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Bobblehead · 02-23-2006, 12:26 PM

Last year around this time I got an IBM T42p for under $2K by getting a refurb. Considering that it listed on the site as valued at $4500, it was a good deal and has been an excellent laptop. I know that no way in hell anyone would have bought it for that list price, but even looking at other sources it was a heck of a deal (and I had been looking for months).

Edit: Immediately after posting this, I read an article saying that as of this morning Lenovo (who took over IBM's computer/laptop manufacturing last year) has indicated that they are going to compete head to head with Dell and begin a aggressive pricing strategy.

We may be in for a bit of a price war starring Dell v Lenovo.

02-23-2006, 12:26 PM	#8
Bobblehead Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: in your blind spot. Exp:	Last year around this time I got an IBM T42p for under $2K by getting a refurb. Considering that it listed on the site as valued at $4500, it was a good deal and has been an excellent laptop. I know that no way in hell anyone would have bought it for that list price, but even looking at other sources it was a heck of a deal (and I had been looking for months). Edit: Immediately after posting this, I read an article saying that as of this morning Lenovo (who took over IBM's computer/laptop manufacturing last year) has indicated that they are going to compete head to head with Dell and begin a aggressive pricing strategy. We may be in for a bit of a price war starring Dell v Lenovo. __________________ "The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence." —Bill Clinton "The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge." —Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress "But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity" —WKRP in Cincinatti Last edited by Bobblehead; 02-23-2006 at 12:39 PM.