looking at an IBM ThinkPad T41

[r***@psg.com]

You'll have fun freeing up space for a FreeBSD partition

partition magic is your friend

randy

[r***@gid.co.uk]

Post by r***@psg.com

You'll have fun freeing up space for a FreeBSD partition

partition magic is your friend

Not when I don't have a copy to hand and I want to get my shiny new laptop
installed *RIGHT NOW* :-)

--
Bob Bishop [phone]
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[d***@langille.org]

Post by r***@psg.com

You'll have fun freeing up space for a FreeBSD partition

partition magic is your friend

fips is what I used on the T22. Did the job just fine. But then,
that was Windows 98.

[o***@pacific.net.sg]

Hi,

Ethernet, 1yr warranty, Windows XP Pro (which I'll leave on, and dual
boot).

Isn't it three years warranty on all T models?

Price: CAD$1720 (that's about US$1300)

The price sounds good. My neighbour bought the 1.5 GHz model last week
for some 2000 USD. It came with 512MB extra RAM. The rest is the same as
yours.

Erich

[d***@langille.org]

Post by o***@pacific.net.sg
Hi,

Ethernet, 1yr warranty, Windows XP Pro (which I'll leave on, and dual
boot).

Isn't it three years warranty on all T models?

When new.

Post by o***@pacific.net.sg

Price: CAD$1720 (that's about US$1300)

The price sounds good. My neighbour bought the 1.5 GHz model last week
for some 2000 USD. It came with 512MB extra RAM. The rest is the same as
yours.

That's why they got a 3 year warranty I suspect.

[d***@rsasecurity.com]

I just got a new Tecra M2, pre-loaded with XP. SystemRescueCD
(http://www.sysresccd.org/) was my friend. It includes QTParted,
which can shrink NTFS partitions without distrbing the existing OS
installation.

--- David

Post by r***@gid.co.uk

Post by r***@psg.com

You'll have fun freeing up space for a FreeBSD partition

partition magic is your friend

Not when I don't have a copy to hand and I want to get my shiny new laptop
installed *RIGHT NOW* :-)

Then BootIt Next Generation is your friend (you can try it out
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/
Boot it from either a floppy or CDROM. Just DO NOT INSTALL IT, but
instead hit, "cancel", to go into maintenance mode, where you can then
resize FAT32/NTFS partitions.

[o***@sercon.de]

Hi,

Post by o***@pacific.net.sg

Ethernet, 1yr warranty, Windows XP Pro (which I'll leave on, and dual
boot).

Isn't it three years warranty on all T models?

This depends on the Type/Model you buy. The T41 comes in 3 main types:
2378DHU => Economy: 1.4 GHz,256MB, 1 Year Warranty
2379DJU => Value: 1.6 GHz,256MB, 3 Years Warranty
2379DKU => Performance: 1.6 GHz,512MB, 3 Years Warranty

As everyone expects, the price rises 2378 < 2379.
The letters (DJU ./. DKU) represent the configuration differences.

So, calling a (second hand) Thinkpad just T41 is not enough,
even if the hardware configuration matches more or less.
ALWAYS ask for the Type/Model number and compare the conditions
on the IBM website.

IBM regards Warranty as a feature, like any memory extention, hard disk
etc.
--Orm

[r***@gid.co.uk]

Hi,

Post by o***@pacific.net.sg

Ethernet, 1yr warranty, Windows XP Pro (which I'll leave on, and dual
boot).

Isn't it three years warranty on all T models?

This depends on the Type/Model you buy. [etc]

It may depend on the territory too - all the T41s are 3 year warranty in UK.



--
Bob Bishop [phone]
***@gid.co.uk fax [phone]

[d***@langille.org]

Post by r***@gid.co.uk

Post by r***@psg.com

You'll have fun freeing up space for a FreeBSD partition

partition magic is your friend

Not when I don't have a copy to hand and I want to get my shiny new laptop
installed *RIGHT NOW* :-)

Then BootIt Next Generation is your friend (you can try it out
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/
Boot it from either a floppy or CDROM. Just DO NOT INSTALL IT, but
instead hit, "cancel", to go into maintenance mode, where you can then
resize FAT32/NTFS partitions.

BootIt NG worked well for me. Thanks.