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    Bought a T500 this evening

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by KellyW, Mar 8, 2009.

  1. KellyW

    KellyW Newbie

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    I purchased a T500 this evening thanks to some good advice from these forums. I am coming from a Dell Inspiron E1505 to the T500.

    I am hoping the T500 will be a fresh breath of air for me. My question is: Does it come with recovery disks, or do you make them. If so, can someone please tell me how many disks it takes to make them.

    Thanks so much.
     
    KellyW, Mar 8, 2009
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  2. Han Bao Quan

    Han Bao Quan The Assassin

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  3. KellyW

    KellyW Newbie

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    Great, thanks so much!
     
    KellyW, Mar 8, 2009
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  4. HerrKaputt

    HerrKaputt Elite Notebook User

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    With Dell, you can call them and ask for official Vista or XP discs. You could try that with Lenovo.

    Congratulations, that's one of the best laptops you could get.
     
    HerrKaputt, Mar 8, 2009
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  5. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    They'll send to you for $45.
     
    ZaZ, Mar 8, 2009
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  6. wobble987

    wobble987 Notebook Virtuoso

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    strange that my thinkpad X300 comes with 3 recovery disk

    1 startup recovery
    2 vista businees cd
    3 software and driver
     
    wobble987, Mar 8, 2009
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  7. Rich.Carpenter

    Rich.Carpenter Cranky Bastage

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    Did you opt for Vista downgraded to XP for your OS selection?
     
    Rich.Carpenter, Mar 8, 2009
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    The Fire Snake Notebook Virtuoso

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    I think you will love it. When you first get the laptop just pick it up and you will feel a real difference from other laptops. It just feels so much more solid. Enjoy!
     
    The Fire Snake, Mar 8, 2009
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  9. HerrKaputt

    HerrKaputt Elite Notebook User

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    Yeah, I felt that way when I got my Dell E6400. These things are built like tanks, it impressed me a lot.
     
    HerrKaputt, Mar 8, 2009
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    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    HerrKaput.
    You talk a lot about e6400 and say nothing about Thinkpads. Enough. Go back where you came from. Im sure threre are good things about inspiron. I'm running one till I get out of the hospital. But when i get out the first thing I'm doing is putting my desktop on, and then when then new thinkpads are on I'm buying one.
    -Renee
     
    Renee, Mar 8, 2009
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  11. HerrKaputt

    HerrKaputt Elite Notebook User

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    What? 9 times out of 10 when I recommend an E6400 I also recommend the T400. Only when people specifically say that looks are important do I omit the T400, or when the budget is tight because of the Dell Outlet. Usually I even elaborate a little and explain that the e6400 has DisplayPort and eSATA but the T400 has a better modular bay. Here is one example, coincidentally on the thread that convinced the original poster to buy the T500:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=360400

    As for talking about the e6400 more than about the t400, well, I own one, not the other. That kind of explains it, no?

    Don't believe me? Search these forums for posts by me and see for yourself.
     
    HerrKaputt, Mar 8, 2009
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  12. BinkNR

    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    Heh. The T400’s sleek all-black/dominator/no-nonsense look looks good to me/makes me look important ;) .
     
    BinkNR, Mar 8, 2009
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  13. HerrKaputt

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    Yeah. I actually don't dislike its looks either. I should have said "only when people say that they don't want a brick-looking laptop". In the past few days I've seen more than one person say they don't want "a laptop that looks like a Thinkpad". In those cases, it would be a bit silly to suggest a T400, methinks.
     
    HerrKaputt, Mar 9, 2009
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