Very best notebook?

[gryfon]

IMO, if could could stand another 3 month or so , alviso and the new centrino will come out, and perhaps guarentee a longer update path.

 

[trikster2]

RonS

Just out of curiousity: what did you do with the $2000 left over?

If anyone else is looking at the T42P there is a great sale on the 2373HVU this week It's a .3ghz slower and no DVD writer but exactly like Ron's four grand laptop in every other respec.

ThinkPad T42p
2373HVU
Sale!
$2,299.00*
IBM Web Price
$3,379.00*

 

[RonS]

I bought the 2373Q4U ($4299, sale price $3740). After adding extra batteries, Dock II, extra 1GB memory and a few other doodads, that got me over $5000. Then, I bought some software that I've had my eye on.

the 2373Q4U is the same as the Q1U except it uses Intel's new 801.11a/b/g wireless rather than IBM's version. It was on IBM's web site a few days ago, but has disappeared.

 

[Looney]

What kind of software development are you doing that you need a $6000 notebook? That seems pretty absurd to me. Like somebody already said, spend $3k on a notebook, then the other $3k on a kickass LCD screen.

 

[trikster2]

Thanks rons

The Q1U is $2794 on the EPP site. Not bad considering what you paid.

Alas still it's about $1000 more than I want to spend....

Let us know if your T42 system is worth the $5k!

It would kill me to spend 5K on a T42 when the T43's are so close (gen availabilty feb 15 05), but if you gotta spend it you gotta spend it.

 

[Conroy9]

ooh
where is there info on the T43?

(edit: ah, found a discussion thread on forum.thinkpads.com)

 

[RonS]

Originally posted by: Conroy9
ooh
where is there info on the T43?

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=6162
http://forum.thinkpads.com/vie...&highlight=chinese

 

[Philippine Mango]

ibms, which ever you can get for the highest config. Or look at voodoo pc, they have some very expensive laptops.