[ltp] Purchasing New Laptop

[Joel Ebel]

Mine came with internal bluetooth.  It is not a T40p.  You can get it on 
a T40.

Joel

Steve Krulewitz wrote:

>>The bluetooth "Combo" card is the modem and bluetooth combined on one
>>card.  it is unrelated to the wireless card.
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>And from what I understand (told to me by IBM) is that this part is not
>upgradeable -- you can't get internal bluetooth on a non "p" model.
>
>This link provides a good summary of all the models:
>http://www5.pc.ibm.com/us/me.nsf/US-webdocs/Spec+Sheet:+IBM+ThinkPad+T40+not
>ebooks/$FILE/Ths6503d.pdf
>
>When I bought my T40p, it seemed that the T40p was the only model that you
>could buy from other retailers -- the rest had to be purchased through IBM,
>and there was a backorder on the t40p at the time.  Buying from a retailer
>let me get a better price -- kaanza.com gave me a good deal.
>
>However, It seems that this has now changed:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/fy1r
>
>cheers,
>-steve
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