thanks for this input! Sounds like a really "customized" T40.

Or, you're being "had"!

A clean stock T40 goes for around $500.

Add a few hundred to cover legitimate upgrades such as a multi-burner, max RAM and an upgraded HD and you're looking at $750 to $800 max.

No T40 ever had a 15" display, nor a 2GHz processor.

Regards,

James

christopher_wolf · #7 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:07 pm

I am pretty sure you are being had; there is *no* T4X Series Thinkpad I know of with 2.0GHZ, 550FSB (???), 599MHz RAM (wha?), and a *Radeon 7500*...What on earth kind of combo is that? The GPUs are soldered, I haven't heard of common memory clocks like that and that is a pretty bizzare FSB for a 2.0GHz P-M. Plus, the T40s didn't have those options at the time; not to mention the 15" screen size.

bigtiger · #8 Post by **bigtiger** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:09 pm

Sorry for being stupid. What do you mean by "Being Had"? I am kind of at lost. Is this really English or some kind of net-language?

#9 Post by **KristianJ** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:57 pm

bigtiger wrote:Sorry for being stupid. What do you mean by "Being Had"? I am kind of at lost. Is this really English or some kind of net-language?

Being led to the wrong conclusions, or being given a fake deal. It's more of a colloquialism than formal English.

Forum family (well me, anyway) probably thinks you should check out the Marketplace here - there'll be reputable sellers with legit systems at decent prices. Welcome!

nctalkinghead · #10 Post by **nctalkinghead** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:34 am

Thanks for all of the "family's" advice on this laptop. It definitely prevented me from "being had" - in any language! I'll keep an eye on the marketplace forum, as I have been doing for several weeks.

simms · #11 Post by **simms** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:05 am

christopher_wolf wrote:I am pretty sure you are being had; there is *no* T4X Series Thinkpad I know of with 2.0GHZ, 550FSB (???), 599MHz RAM (wha?), and a *Radeon 7500*...What on earth kind of combo is that? The GPUs are soldered, I haven't heard of common memory clocks like that and that is a pretty bizzare FSB for a 2.0GHz P-M. Plus, the T40s didn't have those options at the time; not to mention the 15" screen size.

Actually I believe my 2374-PU2 had a Radeon Mobility 7500..

To the OP (nctalkinghead):
Don't get ripped off. I bought a T42 for $650 off eBay, T40s should be around $500 or less... even with upgrades it should come nowhere to the price listed in your original post.

TarzanBoy · #12 Post by **TarzanBoy** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:00 am

I paid $600 for my t40. Did i get ripped off?

simms · #13 Post by **simms** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:32 am

TarzanBoy wrote:I paid $600 for my t40. Did i get ripped off?

That's OK. I paid $650 for my T40 last year that had upgrades and a docking station. I ended up selling that for $700 and bought a T42 w/fingerprint for $600..

#14 Post by **KristianJ** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:31 pm

^ Agreed - mine that I purchased earlier this year was about $1000 Australian dollars, but last night I saw a T41p go off on eBay for the same price

If I'd had the budget I'd have been onto it instantly...

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