Refurbished Thinkpad R51: $344.25

Just picked up a refurbished Thinkpad R51 for $344.25 off the IBM website under the Contractor Purchase Program (CPP). Price outside the CPP is $459.00.

14.1" TFT
Pentium M 1.5 GHz
512 MB
40 GB HD
CD-RW/DVD Combo
Gigabit Ethernet
IBM 802.11 b/g (Atheros?)
56k Modem
Windows XP Pro
3 Month Limited Warranty

Was getting tired of lugging my 17" Dell E1705 Inspiron around, and was looking for a good light internet cafe laptop on the cheap, and this seemed to fit the bill perfectly. Hopefully it comes with a single stick of 512 MB memory, instead of 2 sticks of 256 MB. I want to upgrade her to 1 GB at least.

 

I have that exact same laptop config sitting under my desk at work collecting dust (it got replaced with a MacBook Pro). Its a nice piece of hardware, clear out most of the IBM junk when you get it and definitely get that 1GB of RAM in there ASAP, it should be a nice PC for surfing and I like the form factor.

 

Cool! That's a slick deal

 

Thats a very nice deal congrats

 

can anyone get this config? thanks

p.s., nice deal.

 

Yup. It's still available on the IBM Certified Used Equipment web page

IBM Certified Used Notebook R51 (AHU)

 

Bought an Intel Pentium M 745 1.8GHz off eBay today for $60 to replace the 1.5GHz. She can take up to a PM 755 2.0GHz, but the cheapest one I could find was about $160. Extra 200MHz isn't worth an extra $100. Won't buy any memory until I see what configuration this has, 2x256 or 1x512.

 

hey WackyT, thanks for the information. However, I am unable to get the same price of $344.25 as you are. Can you help me? Thank you

 

That price is available to IBM employees and contractors.

 

can you buy me one and i'll pay you

I would love you forever.

 

Sorry. No.

 

Thanks anyways!