bargain ThinkPad t530i (fwd)
D. Hugh Redelmeier
hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu Jul 10 17:17:42 UTC 2014
I sent this 12 hours ago and it hasn't shown up.
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From: D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
To: Toronto Linux Users Group <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 01:22:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: bargain ThinkPad t530i
Canada Computers is selling these what I think is a great price
<http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_664_665&item_id=070096>
Good points:
- $449.88 (went down from $500 a few days ago)
- serious ThinkPad line (heavy, solid, Linux supported on it, possible to
service guts, trackpoint, nice keyboard)
- 1920 x 1080 display
- 3 year warranty
- room for mSATA (or WLAN) card inside.
Not quite so good:
- no WiFi, Bluetooth, or webcam
- only i3-3110M processor (not Haswell); no extra video hardware
unlike real t530 models
- only a small slow HDD
- a little old (as indicated by bundled Win 7)
My fanciful guess: these were originally built for spooks, thus the lack
of leaky peripherals.
I bought one of these (a few weeks ago, at the Grand Opening of the CC on
Yonge near Eglinton ($400). I have ordered WiFi and Bluetooth bits from
China (~$50 total). Note: the BIOS whitelists these cards so you've got
to get ones designed for the ThinkPad.
More discussion here:
<http://forums.redflagdeals.com/lenovo-thinkpad-t530-2394-bk4-1503911/>
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