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On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 05:23:53 GMT, Gary L. <nospam@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:41:14 -0400, George Macdonald
><fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@tellurian.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2 Jun 2005 13:54:03 -0700, "YKhan" <yjkhan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23655
>>
>>Why would one go to Lenovo direct sales for a notebook? - even IBM's direct
>>sales were always mostly 1-2 weeks delivery. Just go to NewEgg or CDW and
>>you can have a Thinkpad P-M 1.7 or 1.8 the next day. In a recent
>>emergency, I had one in my hands about 15hrs after ordering on-line at CDW
>>- price was just a few $$ higher than the IBM site... less than the sales
>>tax.
>
>Sage advice. I had pretty good luck with IBM direct sales in the past
>but Lenovo was taking forever to get me a new T42. Lenovo definitely
>has some problems at present in shipping products. Everything seems to
>be out of stock with an indefinite wait.
My experience with IBM direct was so-so: one tolerable and the other got
into a whole mess of double billing.
>Since my old T21 was failing and I needed a new system, I cancelled
>the Lenovo order and bought from Newegg instead. I received the
>ThinkPad (identical model to what I ordered from Lenovo) exactly 29
>hours after ordering it. With FedEx 2nd day service, it came out to a
>few dollars less than the Lenovo price, but I missed out on the free
>Port Replicator that Lenovo was offering. Since I already have a Dock
>II and extra power adapters, it wasn't a big loss. CDW and
>Computers4sure also had the same model in stock for just a few dollars
>more.
On the subject of NewEgg, I just noticed during an ordering session
yesterday that the shipping charges seem to be creeping up, e.g. $5.50 for
a mouse... higher than some of the mice.
That's ridiculous - I'll pop
down to CompUSA or Best Buy and pick up mouse & keyboard I know I like.
I'm getting quite confused by some of the stuff going on at NewEgg just now
and I hope it's not the start of the (inevitable) rot setting in. While my
recent experience, in buying a Samsung 920T 19" LCD, was extremely
pleasant, it almost seemed like someone made a major blunder: this monitor
lists for $730. and at most on-line vendors it can be had for $600. +/- a
few $$. NewEgg was selling it for $419. and it's now out of stock - that
really seems like a mistake rather than just aggressive pricing.
>BTW, what is this "Thinkbook" mentioned at the end of the Inquirer
>article? A cross between a ThinkPad and a PowerBook?? Perhaps a Mac
>portable with an Intel processor, or a ThinkPad with a PowerPC
>processor (like the still-born "Personal Power" systems)? Or just a
>poor excuse for a journalist that can't even get the product names
>correct in his concocted story.
What I read from it is that for AMD CPUs they're going to use the brand
name Thinkbook - hope it's not bowing to Intel pressure to target the "home
market" with AMD and leave the business-oriented Thinkpads as Intel only.
There have also been rumors for a while of an IBM Thinkbook which would run
the Mac OS - dunno where it fits in there.
--
Rgds, George Macdonald