FYI: Great deal on X61t at techonweb.com

[Eric Giles]

Found this on fatwallet.com this morning, and I wound up ordering one of each-talk about buying things you don't need! But the savings seems to be very good compared to what these same models are selling for from Lenovo and on ebay-on average $300-500 less. Reseller ratings for techonweb.com are superb so there shouldn't be any problems. Both models have 3 year depot warranty.

Thinkpad X61t 7767-B7U $1540 plus $10 ground shipping

Note this has the Multitouch screen option.

http://www.techonweb.com/products/produ ... ?id=D84555

Original description: L7500(1.6GHz), 2GB RAM, 120GB 5400rpm HD, 12.1in 1024x768 LCD Touchscreen, Intel X3100, Intel 802.11agn, Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, 8c Li-Ion, WinVista Business

Thinkpad X61t 7767-59U $1303 plus $10 ground shipping.

This one doesn't have the Multitouch screen, less RAM, no N wireless, no turbo cache, and the standard battery.

http://www.techonweb.com/products/produ ... ?id=D84552

Original description: L7500(1.6GHz), 1GB RAM, 120GB 5400rpm HD, 12.1in 1024x768 LCD, Intel X3100, Intel 802.11abg wireless, Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, 4c Li-Ion, WinVista Business

Here is the link for the Resellerratings link-they are Platinum Plus rated http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Techonweb


Hope this helps someone else!

[Eric Giles]

Anyone else take advantage of this? If you configure an X61t on Lenovo's website exactly like the $1540 7767-B7U on techonweb.com, you will pay almost $2200 after tax and shipping-for the exact same config! They still have them in stock as of right now...

The two I bought earlier today are now showing a status of Shipped-so they should be here by the middle of next week. It seems to me that if someone is looking for a nicely configured X61t these prices are hard to beat!

[techiemd]

Thanks very much for the post Eric,

I was actually on the Lenovo site about to order a CTO model, but I did one last check on TP.com for deals and saw your post.
I ordered the SXGA model(776796U) from TechOnWeb, which (including the X6 ultrabase) saved me the better part of $400 over the Lenovo order.
It was listed as temporarily out of stock, so I'll be following up on the order to make sure they've got more coming in. I figure they will, and wanted to snag the deal while it was there.
I encourage other people to check out the options at TechOnWeb.

[Eric Giles]

You are very welcome for the information-although it did originally come from fatwallet.com so I can't take much credit for it-just passing the info along.

Both of the X61t's I ordered have indeed shipped out, and tracking info shows delivery by Tuesday-however, from seeing where they are this evening, they both should be here on Monday. Beats having to wait a week (or weeks) for Lenovo to ship you one for a higher price!

[Eric Giles]

Update: I received the X61t 59U tablet yesterday, and the B7U tablet today. Both are brand new in the sealed factory boxes and were manufactured at the end of June. Excellent prices, very quick shipping-I can highly recommend techonweb.com as a reputable merchant.