From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Fri Jul 14 2000 - 00:42:06 EDT
Jeroen..
not wanting to self promote here, BUT, i have delivered about 18 A20p
machines to customers..
maybe 20..
in germany, italy, and the USA..
in the last batch of seven i had, TWO that went unpurchased..
the volitile nature of the market for thinkpads makes it fiscally DUMB
to actually own more than the one I use..
so TWO of the last SEVEN went back to my supplier and went to other
buyers..
there are plenty of A20m's and T20's around, but only a few A20p's..
why..??
i have absolutely no idea..
also
i have absolutely no idea why the combo card A20p is so difficult to
get, yet available in the T series..
also, there are NO combo cards available, yet, as an upgrade..
Jeroen Elfferich wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I ordered my first A20p (NIC, W2K) at personalware, an IBM
> retailer in The Netherlands, about 7 weeks ago. They promised
> a two week delivery, but after three weeks of waiting they said
> it would be delayed until August (!). I decided to change to
> another supplier, they quoted me a two week delivery for an
> A20p without the NIC. I ordered it three weeks ago and heard
> today, after series of one-day delays, it was shipped back to
> IBM due to motherboard problems. They will send me an A20m to
> keep my keyboard lit up in the mean while, but still, I'm far
> from happy (and due to their (lack of) service this company
> just missed a 50 laptop order my company is going to make
> later this year).
>
> I was hoping to avoid the shipping trouble other A20p
> purveyors have experienced... Does anyone have similar
> experiences in Europe? I believe these units are manufactured
> in Scotland. Why is the mini-PCI NIC so incredibly difficult
> to put in a laptop like this? They are standard components,
> aren't they?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeroen
-- Happy trails...** Bill Morrow ** :-) WEB page http://thinkpads.com e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_gate.net
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