OT: notebook shopping
Erich Newell
erich.newell at gmail.com
Mon Apr 21 00:35:31 MST 2008
It's late so I'll keep this short...I *just* ordered a laptop for
myself from Lenovo. For my purposes it was no competition (eraser head
and Nvidia 570M were major factors) but all in all this is a great
deal. I discovered their "Contractor Purchase Program" from a
friend...there aren't any restrictions on it. HOWEVER: the sale that
allowed me to get the price I did ends TODAY (4/21)
Basically, its a completely pimped out T61p...*EVERY* option minus the
RAM and OS...which I already have 4GB of to swap in my current laptop
(put their 2GB in mine to make it "sellable" on ebay) and the cheapest
OS I can get so I don't feel guilty throwing it away. No linux on T61p
:'(
Note: I did put on an extra sata-bay adapter and a super stylie power
adapter...and don't forget the 2year ON SITE service!
http://www.lenovo.com/cpp
passcode: 556655
Here's what I got:
Quantity Part No. Description Est. Ship Date Item Price
Line Total
1 6459CT CONFIGURED SYSTEM
05/22/08 $1,608.97 $1,608.97
43Y3426 SBB INTEL CORE2DUO PROC.T9300
42V8012 VBB MS WIN VISTA HOME BASIC
42V8568 SBB MS WINVISTA HM BS32 US ENG
42V8288 ** SBB 15.4 WUXGA TFT
42X5976 SBB NVID QUA FX570M-256MB OPGL
41W2063 VBB 2GB PC2-5300 667MHZ 2DIMM
42V8195 SBB KEYBOARD US ENGLISH
42V8297 SBB UN(TRCKP TOUCHPAD)FINGERRE
42X5227 SBB 200GB HDD,7200RPM,DISKENC
42V8193 SBB INTEL TURBO MEMORY 1GB
42V8172 SBB DVD REC.8XMAXDUAL LAY UB-S
42X0806 VBB PC CARDSLOT SM CARDSLOT
42V8177 SBB INT.WIRE.WIFI/LINK4965AGN
62P6054 VBB INTEGR.BLUETOOTH PAN
42V8187 SBB THINKPAD WIRELESS USB ADPT
39T6651 SBB 9 CELL LI-ION BATTERY
39T6442 SBB COUNTRY PACK NORTH AMERICA
42X1524 SBB LP-US ENGLISH
41C9167 LENOVO THINKPLUS EXTENDED SERVICE AGREEMENT - 2
YEARS - ON-SITE
1 CAFEE08 RECYCLE FEE FOR PRODUCT WITH 15 TO 34 INCH DISPLAY
05/22/08 $8.00 $8.00
1 40Y8725 LENOVO THINKPAD SERIAL ATA HARD DRIVE BAY ADAPTER -
STORAGE BAY ADAPTER
05/22/08 $39.20 $39.20
1 41N8460 LENOVO 90W SLIM AC/DC COMBO ADAPTER - POWER ADAPTER -
AC / CAR / AIRPLANE - 90 WATT
05/22/08 $95.96 $95.96
Shipping & Handling $0.00
Tax $138.80
Total $1,890.93
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 10:31 PM, <fouldragon at aol.com> wrote:
> I sort of wish they'd get out of the software business-- you wouldn't
> buy a Windows laptop or a Linux laotop, but rather a machine that
> boots, and runs the vendor's self-test, then waits for a boot disc.
>
> If the people who wanted Vista on their laptop had to install it just
> as much as the people who wanted Slackware do, then all of a sudden:
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> 1. Their support costs drop 90%-- the only things they really have to
> handle are DOA hardware.
>
> 2. The Windows tax becomes obvious.
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> 3. Preinstalled-software inertia becomes less of an issue.
> (OpenOffice would get installed more if MS Office, or worse yet, its
> free trial versiopn, wasn't preinstalled)
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> 4. No more crapware.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: der.hans <PLUGd at LuftHans.com>
> To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 8:42 pm
> Subject: Re: OT: notebook shopping
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> Am 20. Apr, 2008 schwätzte Cat Chapman so:
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> > I'm using a system76 laptop to post this. They make Linux lappies,
> and
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> > so far I've had nothing but great things with this machine.
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> > Check them out at http://system76.com
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> By going with sytem76 or something else purchased with GNU/Linux we can
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> get support for GNU/Linux.
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> At this point I do not intend to buy any computers that don't come with
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> GNU/Linux pre-installed and supported.
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> I almost had to seriously consider getting a new laptop a couple of
> weeks
>
> ago, so this is a current topic for me. I still needed the new
> workstation
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> and didn't consider anything that didn't come with GNU/Linux
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> pre-installed.
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> I will play with Foresight when my KPC comes in,
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> http://us.shuttle.com/Home.aspx, but I will shrink it down as a reserve
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> with Ubuntu as my primary OS :). Shuttle is advertising compiz with the
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> intel graphics chip. I expect good support. Maybe I'll run Foresight in
> a
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> VM.
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> I want the computer manufacturers to push the hardware industry for
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> specs and Free Software drivers. That isn't going to happen if we
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> don't intentionally and specifically purchase something with GNU/Linux
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> pre-installed.
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> I would expect good support for suspend and all of the hardware for a
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> laptop with GNU/Linux pre-installed. I likely wouldn't care about the
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> modem, so I won't guarantee that I'd test every single component :).
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> The $700 system76 system comes with an intel graphics chip, so it
> should
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> have good X support since intel has been providing us with specs for a
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> while.
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> It's also got a dual-core CPU, so virtual machines should have lots of
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> resources available.
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> 4 GB of RAM should be plenty. Well, for now anyway :). It's double what
> I
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> could get on the desktop.
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> ciao,
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> der.hans
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