Seeing the Background check and the Credit check went A-OK.(Actually, squeaky clean) I guess I am not crazy.

From Lenovo: T61 15.4" WSXGA+ 1680x1050 Display, T7500 2.2GHz 800MHzFSB 4MB cache Core 2 Duo
1 - 6465CT - CONFIGURED SYSTEM - Estimated Ship Date 08/10/07 - $1,702.00

• 42V8191 - INTEL CORE 2 DUO PRCESST7500
• 46P4166 - VBB MICROSOFT WINXP PROFESSION
• 42V8376 - SBB MS WIN XP PROF.US ENG.
• 42V8287 - SBB 15.4 WSXGA+ TFT
• 42X0817 - SBB INT GMAX3100 GM965W
• 41W2057 - VBB 512MB PC2-5300 667MHZ1DIMM
• 42V8195 - SBB KEYBOARD US ENGLISH
• 42V8295 - SBB UN(TRACKPOINT TOUCHPAD)
• 42V8169 - SBB 100GB HDD,7200RPM
• 42V8172 - SBB DVD REC.8XMAXDUAL LAY UB-S
• 42X0805 - SBB PC CARDSLOT EX CARDSLOT
• 42V8177 - SBB INT.WIRE.WIFI/LINK4965AGN
• 39T6651 - SBB 9 CELL LI-ION BATTERY
• 41W1787 - SBB CPK NORTH AMERICA
• 42V8302 - SBB LANGPACK US ENGLISH
• 41C9334 - 3YR DEPOT UPGD W/TP PROT

1 - 40Y7630 - LENOVO THINKPAD 90W AC/DC COMBO POWER ADAPTER AC/CAR/AIRPLANE - $107.10
1 - 73P3599 - LENOVO THINKPAD BACKPACK CARRYING CASE - $62.10

Subtotal: $1,871.20
Shipping: $0.00
Tax: $95.54
Total: $1,966.74



From Newegg: Memory 4GB total.
2 - Patriot 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Notebook Memory Model PSD22G6672S - Rtl - $119.99 ea
Item #: [link|http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220229|N82E16820220229]

Subtotal: $239.98
Shipping: $6.69
Tax: $0.00
Total: $246.67



A new company I recently discovered, looking for batteries for laptops.

[link|http://www.compuvest.com/|Compuvest.com]: Extra Battery and External Battery Charger for the TP.

1 - 155002462-02 Lenovo ThinkPad Battery Charger (External) Notebook Battery - $54.35
1 - 155002447-04 Lenovo Laptop Battery For Battery ThinkPad 9-Cell Li-Ion 40Y6797 - $107.07

Subtotal: $161.42
Shipping: $10.79
Tax: $0.00
Total: $172.21


Grand Total for a machine that'll whoop as a laptop: $2385.62


Now, I just gotta find a decent place to buy an PCMCIA EVDO Cellular ("wireless") Broadband card. They don't look cheap, nor do the plans.

About 100dB* less (On Sprint) than my -100dBmV** (Verizon) already being received by my house already.

I've got to get an antenna vs Holding my laptop above my head while typing in a CLI window to get anything done.

So, I get a Verizon PC-Card a Sierra Wireless Air Card 595. $30 for a Window Mount mobile style Antenna.... and ~ $85 for a mast mount 3ft tall Omni Directional. Plus another $10 for a total of 30ft cable for perma mounting in the house.

And the Data plan isn't to bad, $65/month for upto 3.1Mbit/sec download ~1.1Mbit/sec upload.

Personally if it gets 700K/200K is all I need for mobile usage.







* dB a a funky measurement thinger.

• +3.03dB == doubling in signal (energy)
• -3.03dB == halving in signal (energy)
• +10dB == 10 times increase in signal (energy)
• -10dB == 10 times reduction (or 1/10th) the signal (energy)
• +100dB == 10,000,000,000 times increase in signal (energy)
• -100dB == 10,000,000,000 times reduction of signal (energy)

** Yes this is a serious exaggeration, along with *. I am actually on the fringe for the three cell towers around my home. So... we are talking much better signal levels than stated, but it sure feels like the levels I stated.