Thinkpad 240Z and Thinkpad S30

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Thinkpad 240Z and Thinkpad S30

#1 Post by csv96 » Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:27 am

These often mentioned notebooks weren't available in the US, right? Where did everyone get theirs? Do they ever appear on ebay?
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Re: Thinkpad 240Z and Thinkpad S30

#2 Post by G-Man » Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:39 am

There was an S31 on Ebay yesterday. Sold already. Dynamism.com imported the S30 to the US for a while, but since IBM (Japan) has discounted them, they are not available anymore (I asked them via email). I've never seen an 240Z on Ebay though.

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#3 Post by csv96 » Mon Jun 07, 2004 2:53 am

What's the "best" or most popular S30/S31 configuration/model?

I looked through the HMM and it seems like only S30's are available with wireless. Is this true?
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#4 Post by G-Man » Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:23 am

True. There were two versions of S30. One with wireless b and no Ethernet port, the other one had Ethernet port, but no wireless. Weird. S31 came with ethernet port but no wireless. But both machines have PC Card slot, so adding a WiFi (or an Ethernet) CardBus card is not a big deal. Check out the Japanese site for more info http://www-6.ibm.com/jp/pc/thinkpad/tps ... 301aa.html (use Altavista to translate the website).

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#5 Post by csv96 » Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:10 pm

Do they make these with an English keyboard or do you have to swap keyboards yourself?
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#6 Post by G-Man » Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:37 pm

I've heard that some of the S3x series were sold in Australia, and they came with English keyboard. But just like with other ThinkPads, the US keyboard can be ordered from IBM (the FRU is in HMM, S30/31 use the same keyboard), so you can swap it yourself.

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#7 Post by johnbrock » Fri Jul 16, 2004 4:56 pm

Hi all,

Thanks for the keyboard part number. My s30 is fun to use with the Japenese keyboard as it gets a lot of comments, but an english one would be a little easier.

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