[ltp] London suppliers of used Thinkpads

[Eric Kjeldergaard]

On 05/10/05, Eric A. Constant <constan8@msu.edu> wrote:
> Ted Frater wrote:
>
> > Eric A. Constant wrote:
> >
> >> Ted Frater wrote:
> >>
> >>> Duncan Anderson wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Greetings All
> >>>>
> >>>> I have been running Mandrake Linux on an old T22 for several years,
> >>>> but now I think the machine is getting a little tired. Do any of
> >>>> the UK members of this list know of any companies, especially in
> >>>> the London area, who sell refurbished or secondhand Thinkpads? I
> >>>> live in a fairly undeveloped part of South Africa where such things
> >>>> are either unavailable or very expensive.
> >>>>
> >>>> I am going to be in London for a few days at the end of this month,
> >>>> and I want to try to find another notebook while I am there.
> >>>> Obviously I want a Thinkpad, preferably something with a P4 processo=
r.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, but if I get such a machine I
> >>>> shall surely be running Linux on it.
> >>>>
> >>>> regards
> >>>> Duncan
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I cant help you in London, but im just 2 hrs away on theS coast (
> >>> Bmth) andhave a very good friend who supplies Thinkpads to me and
> >>> others.
> >>> Ill be able to cal lhim on Thursday( im away till then from my
> >>> desk)of this week to find out what he can get for you.
> >>> Dont get a P4 powered machine.
> >>> you must get a Thinkpad with the Centrino processor. Much better and
> >>> much less power huingry.
> >>>  One of the later T range such as the T 30 or 31 would be a good
> >>> step up.
> >>> as soon as ive some info ill write here again.
> >>> Ted Frater
> >>> thinkpad dealer and enthusiast in Dorset UK.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> But isn't a T30 a P4-M machine?
> >> -Eric (soon to be getting a T23)
> >>
> > I think of the P4 as the desktop processor used by the cheap laptop
> > makers .
> > I always thought the Centrino  was the development of  the P3m .  And
> > is called the dothan.
> > However im sure thatsomeone will clarify the intel processor family
> > better than  me.
> >
> Okay, I think I see what you mean (and I could very easily be wrong
> since I'm a novice when it comes to laptops):  For the current line the
> Celeron is Intel's cheapest laptop chip (and I think cheapest desktop
> chip).  You're right, the Centrino/P-M is a development of the P3m
> (which IMO makes the P3m a good lower-budget choice).  The P4-M, at
> least for laptops, was developed after the P3m but in many ways was a
> step backwards (at least that is what I've been led to believe) and I
> think you're right here too, the P4-M a desktop chip in a laptop.

My p4m in my R40 gets just over 6 hours on a charge with the standard
battery which seems pretty impressive for a 2.2 ghz "desktop chip in a
laptop".

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