To Aphex: It's your preference, but I think you should hold out, since you havent bought a laptop yet anyway...Perhaps a friend could let you borrow his for a while?
And stingygrrl, I think you should keep yours. The prices will probably be over 2000 for non students, and the current thinkpads will probably have the same price for 1 or even 2 months. (prices dont drop that fast at IBM)