New Computer
I know it has been quite sometime since my last post. If there's anyone out there still regularly checking this blog.. sorry.
Anyway I have been in the market for a new computer. My old thinkpad finally bit the dust last november (at least the screen did) so I have been limping along with a crappy toshiba for the last 6 months. I was waiting for the laptops that featured Santa Rosa to come out but around the middle of april I decided that Santa Rosa wasn't worth waiting for and started seriously shopping for a new laptop.
I began the search thinking I would not purchase another thinkpad as I was somewhat leary about them since they were sold to Lenovo. The major other computer I was looking at was a MacBook Pro. Well long story short I ended up back in the thinkpad's arms and settled on a Thinkpad T60.
I ordered onsale at lenovo.com and expected it to take several weeks. It took just about 1/2 a month to get here, arriving on May 2nd. I opened it up and immediately started hacking away at it... it was great! I was very happy with my purchase. Up until this point I had been only using it with AC power. Well this is where my problems began. The machine would turn itself off every 2 or 3 minutes when it wasn't on AC (yes, the battery had been charged for a full 24 hours and was showing 100%). I thought upgrading the BIOS might fix this, it didn't. The problem progressed to the screen not turning on at all. I called Lenovo and asked to return the machine. They were friendly and issued an RMA for the old machine and helped me get a new order in (with slightly upgraded specs) for a replacement. They also assured me that I was on their critical list seeing as I had already been waiting 2 weeks+ for my laptop.
That was back at the beginning of may. It is now almost the end of may and still no laptop. Oh well, it will get here when it gets here, I'm getting impatient though. On the upside lenovo has issued me a 10% discount in addition to my already discounted machine for having to wait so long. All in all I am getting this thing for about 50% less than what it usually costs!
Read the extended entry to see the specs of the latpop. I'll post an update with how i like the computer after I receive it.
8743CTO LENOVO THINKPAD T60 8743 - NO CPU
42R9189 VBB INTEGR.WIFI WL 3RD ANTENNA
62P6054 VBB INTEGR.BLUETOOTH PAN
42R9315 SBB INTEL CORE 2DUO PROC T7200
42V8011 VBB MS WIN VISTA HOME PREMIUM
42T7246 SBB MS WINVISTA HOMEP US ENG
42T6598 SBB 15.4 W SXGA+/ TFT
42T6651 SBB ATI MOBILITY FIRE GL V5250 256MB
41W2060 VBB 1GB PC2-5300 667MHZ 1DIMM
39T6476 SBB KEYBOARD US ENGLISH
27R0300 VBB INTEGR. FINGERPRINT SENSOR
42T6648 SBB ULTRANAV TRACKPOINT/TOUCHP
41W5790 SBB 100 GB,HDDRIVE,7200RPM
42T7315 SBB DVD RECORD_8XMAXDUAL L UBS
42R9191 SBB THINKPAD 11N #1
41W1508 SBB 6 CELL LI-ION BATTERY
39T6442 SBB COUNTRY PACK NORTH AMERICA
27R1769 SBB PSTN CABLE
42T7374 SBB LANG.PACK US ENGLISH
39T6440 SBB 56K V.92 DESIGNED MODEM
27R1540 SBB ATI LABEL
42T7162 SBB CLEAR PLATE C2P WLAN+BT
41W1721 SBB FCC LABEL
41W1749 SBB GEO LABEL US WLAN BT
41W1774 SBB LOGO PLATE
42T6657 SBB MT 8743 SYSTEM LABEL
42T7135 SBB INTEL LABEL CORE-2
93P7250 SBB THINKPAD LOGOPLATET-SERIES
42V7972 SBB MS LABEL (VISTA PREMIUM)
42V8063 SBB MS WAU ENGLISH NA-U MODELS
41W2071 SBB 1GB PC2-5300 667MHZ MEM.
42T6638 SBB PACK. US, 15.4"
