Just ordered my IBM Thinkpad T42p with Fingerprint Scanner (hehe).

[Turkish]

Ordered it through a friend's employee discount.

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 765 2.10GHz
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
1 GB Memory
60 GB Harddrive
15.0" at 1600x1200
128MB ATI Mobility FIREGL T2
5.8 lbs. travel weight
UltraNav
Ultrabay Slim DVD Recordable
Three years parts and labor (system battery: one year)
Integrated Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
56K V.92 designed modem
IBM 11a/b/g Wi-Fi Wireless II, Bluetooth
Fingerprint Reader IBM ESS 2.0 and Integrated fingerprint reader

So pumped for this

Anyways, paid a $2,599.99 + tax. The list price for non-employees is $3,999.99
I travel a lot and I needed a powerhouse to carry around with me.

I'll post pictures when it gets here. It's going to be shipping tomorrow with 2 day UPS, so check back in later!

 

[intogamer]

whoa are you an employee?

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: intogamer
whoa are you an employee?

Nope, someone that I know is

 

[imported_Lucifer]

:thumbsup: I wish I had a lappy. I am broke at the moment.

 

[RichieZ]

nice

hey your friend is cheating you!

ThinkPad T42
2373Q1U
Customize & buy

Your price
$2,599.35*
IBM Web Price
$3,999.00*
Within 2 weeks**

Microsoft Windows XP Professional
1 GB
60 GB

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 765 2.10GHz
15.0"
1600x1200
128MB ATI Mobility FIREGL T2
5.8-5.8

UltraNav
Ultrabay Slim
DVD Recordable
None
Three years parts and labor (system battery: one year)

Integrated Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
56K V.92 designed modem
IBM 11a/b/g Wi-Fi Wireless II, Bluetooth
Fingerprint Reader IBM ESS 2.0 and Integrated fingerprint reader


 

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: RichieZ
nice

hey your friend is cheating you!

ThinkPad T42
2373Q1U
Customize & buy

Your price
$2,599.35*

Hehe, he's not cheating on me, I thought it was .99

 

[WackyDan]

Congrats --- you got the same one I do but I only have the B/G vard so no biggy.

I just static zapped the fingerprint reader the other weekend and now my whole USB bus is fried..... Had a few days of real cold weather and was shocking everything around the house... the one delivered while I logged in using my finger was a big one though..... Getting it fixed soonly.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: WackyDan
Congrats --- you got the same one I do but I only have the B/G vard so no biggy.

I just static zapped the fingerprint reader the other weekend and now my whole USB bus is fried..... Had a few days of real cold weather and was shocking everything around the house... the one delivered while I logged in using my finger was a big one though..... Getting it fixed soonly.

That's what the IBM warranty is for. And that's the only reason I picked IBM out of all mobile PC manufacturers. Excellent!

 

[fbrdphreak]

Congrats, let us know how you like it. Make sure you check out www.thinkpads.com and visit the forums there if you haven't already. lots of good info
btw, i hope you got the 9-cell batt and maybe even the Ultrabay battery

 

[qaa541]

Horray for another T42 owner!
I have a T42-2378FVU with the 14" High Res Display that I got through the EPP program too!

Good choice with IBM and have fun!

 

[moretoys]

Anyone know of a good review of the 128MB ATI Mobility FIREGL T2 for gaming?
Thanks.

 

[RonS]

Originally posted by: moretoys
Anyone know of a good review of the 128MB ATI Mobility FIREGL T2 for gaming?
Thanks.

Here are two links:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=6409&start=0
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2136

I just received my T42p (2373Q1U), 2.1GHz, 15" UXGA. This thing is a jewel.

 

[BadMonkey130U]

Usually when thieves steal this biometric secured laptop they cut off both hands of the owner so that they can turn the thing on; do yourself a favor and let them know which finger to cut off.

BadMonkey130U

 

[imported_Twitch]

Depending on the way the fingerprint scanner works, a dead/cut off finger sends different electrical signals compared to a living finger IIRC.

It inspires confidence that people want your laptop (and/or information contained within) so badly they will cut your fingers off, but that could be a sign to leave the secure data at the office and use the lappy for HL2 or whatever else

 

[moretoys]

Thanks RonS!

 

[WackyDan]

Originally posted by: Twitch
Depending on the way the fingerprint scanner works, a dead/cut off finger sends different electrical signals compared to a living finger IIRC.

It inspires confidence that people want your laptop (and/or information contained within) so badly they will cut your fingers off, but that could be a sign to leave the secure data at the office and use the lappy for HL2 or whatever else

NOTE: the scanners in use on laptops that use either silicon or optical based scanning do not sense capacitance.... yet. In some of the PCMCIA card scanners that were silicon based, there was a temperature sensing ring around the scanning area that would sense for a "live" human being on the other end. Users with poor circulation to their hands would have some issues using the device as their fingers could be just out of the spec'd temperature range. Those cards got pulled from the market over a patent lawsuit.