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    The new Lenovo line available at BLT

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Fade To Black, Jul 16, 2008.

  1. Fade To Black

    Fade To Black The Bad Ass

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    Bottom Line Telecommunications have the new Lenovo range, including the X200, T400/500 and W500 (these are the ones I've searched for).
    The prices seem great from my point of view. The specs on the other hand are missing (aside from the screen, RAM, HDD and CPU).
     
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    ESLE890 Notebook Consultant

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    Nice.
    Hopefully I will have one in hand by September 21st.
     
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    This seems too good to be true price wise. Based on how previous work station models worked, we can assume that all W500s will have the FireGL 5700. So they are offering this with a P9600 and 2gb of ram for under 1900? Something seems fishy.
     
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    ~$1300 for the T400 with WXGA+ w/ LED backlight. I hope webcams are available on more models. They're simply not available in the UK.
     
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    It also says that they are expecting shipment of all the new models on 07-26-2008. I guess it could be a placeholder though.
     
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    BLT always had good prices on everything (checked by comparison with other shops). They get the products directly from Lenovo and as some might know, what they offer are pre-built laptops assembled by Lenovo.
     
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  7. Big-O

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    And put a SSD in the X200, and watch you fly!
     
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    Well those guys are fast, the W500 is not yet configurable even on the Lenovo website.

    I hope they get some more configuration in the next weeks.
     
    Andrew72, Jul 16, 2008
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    Hopefully the prices will remain the same as I am sure they already know the prices Lenovo wants them to pay. I don't think they would make the prices up, just so people will order them, then asking for more money. A lot of people would cancel the order otherwise.
     
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    They say they don't offer refunds though... That's a bit suspect.
     
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    This place rivals my EPP discount with Lenovo. Their SL300 is at a very tempting price.
     
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  12. Han Bao Quan

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    If that price is without coupon or discount, I think I can bring it down a little bit with the cpp code.
     
    Han Bao Quan, Jul 16, 2008
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  13. PointZero

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    Well these are supposed to be wholesale prices, but you're right. CPP and EPP prices might wind up being lower.
     
    PointZero, Jul 16, 2008
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