From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Tue Jun 22 1999 - 19:26:32 EDT
My memory is coming back..
there was a bare model 770 early on, that had nothing..
no drive or DVD..
i suppose these were for corporate types with a MIS department to do all the
work..
Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> Thanks for the info, Carlos
> Mine came with W95 AND the recovery disk!
> IBM says the warranty is a go, so there it is. I paid only a bit more
> than you said, and it has the 4 GIG HDD, and the DVD drive, and the OS,
> so not a bad deal!
>
> Carlos de la Puente wrote:
> >
> > The 9548-32U is a bare-bones P233 MHz model (32MB, no HDD, no CD, no
> > DVD). IBM AAP's will configure these bare-bones models and their
> > designation changes. A 9548DJC would be a ThinkPad 770 P233 MHz MMX
> > 4GB 32MB 13.3 TFT 20X DVD NO O/S. You can purchase 32U's from
> > resellers too (I can get them for just under U.S.$1,000).
> >
> > If bought new from an authorized source, the warranty should start
> > from the date of purchase. If the original purchase date cannot be
> > proven, the warranty starts the date it was shipped to the distributor
> > (not the date it was shipped from the factory to the AAP). This is
> > true only if the distributor purchased the full warranty. The only way
> > to know this is to check the serial number with IBM (as you did).
> >
> > I am not claiming to be an expert on the matter, if someone knows any
> > different, please feel free to comment.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Carlos de la Puente
> >
> >
> >
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