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To: zx who wrote (393)	10/13/2001 9:13:09 AM
From: Chuck Williams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99280

They'll always be cheaper if you wait; just don't end up waiting forever ;-) INTC just dropped chip prices and Xmas is coming up. I would say now is as good a time as any.

To: zx who wrote (393)	10/13/2001 10:21:42 AM
From: Rich1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 99280

I too am thinking the same last week they had free shipping. I was gonna wait for XP but if it comes with the coupon might do the same.. My present Dell desktop was stuck by lighting twice.. Even with an APC we burnt out 2 motherboards and 2 modems. Next day service is incredible I buy it for 3 years..Its the best service I have ever seen on anyting..They replace the motherboards without any fuss or hassle. Probelm was a short in the outside telephon line was frying machine..

To: zx who wrote (393)	10/13/2001 1:34:41 PM
From: MKT_entropy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99280

OT= new laptop I've been for years a devoted Dell laptop and desktop customer--until I bought this year an IBM ThinkPad T21. One thing is certain, I will never go back to Dell or any other manufacturer than IBM. It's so well made, so ergonomic, fast, powerful, expandable etc, that the Dells look to me now like cheap knock-offs. The cases repeatedly broke in spots that clearly were poorly designed, the screen fell off, the keys were soft and sticky. The IBM workmanship, support (and I've used it quite a bit, since I run computationally heavy applications on it), the parts, keyboard feel, screen, little camera (made in China...), compatibility, backup options, performance, unique trackpoint instead of this terrible mousepad --I have absolutely no complaints after 4-5 months of heavy use. With a $45 2nd HD adapter +$300-450, maybe less, for the second 10/20 GB HD and Symantec Ghost backup program ($65), it takes 20 min to backup perfectly painlessly 10 GB of data. And now you can get a brand-new, 800 MHz T21 with 3 yr warranty, 20GB+CD/DVD, integrated 56.6/Ethernet card for less than $1,200 if you're lucky, straight from IBM: factorydirectauctions.com My IT person just got one for himself for $1,180. Disclaimer: I don't have anything whatsoever to do with IBM other than being a new, devoted customer. <VBG> M_e