Canada: Best place to buy x40 and who's Bill?

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n00b1337 · #1 Post by **n00b1337** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:49 pm

Decided to pick myself up a x40. i'm still on a tight budget so i don't think a new x40 will be an option for me. I was thinking about buying a refurbished x40 from ibm.ca. Here's the link for the laptop I'm looking at.

http://caipsgws001.can.ibm.com/store/fa ... ebflag=RFT

It's the one for $1399. So what do you all think of this model? It's the 1Ghz ULV Banias with 256mb ram and 20gig HD. I don't know if there's any wireless built into this model. What I'm concerned about is whether this unit will come with any dead pixels on the LCD. I'd really like a x40 with a screen with no dead pixels. The model number for this unit is 2371-13U. I have no idea what this means. Anywhere better to buy an x40 in Canada? I'd also rather not order one from Ebay, I already got my x21 from there. My experience was ok but I think in this case I'd feel more confident ordering from IBM direct.

Also who's Bill? I heard people mention Bill saying he could help someone hand pick a thinkpad if they were picky about things suck as dead LCD pixels. Any help would be much appreciated. I love my x21 but i like the idea of having built-in wireless and pentium m processor.

#2 Post by **JaneL** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:07 am

Bill is your host in this forum and an authorized IBM VAR. His contact information can be found at http://thinkpads.com/start.htm

n00b1337 · #3 Post by **n00b1337** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:04 am

kewl, so what do you think of the laptop i was looking at from ibm.ca?

JHEM · #4 Post by **JHEM** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:27 am

n00b1337 wrote:kewl, so what do you think of the laptop i was looking at from ibm.ca?

Can't tell!

Thank you for choosing IBM

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n00b1337 · #5 Post by **n00b1337** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:56 pm

Shoot my link doesn't work. but to find the one i'm looking at it's the 2371-13U. P M 1GHz ULV, 256MB RAM, 20GB HDD, 12.1 XGA(1024x768) TFT LCD, Intel Extreme Graphics 2, Wireless upgradeable (MPCI), Modem, 1Gb Ethernet(LOM), Secure Chip, 4 cell Li-Ion battery, WinXP Pro. $1399.00+tax Canadian.

yves · #6 Post by **yves** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:13 pm

I recomand you Bill from www.thinkpads.com

I have purchased all my thinkpads + accessories from him

I am one of his Fan

Br

sk33 · #7 Post by **sk33** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:10 pm

I have a better x40 than that for sale, but I'm in the US and it's a bit more. Has 2.5 years of warranty left too, and it was purchased brand new.

Canada: Best place to buy x40 and who's Bill?

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