X23 a good deal?

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The Spirit of X21 · #1 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:10 pm

Hey everyone,

Is $244 shipped a good deal on an X23 w/ DVD ultrabase, 30GB drive, and 640MB RAM?

#2 Post by **tomh009** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:19 pm

I vote "yes" even if the disk is not huge -- inexpensive disk upgrades are easy to find. The memory is maxed out, and a DVD ultrabase is very nice to have.

pianowizard · #3 Post by **pianowizard** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:04 pm

Another "Yes" from me. You should grab it quickly!

The Spirit of X21 · #4 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:27 pm

I bought it! Hoorah!

#5 Post by **dorronto** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:30 pm

Chris,

I agree...........

It's a good buy.

Ron

#6 Post by **tomh009** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:57 pm

The Spirit of X21 wrote:I bought it! Hoorah!

Congrats -- a very nice machine!

The Spirit of X21 · #7 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:54 pm

Update: Apparently, the X23 actually comes with a dock with DVD/CD-RW. Is the dock considered better than the ultrabase?

pianowizard · #8 Post by **pianowizard** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:06 pm

I don't know nothing about docks or ultrabases because I hate them, but this X23 is a great deal even without them. The 512MB stick alone is worth $50. You should stop hesitating and get it right away!

The Spirit of X21 · #9 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:17 pm

It's cool, pw. I just realized that it was a dock and not an ultrabase. As you can see earlier in the thread, though, I did buy it

pianowizard · #10 Post by **pianowizard** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:12 pm

The Spirit of X21 wrote:As you can see earlier in the thread, though, I did buy it

Oh, thank goodness you bought it! How far do you live from Providence? Maybe someday I can visit you and see it. I haven't seen an X23 yet.

The Spirit of X21 · #11 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:48 pm

pw, out of curiosity, In Deo Speramus?

pianowizard · #12 Post by **pianowizard** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:49 pm

The Spirit of X21 wrote:pw, out of curiosity, In Deo Speramus?

Indeed. I am a postdoc at Brown.

The Spirit of X21 · #13 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:05 pm

Awesome! This is my last undergrad semester. PM me if you have a free minute and we can get together sometime - with the X23 of course

boon · #14 Post by **boon** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:35 pm

rams for x23 is maxed out and those rams are pricey while hard drive can be upgrade at same price but much higher capacity so its a good deal

pianowizard · #15 Post by **pianowizard** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:34 pm

The Spirit of X21 wrote:PM me if you have a free minute and we can get together sometime - with the X23 of course

Will do! I can show you my lab and the Dell Inspiron 6000 that I use there. BTW, did you buy the X23 through the Providence Craigslist? I check it often but don't recall seeing an X23 recently.

The Spirit of X21 · #16 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:23 am

No, I lucked out on eBay actually.

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

100th post! I still have a long way to go to being a senior member . . .

The Spirit of X21 · #17 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:05 pm

UPDATE: My X23 finally arrived, and it looks brand new! I am a happy camper.

pianowizard · #18 Post by **pianowizard** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:09 pm

That's wonderful! Is it pretty fast? I'm sure it's faster than the last X22 that I owned, which only had 256MB RAM.

I am extremely busy working on manuscripts but will have more free time in late March. Hopefully we can meet up then and admire each other's laptops!

boon · #19 Post by **boon** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:07 am

weeee nice

might see you in a different username

The Spirit of X21 · #20 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:27 am

No, I think I'll keep it to honor my first ThinkPad.

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