Worth The Wait!

It is here! It is here! I finally managed to get my hands on my dream laptop that I have been hunting from the beginning of this year... Yes! I finally ordered the IBM Thinkpad T42 on November 5th and had it delivered on November 15th.

Weighing around 5.5 pounds with a grinding horsepower of 1.8Ghz Intel Centrino, this is one awesome laptop. It has got the most common features like built-in 80211.g wireless , 2 USB 2.0 ports, 512MB RAM and a 40GB HDD. But the most special feature is a built-in biometric fingerprint reader introduced by IBM in it's latest product line. This means I just swipe my finger across a slim finger print reader to logon to the mean machine. Sounds pretty cool ah!

Initially I was planning to buy the 1.7Ghz model (without finger print reader) for $1576. But thanks to IBM! Their price mistake fetched me the 1.8Ghz model for $1416!!!. The MSRP of this product is around $2300!!! The highlight is I got it with 3 years international warranty and MS Office 2003 Basic Edition for $54!!!. I am now a happy go camper....

I was first fixed on the Toshiba Satellite series. Thanks to my buddy Munna on preaching the importance of a light laptop and to my buddy Anand who helped me to get the T42 at this low price using the Employee Purchase Progam. Thanks guys.

Another person who takes the credit is my wife Anusha... She puts up with all my gadget talk techie stuff. She backs me up in all my decisions and shares all techie details like a good listening post...

More to come....