Thinkpad A31 (2652D3U) with Palm M125 $1149

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Braxus
Just to let you guys know, battery life on the A31 notebooks is generally around 2 hours. Don't expect it to be a "road warrior" laptop.

OK. Nobody answered my question: does it come with an AC adaptor, or do you have to order it extra?

 

[ImpalaSS99]

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: Braxus
Just to let you guys know, battery life on the A31 notebooks is generally around 2 hours. Don't expect it to be a "road warrior" laptop.

OK. Nobody answered my question: does it come with an AC adaptor, or do you have to order it extra?

Hey Muse, I get my laptop today in the mail. As soon as I get it ill let you know

 

[daye]

Here has a 7 months old T23 for $1189. They also has the A31 for $1199.

 

[cleek]

Here is a new T23 for $1249 3 yera warranty too.

ThinkPad T23 Notebook
ThinkPad T23 Notebook Intel® Pentium® III-M 1.0Ghz, 128MB, 20GB Hard drive, 8x-3.3x DVD, 56K modem, 14.1" TFT, Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Office XP SBE

 

[daye]

Just got the A31 and the m125 from Airborn.

 

[cleek]

hey - me too :

My wife asked what's in the box so I opened it and handed her the new palm she was eyeing

 

[ImpalaSS99]

Mine arrived in philly as well, just need to wait until I get off of work to use it

 

[ng5783]

Has anyone/everyone else been hassled by the Microwarehouse "police" who want proof that you're not planning on reselling these A31's?
The phone rep today said the deal with the free Palm was a mistake intended only for a GSA (gov't) schedule. Congrats to those of you who
got it. I was trying to buy four for the kids, but was ticked off by the hoops they wanted me to jump through before they'd ship - and cancelled my order.
Now the free Palm deal is dead.

 

[ng5783]

By the way, I bought three A22's, a T21, and an X21 from IBM over the past two years. They're all still working great. IBM makes solid laptops (although my Toshiba and Fujitsu have also been great). Best of all, because they're so widely used, it's easy to find upgrades like DC adapters and extra modular-bay drives on auction sites.

 

[ImpalaSS99]

Originally posted by: ng5783
Has anyone/everyone else been hassled by the Microwarehouse "police" who want proof that you're not planning on reselling these A31's?
The phone rep today said the deal with the free Palm was a mistake intended only for a GSA (gov't) schedule. Congrats to those of you who
got it. I was trying to buy four for the kids, but was ticked off by the hoops they wanted me to jump through before they'd ship - and cancelled my order.
Now the free Palm deal is dead.

Yes, I was hassled. They asked me to fax them a written letter stating i would not resell the laptop that I bought. So, i did. I only bought one though, wierd.

 

[daye]

Does this thing has an internal microphone?
If yea, how to enable it?
Thanks.

 

[Noleman]

I'm just guessing, but I doubt it. It has a place to plug in a microphone on the left hand side. I am completely in love with this laptop. I only have had about 30 minutes to play with it, but it is something else. Thanks guys for the great deal.

Noleman

 

[daye]

Can't belive it doesn't have an internal mic.
Is the mic jack standard?

 

[cleek]

Now I realize why this is so #$%^&*( huge.

I compared it to my T23. The T23 has the DVD on the right side and PCMCIA on the left.

The A31 has the PCMCIA and the DVD/CDRW on the right and a second open Ultrabay 2000 on the left side of the machine -truely a desktop replacement form factor.

I have no idea what else I need to put in there (I do have a spare floppy drive, but who uses those any more )...

 

[ng5783]

If you actually want to use this as a laptop away from an outlet, you might consider adding a li-ion battery to that spare bay.

 

[qwertypc]

Hey guys, I'm having a lil trouble here finding the IBM A31 that comes w/ the free Palm M125 for $1149. Is the deal dead? I can only find the $1199 deal.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: cleek
Now I realize why this is so #$%^&*( huge.

I compared it to my T23. The T23 has the DVD on the right side and PCMCIA on the left.

The A31 has the PCMCIA and the DVD/CDRW on the right and a second open Ultrabay 2000 on the left side of the machine -truely a desktop replacement form factor.

I have no idea what else I need to put in there (I do have a spare floppy drive, but who uses those any more )...

One of the advantages of the A31 is that you can put another drive (HD) in that extra bay. I think you can find those pretty easily.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: qwertypc
Hey guys, I'm having a lil trouble here finding the IBM A31 that comes w/ the free Palm M125 for $1149. Is the deal dead? I can only find the $1199 deal.

Yeah, dead as a door nail.

 

[rrbb]

Daye,

Did the A31 come in retail packaging et al? does it appear to be a new one ?

What about the OS CD ?

One more day for mine to come in. But i though i prepare myself a bit for it .

 

[caliyogi]

Just got mine. Nope, didn't come with OS CD, bastards.

 

[caliyogi]

there is a 1.4 GB partition on the hard drive with system restore.

in the words of walter solchek from the big lebowski, what a bunch of f**king amateurs!!

 

[rrbb]

caliyogi,

yeah cant understand this not giving OS deal. Is there a way for you to check that these lappies are actually new and not refurbs?

i.e. Serial No or sth

 

[daye]

This is brand new. When you get a refurb, you can tell.
It's a disapointement that it doesn't come with any CDs, but not big deal.
There's no valuable software you would want to back up.
For the OS, the CD is easy to get from whatever sources, the only
important thing is the serial number.
If only it had video-out, USB 2.0, internal microphone, and internal Wi-Fi.
So any suggestions for that empty bay?

 

[cleek]

Originally posted by: daye
...So any suggestions for that empty bay?

Helium reservoir to make it a bt lighter

 

[rrbb]

Sounds good Daye.

About video out. It does have the S Video output ! S Video -> RCA adapters are cheap ! So it should be fine.

Anyone knows of any good Wi-fi card deals around?

USB 2.0 will be good too but i could live with 1.1