IBM Thinkpad T42p with Pentium M 765 2.10GHz processor: now available :)

[Turkish]

I'm very tempted to get this for $2,846.35 through the Employee Purchase Program. The regular web list price is $4,379 :Q Crazy savings Anyways, what do you guys think of it? This is gonna be the first or second batch of Thinkpads with the 2.10GHz so a part of me says "wait for a little while.. prices may drop and (if any) production errors will be corrected in the future" but I know Thinkpads are solid and with a customer service like IBM's, I don't think I'll have any problems. Anyone has a laptop with the 2.1GHz processor?

Your Price: 2,846.35*
IBM Web Price: $4,379.00*
Availability: Within 2 weeks**
Processor: Intel® Pentium® M Processor 765 2.10GHz
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Memory: 1 GB
Harddrive: 60 GB
Display Size: 15.0"
Maximum Resolution: 1600x1200
Graphics Card: 128MB ATI Mobility FIREGL T2
Weight: 5.8 lbs
Pointing Device: UltraNav
Bay Type: Ultrabay Slim
Optical Drive: DVD Recordable
Floppy Drive: None
Warranty: Three years parts and labor (system battery: one year)
Ethernet: Integrated Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
Modem: 56K V.92 designed modem
Wireless: Bluetooth
IBM ESS 2.0 and Integrated fingerprint reader

Such a beast...

 

[toekramp]

way too damn much

 

[Arcanedeath]

It looks like an amazing laptop and if it fits your requirments thats a killer price for a top of the line IBM system so go for it

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: toekramp
way too damn much

you owe me $900 toekramp... so that should cover 1/3 of it

 

[DaFinn]

Love my T41p... That looks like an awesome machine. I have 1,7 and 14,1" (1400x1050) and no fingerprint scanner, other specs are same.

 

[Alansan]

where is your wireless mini pci? btw, just to fulfill my curiosity....

can you please price a normal range t42 (around the 2000-2500) pricerange and see what kind of discount you get? Do you work for IBM?

Thanks.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

I'd say go for it. For that price, it's a killer deal. Even if you decide you don't want later, you'll break even or even make a tidy profit off of it. What's to lose?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Those are tremendous machines, but DAMN are they expensive! A T42 configured like the 600m I just bought for $800 (during the Dell $750-off deal) is "on sale" for more than $2K. I would love to have a T42, but I can't really say I think it's 250% better than my Dell.

 

[trikster2]

Dang that's expensive.

Is the 2.1 that much faster than the 1.7?

If you've got the cash to burn go for it. What the heck it's only money. Has IBM improved it's screen at all on this latest round?

 

[Commodus]

The 2.1 is probably considerably faster. Remember, the Pentium M is like the G4 or G5 chip: it focuses on efficiency rather than raw clock speed. So a gain of 400 MHz here matters more than it would if this were a Pentium 4.

 

[WackyDan]

Originally posted by: DonVito
Those are tremendous machines, but DAMN are they expensive! A T42 configured like the 600m I just bought for $800 (during the Dell $750-off deal) is "on sale" for more than $2K. I would love to have a T42, but I can't really say I think it's 250% better than my Dell.

The T42 above is actually the T42P, of which, to the best of my knowledge, Dell has nothing like it.

Comparing the 600 to the T42 is fair enough, but in the 600 series there is no "p" competition from Dell.

 

[trikster2]

Originally posted by: WackyDan

Originally posted by: DonVito
Those are tremendous machines, but DAMN are they expensive! A T42 configured like the 600m I just bought for $800 (during the Dell $750-off deal) is "on sale" for more than $2K. I would love to have a T42, but I can't really say I think it's 250% better than my Dell.

The T42 above is actually the T42P, of which, to the best of my knowledge, Dell has nothing like it.

Comparing the 600 to the T42 is fair enough, but in the 600 series there is no "p" competition from Dell.

What p'ness are you talking about wacky?

The highres screen? Any of the dell WUXGA+ screens kicks the Ps but

1920x1200 and brighter

The crappy autocadrific cad graphics card

If you want cad on the dell there is the Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M60 with the Nvidia quatro

If you are getting the firegl card because it is really only a Radeon 9600 128m in disguise, you can get that card on a dell 8600 for a lot less.

Now if you are paying $3g because it's an IBM and at least it's not a dell and it looks cool, that makes sense, for power/bang for the buck it doesn't.....

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: WackyDan

The T42 above is actually the T42P, of which, to the best of my knowledge, Dell has nothing like it.

Comparing the 600 to the T42 is fair enough, but in the 600 series there is no "p" competition from Dell.

Yeah, I know - I had gone to the IBM page to look up comparable machines. Mine is similar to a T42, which is where I got the price I mentioned. I know my Dell is simply not as well-built as a T42, and other things being equal I'd take the IBM ten times out of ten, but the difference in cost is tough to justify. In all fairness, the $750-off promotion led to some pretty remarkable fire-sale prices on Dells, and if I were paying their standard "sale" price, the difference would be less dramatic.

 

[amdguy]

the Boss, do you work for IBM? how did u get such a big discount?

 

[Turkish]

DonVito: The Dell deal was a killer deal, I understand If I was aware of such a deal, I'd have gotten one too

Amdguy: A friend works for IBM and the EPP is for family/friends of IBM employees

Alansan: If you let me know what exactly you want, I can configure & price it but I cannot get it for the EPP price as I am not an IBM employee. A friend is helping me out

 

[trikster2]

Amdguy

If you don't know anyone who works for IBM, another way to get good deals is to buy ibm stock

their share holder prices are as good or better than the EPP program