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    Finally. My T400 arrived

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by mixnightlife, Nov 19, 2008.

  1. mixnightlife

    mixnightlife Notebook Enthusiast

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    After 9 day of wait, I finally got my new toy - T400 (2767CT0)
    This version of T400, for people that might not know, it's customized uniquely.

    The general specs are shown on the attachment.

    Note: 1) It did not come with Vista pre-loaded, but with DOS instead (did not want to pay extra $100+ for Vista - I got plenty OEM keys that lenovo is using to activate pre-configured laptops )

    2) It came with a 512MB DDR3# OEM Samsung module (which I replaced with 2X2GB DDR3 RAM)

    3) 3-year Depot warranty

    My first impressions are as follows:

    Pros:
    LED backlit LED is fantastic (besides a red stuck pixel it came with)
    Extremely fast performance after installing 4GB RAM along with the Ultimate
    64-bit version of Vista
    Optical drive is excellent and fast
    Solid build
    Excellent battery life (made it about 6 hours )
    Intel 5300 rocks


    Cons:
    Battery wobble. (I have to agree too)
    Definitely inferior keyboard - compared to my Z61m, but still better than any other one out there (mine came with NMB).
    No DVI - come on Lenovo

    For this labtop, I paid for it extremely cheap $850 (inc tax ). I also bought on the side 2 x GB DDR3 RAM made by Samsung (OEM) for $135, along with a 7200rpm 160GB perpendicular hard drive made by Hitachi for $120. Nonetheless, It's a super notebook for the money I spend (total $850+255 = $1055 including 3 years warranty).


    No matter If Thinkpad's quality build has declined over the past years, it still remains the best PC company out there. Obviously, since thinkpads are made in China now, will not be as complete as they used to in terms of build quality. This is reasonable due to the significant decrease of cost, thus as cost declines --> production quality declines (ex. I paid $1955 for my Z61m 2 year ago). However, you will not be disappointed because Lenovo is doing a good job offering an excellent laptop for a very competitive price.

    Buy one :)
     

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  2. visiom88

    visiom88 Notebook Evangelist

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    WOW how do you configure with DOS? cuz I'm actually ordering one today for one of my relatives!
     
  3. zerosource

    zerosource Notebook Deity

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    w00t what a config u got!
     
  4. pkja1

    pkja1 Notebook Consultant

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    oh man, that's an awesome deal you got there! congrats and enjoy!
     
  5. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Nine days? How'd you make it?

    Congrats on the machine.
     
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    reg767 Notebook Geek

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    canona95 Newbie

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    Yeah... welcome to the T400 club... You will never regret with it, i just got mine and been using it for past 10 days... I have to say, this is the laptop so far the best I have every use... I got 9-cell and the battery life were amazing!! My old T61P can't even bet T400 in term of battery and size. The only thing, I feels it should have been here will be built-in memory card reader, smart card reader and HDMI... But what the hack, you can get it using PCMCIA and how often you will use the HDMI!!!
     
  8. angle123

    angle123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Tighting the screws on the back may help.
     
  9. angle123

    angle123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The DOS thing was glitch in their system at the end of oct. I got one with DOS and no optical drive. It was much less than what OP paid. Lenovo has since fixed the error.
     
  10. BinkNR

    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    Great job on the pricing…
     
  11. mixnightlife

    mixnightlife Notebook Enthusiast

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    When you order a Thinpad through SPP website @ www.lenovo.com/spp , they give you priority because of the shareholder privileges. (pass: xxxxx)

    Also, a quick trick, try to configure it after 12pm at night, because they normally have glitches in their website that time - they normally perform website maintenance at time. For instance, when I checked last night, you could configured any T series labtop with "free 3 year depot warranty". Today, they fixed it, but will show up again :)
     
  12. Chonex

    Chonex Notebook Enthusiast

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    If I'm not an IBM shareholder, isn it illegal to use that code?
     
  13. mixnightlife

    mixnightlife Notebook Enthusiast

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    No, because I'm not either. They don't check unless you buy via EPP.. SPP is kinda a different version of CPP but for IBM shareholder. Sometimes it has better deals than CPP, sometimes is pricing is the same or better. When I configured mine, came out $200 cheaper than CPP and with a free 3-year warranty.
     
  14. Chonex

    Chonex Notebook Enthusiast

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    OK, I see SPP offers 15% off in thinkpad laptops. Thanks for share the code.

    Hope lenovo offers 20% off at CPP for black friday/cyber monday.
     
  15. arsenic004

    arsenic004 Notebook Consultant

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    Delete that SPP code quick mixnightlife, before a mod has to delete it.

    (but thanks for the code :) )
     
  16. reg767

    reg767 Notebook Geek

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    Are there any ecoupons that could also applied? please advise. thanks
     
  17. HankB

    HankB Notebook Geek

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    USPNOVSALE is usable through the end of today.

    -hank
     
  18. mixnightlife

    mixnightlife Notebook Enthusiast

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    those codes are never valid for spp
     
  19. philosopherdog

    philosopherdog Notebook Consultant

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    I was going to say the same thing as this. Definitely tighten down the screws marked with the keyboard/palmrest symbol. Do it carefully with a small screwdriver. Once I did this the plastics were solid, but before that there was some flex. Definitely some flex around the pcmcia port, but I could probably put some paper around the little plastic insert to snug it in there a bit better.
     
  20. reg767

    reg767 Notebook Geek

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    With the coupon code USPNOVSALE, the price on the Sh holder site was almost identical.
     
  21. rxblitzrx

    rxblitzrx Notebook Evangelist

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    awesome. another happy t400 owner.