: bargain ThinkPad t530i (fwd)

I sent this 12 hours ago and it hasn't shown up.

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From: D. Hugh Redelmeier <[email protected]>
To: Toronto Linux Users Group <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 01:22:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: bargain ThinkPad t530i

Canada Computers is selling these what I think is a great price
<http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_664_665&item_id=070096>

Good points:

- $449.88 (went down from $500 a few days ago)

- serious ThinkPad line (heavy, solid, Linux supported on it, possible to 
  service guts, trackpoint, nice keyboard)

- 1920 x 1080 display

- 3 year warranty

- room for mSATA (or WLAN) card inside.

Not quite so good:

- no WiFi, Bluetooth, or webcam

- only i3-3110M processor (not Haswell); no extra video hardware
  unlike real t530 models

- only a small slow HDD

- a little old (as indicated by bundled Win 7)

My fanciful guess: these were originally built for spooks, thus the lack 
of leaky peripherals.

I bought one of these (a few weeks ago, at the Grand Opening of the CC on 
Yonge near Eglinton ($400).  I have ordered WiFi and Bluetooth bits from 
China (~$50 total).  Note: the BIOS whitelists these cards so you've got 
to get ones designed for the ThinkPad.

More discussion here:
<http://forums.redflagdeals.com/lenovo-thinkpad-t530-2394-bk4-1503911/>
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