My very first Thinkpad is coming

hey, this is my very first Thinkpad and its coming now... After several Sony Viao models I have decided switch to a more robust model and Thinkpads were the first choises. I have in my office several chinese collegues (it is like chinatown here) and they all use either no name laptops and/or Thinkpad. We work a lot with special softwares for the molecular biology, gene sequencing and complicated spectroscopic techniques and all coworkers say "it is better to have business machines like Thinkpads". During my last visit in Beijing I was surprised about seeing these "black monsters" in corners of Lenovo in electronic markets and this was the very first infection with Thinkpad thinkpadiodes T61 viruses...
CONFIGURED SYSTEM

$884.26 $884.26
43Y3428 SBB INTEL CORE2DUO PROC.T8100
42V8011 VBB MS WIN VISTA HOME PREMIUM
42V9565 SBB MSWIN VHP32 US ENGLISH
42X5980 SBB INTEL GMA X3100 GM965
41W2063 VBB 2GB PC2-5300 667MHZ 2DIMM
42V8195 SBB KEYBOARD US ENGLISH
42V9330 SBB UN(TRACKPOINT+TCHPD)+ FING.R
42V8703 SBB 160 GB HDD,5400RPM
42V8715 SBB DVDREC8XMAXDUALLAY,UBAYSLM
42X0805 VBB PC CARDSLOT EX CARDSLOT
41W1685 SBB 11ABGWIFI WL LAN USEULAANZ
62P6054 VBB INTEGR.BLUETOOTH PAN
44C1504 SBB IN WIR WIDE AREA NETW UPGR
42V9338 SBB 6 CELL LI-ION BATERRY
41W1787 SBB CPK NORTH AMERICA
42V9391 SBB LANG.PACK US ENGLISH
Status: Shipped on 06/09/2008 More info
Track Shipment Shipment type: UPS Ground
Shipping & Handling $0.00
Tax $53.06
Total $937.32

I am in Europe and Thinkpads cost here more than any of Apple product and I have deicided to buy from USA (with the help of my friends)... It is configured and on the way from Hong Kong today.

 

Congrats on the Thinkpad purchase, post your impressions on the forums when you get it! I'm sure you won't be disappointed they truly are great machines.

 

congrats looks like you got a pretty good deal

 

Congrats on your purchase.

 

thinkpads are nice. you'll like it

 

Very nice. I am loving mine that I got just recently.

 

I have got my thinkpad yesterday! After 3 weeks starting from order to delivery in Germany via HK, Korea Alaska, MD, Frankfurt it came safely and most importantly without german VAT and custom taxes! I thank you Mrs. W from the Zollamt for being so kind to me to make extraordinary exception!
My very first impression is "it is better that I imagined!" The whole build quality is quiet okay. The whole design needs to be refreshed/face lifted. I would call this design as "industry look". Concerning Windows Vista Home Premium, the OS is too fashionable for working horse. Technically, everything works well at the moment and I am still testing it from top to bottom.
The next task is to find suitable notebook sleeve for 14.1 widescreen with big battery. Any suggestions?

 

I am sure your like It I was tottaly impress with the x61t tablet i got plus the service from lenvo hard disk failed they sent me replace disk over night and they also set me set of recovery disk

Yes I agree I had 12.1 x61t and it was pain to find bag that wound fit it

I have say my expeince with Lenvo support Has be very good find qautily of laptop to be pretty good The look is professional : > winch is nice just got figure way to mod it :> Like I want to be conside profesionall :>

 

Several day after receiving my Thinkpad has gone. I have tested the machine through and through and what can be really concerned about this particular model is the display (as always in any of discussion) and the battery life.
Another "really big concern" is the built quality! My display is curve on edges. If you close the laptop you will see the curved plastic display cover very clearly and i am worrying whether rollcage will really work in that case (I would include some pictures later).

 

mine has that curve thing going on too. not sure if it's something to worry about though.

 

I bought almost the same as you but with xp with 3 years warranty I paid inclusive shipping 739 euro. This was bought in Finland. I hope Lenovo will see their price policies within Eu. I got good price...

 

It's supposed to be that way.

See It’s a feature, not a defect

 

Yes, due to euro-usd rate it is better to shop in USA. I have spent about 1000USD for this laptop including shipping. In contrast, very same model costs about 1200euro in Germany...