Posts by sharpie

Are you sure it goes to 1.7? I only see it going up to 1.6 on the IBM thinkpad shopping site. I hope you're right though.

Sorry if this was discussed but I noticed a new model line in the X category, the X40. It appears to be even lighter (by a fraction of a pound) than the X30, but otherwise similar. The one thing it gives up though is the discreet...

Quote: Yeah. but think about how much more of a workout the nw8000 will give you. You might be able to save money 2 ways - first by saving $2 K on the notebook itself and then the $50 a month for your membership to your local...

Quote: At which point, one pound, heck, 10 pounds, no longer made any difference. I could concentrate on performance, not looking cool. Look dude, like I said I'm in NYC. There's no room for tugging wheels behind you,...

XStern, are you a native NY'er or a former dweller? I hear you on missing NYC, the only time I ever moved away (I'm native born Manhattan), I realized my mistake. But maybe Dallas is treating you well..

MountainMan put it better than I. It doesn't read well, but a pound and a half is a lot, especially when you live and work in NYC, where walking 80 blocks per day is the norm.

Your logic makes sense, presuming the numbers are accurate (you can't get 3% from a savings account last time i checked, but maybe you have other investment options in mind). That all said, you forgot about it going against ones...

"But! If one is willing to pay an additional $1600 for the sake of a unit that is 1# lighter and .5 thinner - then... obviously discounts mean nothin'." Well not nothing, and the savings I got from moving to Crucial ram was...

I presume you're talking about a small business lease from IBM itself. Leasing seems like a big hassle, it goes against my credit, which I don't like tying up with stuff like this since it doesn't go off until the lease is up (correct...

Geez, this is a tough crowd. I am not starting an independent business, I have a situation in which this purchase is tax deductable. I was looking to shave a few hundred off the cost which thanks to you folks I was able to by checking...