Re: [Thinkpad] Experience with the R50p?

i LOVE(ed) my A31p..
but i can't afford to have more than one "keeper"..

battery life is much longer on this than the A31p..

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Cordially,
Bill Morrow
(from NetFinity Server)
web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
bill@thinkpads.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "STeve Andre'" <andres@msu.edu>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 2:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Experience with the R50p?

> Yes, I know Bill. Great dealer; I should have thought about
> looking there. Thanks for the pointer however--great advice.
>
> I am really disappointed in hearing that there is only one
> ultrabay. This means I'm stuck with the A31p. I'm really
> sad to hear about the lack of functionality they put into
> the R50p.
>
> For me, being able to have three hard disks in a machine
> is almost a necessity. I always have two disks in my
> machine, so having one ultrabay means I can't have a
> roaster in the machine, or a battery, or ...
>
> *sigh*
>
> --STeve Andre'
>
>
> On Friday 02 January 2004 10:31 pm, Rob Bell wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > Bill Morrow has a brief blurb about the R50p on his site:
> >
> > http://www.thinkpads.com/start.htm
> >
> > Not a ton of information on that page, but I'm sure he'd be willing to
> > answer any additional questions that you have. He does confirm that
the
> > R50p only has one Ultrabay. His address is bill (at) thinkpads (dot)
com.
> >
> > Later,
> > Rob
> >
> > andres@msu.edu wrote:
> > > Has anyone used the R50p?
> > >
> > > It looks nice. Is it as good as the A31p is in terms of
durability?
> > > I'm not sure I understand IBM's logic here but it sure does seem
> > > that the A series is being phased out and the high-end machine
> > > will be this one.
> > >
> > > The one thing I haven't been able to determine is if it has two
> > > ultrabays. The wording on the ibm site didn't seem clear to me.
> > > If it does, then this is the equal or better to the A31p in every
> > > way. Wow!
> > >
> > > --STeve Andre'
> >
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