Price check plz!

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Just wondered if any one has ever used an IBM THINKPAD 390X 400mhz 64Mb RAM?
Got 2 of them off ebay for £166.00 each is this a good price?

I was also wondering what would be the best way to beef them up a bit on
the cheap?.

I was thinking that for about £100 I would probably be able to get 256Mb
RAM + 7200 hard drive second hand.

I would be grateful for any help.

Regards...

Trip

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Everything to do with computers or arcades seem to be more expensive in
the u.k unfortunately :-( .

I don't mind paying a bit over the normal price as they're refurbished
with 30 day warranty etc. At least I know that as the guy has more than
2 of them to sell, that they won't be stolen off of some poor sod down
at the local pub ;-)

Thanks for the info though especialy the group for thinkpads, that
should make it easier when they decide to go tits up LOL.

Trip


Anonymous Jack wrote:
> "Tripmonkey (UK)" <trip2002@spam.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:<HB5mc.45$zx1.23@nurse.blueyonder.net>...
>
>>Just wondered if any one has ever used an IBM THINKPAD 390X 400mhz 64Mb RAM?
>>Got 2 of them off ebay for £166.00 each is this a good price?
>
>
> That works out to about $300 US, so if you paid $300 each, that was a
> bit too much to be a great deal - I think it would be an OK deal in
> the US if they were pristine and included everything. I've been told
> that Thinkpads can be pricier in the UK for some reason.
>
>
>>I was also wondering what would be the best way to beef them up a bit on
>>the cheap?.
>>I was thinking that for about £100 I would probably be able to get 256Mb
>>RAM + 7200 hard drive second hand.
>
>
> More RAM and a faster HD are the right way to go (IMHO) though you may
> want to watch the prices on eBay a bit to see what is reasonable.
>
> Here's a group devoted to thinkpads:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl [...] c.thinkpad
>
> There's also a mailing list with a lot of knowledgable folks. If you
> want to subscribe to the mailing list, visit the page:
> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
>
> Or visit the archives here:
> http://zurich.csail.mit.edu/hypermail/thinkpad/
>
> Regards,
> Jack