[PLUG-AV] Spending the Grant: Mumble session, tomorrow, 7:30pm.

[Michael Van Delft]

I also favour the business laptops over the Vostro laptops, the
Thinkpad T420 on the US website are a fair bit cheaper and you can use
shipping companies to get them over here. I used PriceUSA to buy my
laptop and it was about 1/2 the price of the Australian version.
Another option is System76, I know they ship to Australia now but
looking at their website the one with firewire (15.6" Gazelle
Professional) is out of stock.


On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Leon Wright <techman83 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Because I'm a numpty, here's what I sent Jason directly.
>
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Jason Nicholls <jason at mindsocket.com.au>
> wrote:
> Carl's suggestion of the Lenovo T400 series is good except the current T420
> has an optional FW connector as AFAIK none of the models on offer in
> Australia have it. However it does have USB3 + ExpressCard - starting at
> just over $1050. However, the 15" model - the T520 - seems to have FW as
> standard and it starts from $1200.
>
> All our T4xx at work have firewire. We've never actually asked for it like
> that from our supplier, that's just how they come.
>
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Jason Nicholls <jason at mindsocket.com.au>
> wrote:
>>
>> Perhaps, and there might be other models not available from the public
>> website - via suppliers. At least on the public website the list of options
>> during checkout specifically says "no modem, no IEEE 1394" - so it's pretty
>> clear :) Of course if we go that route we can always give them a call.
>
>
> We use Stott and Hoare, they are a local vendor. I think they buy in large
> batches to their spec to get a better deal. All of ours include 3 years
> warranty, Firewire, Bluetooth, Wireless A/G/N, Modem, Display Port, eSATA,
> DVD Burner and VGA. Been the same config for the T400, T410 and T420 models
> we have bought.
>
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