It was a 99c auction so I slapped down a few extra dollars a few days ago... forgot about it and came back today to see that I had won an IBM Thinkpad T43 for $39 (paying for shipping only).
Anyway, it has a 1.86GHz PM CPU, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 15" 1400x1050 SXGA screen, Intel Wireless, ATi X300 graphics and a 40GB HDD... no power brick and also no OS. Has been tested to be working properly by the seller
I am aware that quite a few T43's (also T40, 41, 42 and R50/51) made it out of the factory with some motherboard flexing issue? Anyone care to enlighten me on this...? Motherboards are plentiful and cost peanuts for a T43 on eBay so doing a motherboard change doesn't hurt if this one has "the flexing" issue.
What I originally intended to do was to bid for a Dell Latitude D630 to replace my aging Toshiba Tecra M2.... instead I saw this IBM a few days ago for 99c and thought why not put something stupid down... didn't realise I'd win it. lol.
P.S. I heard IBM (not lenovo) thinkpads were built like tanks {what I need!} ... anyone able to confirm this?
