Text 31593, 48 rader
Skriven 2007-04-25 13:20:24 av Charles Scaglione (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 31568 av August Abolins (1:229/2000)
Ärende: Thinkpads on sale this month
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On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:50:50 -0400, "August Abolins -> Charles
Scaglione" <1:229/2000> wrote:

 CS>> Costco has a nice new line of Thinkpads on sale this month.  One which
 CS>> attracted my attention is a wide view screen with the new "true color"
 CS>> bright LCD screen.  Prices are not too bad.  Dual Core 2, 2 ghz, 160
 CS>> HDD and double layer DVD burner, all for around $1200.  I seem to
 CS>> remember there was also a rebate but I forgot for how much.

 AA> Which model is that?  I hopped over to costco.com but didn't see a
 AA> wide-screen model at 1200$s.  Unfortunately, costco.ca doesn't carry the
 AA> line.

The URL is too long but the Thinkpad models they carry are listed off
their main computer page on the US site.

The local Costco stores also stock name brand computer models that are
different from their on line catalogue.  There are for example several
models of Thinkpad and HP which do not show up on line.  Those
generally are stocked for a short time, albeit the special price and
rebate offer.

 AA> I fetched a used Thinkpad T40P (P is for Pro configuration) from eBay last
 AA> week.  It arrived yesterday.  At 1.6Ghz Pentium-M and 768meg ram, it's
 AA> almost twice as fast as my desktop box.  I plan to make the Thinkpad my
main
 AA> pc and retire my desktop (WinME) into an Ubuntu machine.  I'm just getting
 AA> too frustrated with the reoccurring system lockups that Windows
experiences
 AA> even after upgrading the ram and hdd.   My only Windows pc will then be a
 AA> 1.7gig Celeron, 640meg ram, 80gig, XPhome SP1 desktop - which sofar is
 AA> cooperating.

Sounds good and I'm glad you received your Thinkpad.  I'm not
especially inclined to make purchases from eBay but if one knows what
they're after and can be assured of getting what they bid on, the
bargains are certainly there.

My daughter has lost money on eBay twice in the past six months.  Both
times from individuals who were dishonest.  Neither PayPal nor eBay
can guaranty getting your money back from those types of transactions.

When shopping on eBay, keep this in mind:  Buyer Beware!

Regards.

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