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ian · #31 Post by **ian** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:40 pm

You really don't have a clue, do you - now there'll be zillions of threads on the relative merits of the packaging materials, how the styrofoam smells better when it comes from Peking as opposed to...when will you learn

baraider · #32 Post by **baraider** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:51 pm

craigg wrote: I have to say it definitely is a well built machine and there appears to be no bad pixels.

Can you do me a big favour by listing the FRU of your machines?

I'm interested to know which comes inside the new t43 cause i'm about to order one myself.

What battery maker? Is it sanyo or sony
what lcd maker? is it samsung or?
What keyboard? chinese or Thai?

craigg · #33 Post by **craigg** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:03 pm

I was not that lucky as my box came with a rather unpleasant scent of a day old Big Mac and I swear there were greasy french fry crumbs under the tamper resistant tape

Leon wrote: Did you "sniff" the packing material for any evidence of Tsingtao?

tommyj27 · #34 Post by **tommyj27** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:07 pm

A SPECIAL CUSTOMS DELAY IS REQUIRED FOR THIS LIVE ENTRY

i knew TPs were awesome, but alive? the customs department makes me homicidal. i'd say terrorists and SARS make me homicidal, but customs sucked long before Osama and SARS were part of the picture.

zelchenko · #35 Post by **zelchenko** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:41 pm

I must've gotten lucky. My ThinkPad timeline was 72 hours from order to arrival. Probably the most time it stayed in one state was when it was on the truck on it's way to me. It left HK 1 a.m. Saturday (Eastern) and was loaded onto the truck for delivery at 3 a.m. Monday (Eastern).

Must've been an oversight.

T42 2379-DXU

Leon · #36 Post by **Leon** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:00 pm

Uh-oh... an hour late!

JHEM wrote:Full report at 6PM. Film at 11!

JHEM · #37 Post by **JHEM** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:26 pm

Leon wrote:Uh-oh... an hour late!
JHEM wrote:Full report at 6PM. Film at 11!

I didn't say 6PM TODAY, did I!

I have got to get my taxes finished and every minute spent here is one I'm stealing from the task at hand.

If procrastination was an Olympic event I'd have more gold medals than my daughter the pole vaulter!

Regards,

James

Leon · #38 Post by **Leon** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:20 pm

Taxes April 15th...Film @ 11:00EST

edit/update:
10:00AM Friday... an UNUSUALLY quiet James

(me hopes the Taxes or the TPad didn't GET him)!

Leon · #39 Post by **Leon** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 1:34 pm

The department of Social Work is concerned. No response from the hospital. How is the new Baby?

JHEM · #40 Post by **JHEM** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 1:59 pm

Leon wrote:The department of Social Work is concerned. No response from the hospital. How is the new Baby?

The jury is still out!

I'm not sure I'm going to be able to get comfortable with the SXGA+ display.

Other than that the baby is bloody marvelous! No gaps, creaks, fan noise, etc., etc. Well, one gap actually. The oft mentioned one just above the UltraBay Slim. I'm uncertain as to its cause, but the difference between the T42 and my T40 is immediately apparent. The combo drive fits the bay almost perfectly on the T40 with a small, uniform gap from front to back. The gap on the T42 bay is much larger and increases from front to back.

More later, gotta' run.

Regards,

James

craigg · #41 Post by **craigg** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:07 am

Part Numbers and Descriptions.

FRU part number FRU description
08K4986 KEYBOARD - US ENGLISH
08K8209 AC ADAPTER - 72W 2-PIN
13N5530 HDD COVER ASSEMBLY FRU
NOTAFRU COA LABEL, WINDOWS XP-PROFESSIONAL EDITI
39T3529 512M(64MX64), DDR2 DRAM SODIMM, 200PINS,
39T0048 CPU CARD ASM DOT 2.0G
39T0022 CDC BLUETOOTH/MODEM COMBO 3
2668CD4 ROME-4 NON-LF PLANAR-R4B:SYSTEM PLANAR
39T2507 DVD MULTI BUMER ASM PCC
39T2525 HDD ASM 80GB HGST 5400RPM
91P8684 MECHANICAL ASSEMBLIES AND SUB-ASSEMBLIES
92P1087 BATTERY SANYO 6CELL
92P6737 LCD PANEL14.1 SXGA+ HYDIS
93P4235 CALEXICO2 802.11A/B/G MINI-PCI CARD FRU,

baraider said: Can you do me a big favour by listing the FRU of your machines?

baraider · #42 Post by **baraider** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:24 am

thanks craigg,

your t43 looks awfully like my t42 m3u...chinese keyboard, sanyo batt, hydis lcd....hum....

JHEM · #43 Post by **JHEM** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:21 am

First, the tale of the tape:

08K4957 08K4986 KEYBOARD

Which is the Chinese keyboard, but I honestly can't tell any difference between it and the Thai keyboard in my T40!

92P1064 08K8193 BATTERY - 6 CELL

6 cell Sanyo, but it fits just fine with no wobble.

93P3482 93P3483 INTEL PRO WIRELESS 802.11B/G MINI-PCI

Works just fine with both of my home WiFi networks. I haven't had this machine out on the road yet, so I can't report on how well it might connect to public WAPs. But I have no difficulty connecting to a few neighbor's WAPs riding around with the unit in the car.

93P5570 11P8348 14.1 INCH LCD DISPLAY

Samsung display that's smegging brilliant! Seriously, the only laptop I've got to hand that can rival this display is my 15" UXGA-IPS A30p. All of my other SXGA+ equipped machines (2XT21 and T23) appear washed out next to this puppy. Nor is it a matter of age as one of my T21s has a brand new Hitachi LCD I just installed last month.

I still fear that I'm not going to be able to get used to this display and the way things stand right now I'll probably either offer it here to someone or send it back to IBM.

Regards,

James

stgreek · #44 Post by **stgreek** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:04 pm

Heelo James. If you decide to offer it, please PM me as I would be very interested in it (assuming you don't mind shipping to Europe).

Stavros

JHEM · #45 Post by **JHEM** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:00 pm

Hello Stavros,

I have no problem shipping to the UK or anywhere in the EU, or even OZ or NZ, I do it all the time.

I went to IBM UK and several of their EU websites and I can't see where they even offer a T42 with the 14.1" SXGA+ display! Is that right? You can only get the T42 with a 15" display if you want SXGA+ resolution?

Very odd that.

For the record this is an Express model 2378FVU. Comes with one year IBM warranty (expires 26MAR2006) but if any of you folks overseas are interested in it I would suggest that you reimburse me for upgrading the warranty before I send it off as it's much easier and cheaper to upgrade here in the US. Upgrading to a 3 year depot level warranty is US$112.20 according to the IBM website, but I'm not certain as to whether or not that's for international coverage, I'd want to call and check.

Regards,

James

stgreek · #46 Post by **stgreek** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:27 pm

It is sad, but true. I believe you can find some 14" SXGA+ models but they cost upwards of 3000 Euros!!! By the way, I am in the Netherlands now, not the UK. Upgrading the warranty is a good idea, please PM me a possible price (including warranty upgrade + shipping) should you decide to sell it.

Thanks
Stavros

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