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    Travel Bezel, Ultrabay Slim

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Gsum, Dec 7, 2007.

  1. Gsum

    Gsum Newbie

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    Im building a T61 series laptop.. and i just realized now that there is such an Optical drive...
    but when i click the "help me decide" thing it doesn't tell me what it is.. I just know it makes my laptop cost 52 dollars less... with that kinda money i can make some other upgrades instead..
    so can someone tell me what this is? how it'll look on the laptop etc?
     
    Gsum, Dec 7, 2007
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  2. Arki

    Arki Super Moderator

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    I don't really understand what you are saying. Are you configuring a T61 on the Lenovo website? UltraBay Slim is an optical drive made for ThinkPads T6x's. It can be CD, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-RW, etc. It looks fine and normal as it should on a laptop. When you select one, it decreases your total price by $52? Please make it more clear.
     
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  3. Gsum

    Gsum Newbie

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    what i meant was.. why is this one significantly cheaper than the other options i have...

    my options were:
    Travel Bezel, Ultrabay Slim [subtract $52.50]
    DVD-ROM 8x Max, Ultrabay Slim [subtract $7.50]
    CD-RW/DVD-ROM, Ultrabay Slim <--- Selected by default

    What can the Travel Bezel do for me? only read CD ROMS?
     
    Gsum, Dec 7, 2007
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  4. Laursen

    Laursen Notebook Consultant

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    The travel bezel occupies the UltraBay slot and can be used if you want to travel light and don't need an optical drive.
     
    Laursen, Dec 7, 2007
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  5. Arki

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    I understand what you are talking about now. The travel bezel is just an UltraBay slot filler. It doesn't read ROM's of any kind.
     
    Arki, Dec 7, 2007
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    Chanchin Notebook Geek

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    And this costs 51 US$?
     
    Chanchin, Dec 8, 2007
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    smoothoperator Notebook Evangelist

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    no it subtracts 52.00 off the price, since you are not getting an optical drive
     
    smoothoperator, Dec 8, 2007
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  8. Arki

    Arki Super Moderator

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    Correct.

    And also to the OP'er, it's recommended to get the best stock optical drive you can configure since buying it aftermarket is about 100% more. I sure regret getting only CD-RW/DVD-ROM LOL! :eek:
     
    Arki, Dec 8, 2007
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