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Date:      Mon, 28 May 2001 19:27:33 -0700 (MST)
From:      "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>
To:        garycor@home.com (Gary T. Corcoran)
Cc:        chopra@runbox.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Purchasing a new laptop...advice?
Message-ID:  <200105290227.TAA03022@freeway.dcfinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <3B12C344.462F5164@home.com> from "Gary T. Corcoran" at "May 28, 1 05:29:40 pm"

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As I recall, Gary T. Corcoran wrote:
> PC Mall (pcmall.com) sent me a flyer advertising the now low-end IBM
> notebooks, where "low-end" is now the quite respectable 700MHz-800MHz
> speeds for $1450 - $1600.  The $1600 one is 800MHz, 20GB drive, 64MB
> RAM, 14 inch (1024x768) screen, plus DVD!  They also offer another
> 128MB for about $100.  Of course they also offer "better" ones for
> more money, but that $1600 deal is rather tempting...  :)
> If you're going to be using it in North America anyway, why not buy
> one built for North America?

IBM refurbishes equipment that comes off lease, and sells it through
a web site run by the financial arm.  Wanna buy a 3705?

No?  How about a ThinkPad for $700?  That's a bit more like it.
Assuming you don't find the idea of pre-owned offensive...

  http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/CategoryDisplay?cntrfnbr=1&cgmenbr=1&cntry=840&lang=en_US&cgrfnbr=2047342

	-crl
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Chad R. Larson (CRL15)   602-953-1392   Brother, can you paradigm?
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