Price for a newish R50p?

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EvilH · #1 Post by **EvilH** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:57 pm

I may be getting a newish Thinkpad R50p. It has a 1600 x 1200 15" Flexview, 128mb FireGL, 1gb Ram, 1.7ghz and 60gb 7200rpm. It is out of warranty but was hardly used and is in great condition. The guy is asking $850. Is this about right? Seems kinda high to me.

pianowizard · #2 Post by **pianowizard** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:59 pm

Yep, that's kinda high. Such a unit should be worth only around $550 to $600.

EvilH · #3 Post by **EvilH** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:12 pm

I thought so. A quick purusal of ebay was turning up around $500- $650. Maybe it has some extras or something. I will find out what SKU is and if it comes with extra stuff.

Actually a new search of ebay turned up a couple in that price range. But they had warranties, and upgraded RAM.

EvilH · #4 Post by **EvilH** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:38 pm

So according to lenovo the specs are as follows:

P M 1.7GHz, 2GB RAM, 60GB 7200rpm HDD, 15 UXGA(1600x1200) TFT LCD, 128MB ATI FireGL T2, 24x24x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD, Modem(CDC), 1Gb Ethernet(LOM), Intel 802.11b wireless, Secure Chip (TCPA), 9 cell Li-Ion battery, No preload

No OS cause it was sold to a business and had a volume license. There are a couple on ebay with these specs for that price but they had DVD burners, an OS and some had warranty.

wearetheborg · #5 Post by **wearetheborg** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:43 pm

EvilH wrote:I thought so. A quick purusal of ebay was turning up around $500- $650. Maybe it has some extras or something. I will find out what SKU is and if it comes with extra stuff.

Actually a new search of ebay turned up a couple in that price range. But they had warranties, and upgraded RAM.

They all have crappy "Mack" warranties.

I could sell you a grade 9/10 R50P, UXGA, with 2GB of ram, 60GB 7200 rpm hdd, 9 cell battery with cycle count of 4 with 63.28Wh remaining, new keyboard, for 715 shipped.

EvilH · #6 Post by **EvilH** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:57 pm

hmm $715 shipped eh.. if i cant get my guy to go down on price I might take you up on that offer. he is getting the machine from siemens so im hoping it will have nifty add ons or something

wearetheborg · #7 Post by **wearetheborg** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:02 pm

EvilH wrote:hmm $715 shipped eh.. if i cant get my guy to go down on price I might take you up on that offer. he is getting the machine from siemens so im hoping it will have nifty add ons or something

Sure, mine also has XP Pro presintalled fresh from the recovery partition. Currently waiting for the new keyboard (original one had a manufacturing defect).

seaweedsl · #8 Post by **seaweedsl** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:09 pm

EvilH wrote:I may be getting a newish Thinkpad R50p. It has a 1600 x 1200 15" Flexview, 128mb FireGL, 1gb Ram, 1.7ghz and 60gb 7200rpm. It is out of warranty but was hardly used and is in great condition. The guy is asking $850. Is this about right? Seems kinda high to me.

I just bought mine on this forum for $500. Only difference is it has 512 RAM ($40 less) and wireless G ($30 more)

Somebody else has here has the same for $535 shipped, with 512MB.

It's just down the list some, this week.

Steve

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