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Merc
January 8th, 2008, 10:40:40 PM
I have a chance at getting a Lenovo ThinkPad R Series R61e for $512 shipped. Any advice on this lappie? Good bad useless?

Specs
765084U
Windows XP Professional
Intel Celeron M 540 (1.86GHz)
512MB RAM
video Intel GMA X3100 shared memory
15.4" screen
80GB hdd

Link is here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834146311&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL010808&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL010808-_-LaptopsNotebooks-_-E6L-_-34146311
I get an extra $100 off through a Newegg promotional (promotion code is EMCABAJAH if you're interested)

This will be for my side business so basically testing LANs and downloading drivers as well as internet surfing, billing and bookeeping etc. Probably no gaming at all.
nehemiah
January 8th, 2008, 11:06:52 PM
Lanova makes great pizza.
Merc
January 8th, 2008, 11:09:12 PM
Lanova makes great pizza.
I was going to groan your ass but then I'd be like notacon. http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/parisienne-moonlight/emoticon/asdcattivo.gif Damn I was hoping Pete was on line because these might sell out quick.
nehemiah
January 8th, 2008, 11:12:30 PM
I was going to groan your ass but then I'd be like notacon. http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/parisienne-moonlight/emoticon/asdcattivo.gif Damn I was hoping Pete was on line because these might sell out quick.buy it.

newegg has the best return policy in the history of the world. it will all work out one way or the other.
Merc
January 8th, 2008, 11:21:27 PM
buy it.

newegg has the best return policy in the history of the world. it will all work out one way or the other.
I do a LOT of business with the Egg. They are excellent.
Merc
January 8th, 2008, 11:27:55 PM
Ah hell, I'm pulling the trigger. Can't beat the price and it doesn't have Vista.

DONE; $562.92 shipped with a Targus bag and small Logitech Laser Mouse. I'm pretty sure Pete will approve as he has recommended Lenovo in the past.
35Pete
January 9th, 2008, 4:11:26 AM
Ah hell, I'm pulling the trigger. Can't beat the price and it doesn't have Vista.

DONE; $562.92 shipped with a Targus bag and small Logitech Laser Mouse. I'm pretty sure Pete will approve as he has recommended Lenovo in the past.

Put Linux in it.
Woody
January 9th, 2008, 6:06:09 AM
Good buy. :thumbup: :niterider
Lucidvizion
January 9th, 2008, 9:41:17 AM
Good price.
Merc
January 9th, 2008, 12:42:23 PM
I'll let you guys know how I like it. I ordered a 512mb stick of Corsair for $18.00 shipped as well (after all no self-respecting geek can have less than 1GB of memory).
Merc
February 2nd, 2008, 7:23:09 PM
Just to close this out I had the laptop a week and loved it but it was too slow so I sold the 51MB stick I bought to a guy at work and ordered 2GB of Corsair for $45. That speeded things up but that CPU was depressing me. Single core 540 at 1.86GHz with 1MB cache wasn't hacking it after enjoying multi cores for so long.

So I did some studying and asked a few questions and decided I wanted a T7300 in here. I found a guy selling an engineering sample T7300 for $140 shipped. Core 2 Duo, 2.0GHz and 4MB cache. Got that and downloaded the service manual. After about an hour and a half of work I had a new Laptop. http://ganjataz.com/01smileys/images/smileys/OdBall-thatworks2.gif

I wrote a detailed guide for another forum on the install and posted it here as well. Pictures and everything if anyone is interested. http://www.buffalorange.com/showthread.php?t=130383

So for $680 I have an $1100 Lenovo Thinkpad with XP Pro.:n4clapping: