Trying to convince parents to let me build a laptop

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Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: shminu

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy

Originally posted by: shminu

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
how much cheaper is it?

a LOT 🙂

i prefer my answers in quantitative amounts not qualititative!

Fine then.

IBM Thinkpad T42, $1.8k

My setup that I have compiled, $1.3k, and, believe it or not, it surpasses that Thinkpad by having a 9700 in it, and 512 mb ram, not to mention also having the Pentium M 1.7 GHz cpu w/ 2 mb L2 cache.

http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/highendsystem/NTBKS41200.asp?v=d

take the above link, configure to your liking, then accept the 5% off promotion on the site... it comes down to about 1400.

http://www.averatec.com/notebooks/6100series.htm
<~ a pretty decent place to shop also 🙂

I want a black laptop. Not green, not red, yellor or silver, but jet black.

 

Can't you just wait for a hot deal on a Thinkpad like the rest of us?

 

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Originally posted by: jumpr
Can't you just wait for a hot deal on a Thinkpad like the rest of us?

Does a Thinkpad have a mobility 9700 for a decent price 🙁