<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Well, well, it is now $1916 on a March promo.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,<br><br>Ron S.<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 9:14 PM Ron Singh <<a href="mailto:ronsingh149@gmail.com">ronsingh149@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">William, keep this url handy --</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/uwaterlooca/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-p/ThinkPad-P17/p/22WSP17P7N1" target="_blank">https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/uwaterlooca/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-p/ThinkPad-P17/p/22WSP17P7N1</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">See the model # 20SQS01P00 @ $2089? I was able to pick that model us for $1880 about a month ago on a Lenovo "family day" promo blitz for my wife for the same reason you cite:-) These deals show up every 2-3 months. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Note the URL has "uwaterloo" in it, but anyone can buy it at that price. Just be vewy vewy quiet about it:-)<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I did pop for the warranty upgrade to 3 years for some 120 dollars extra, but that's about it. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">It's running Ubuntu Mate 20.04.2 for Zoom sessions and the like. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The screen ain't too bad, 1080P 300nits IPS with an acceptable 72% NTSC color gamut. No scaling up required!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">It's heavy, about 8lbs, but it only moves from floor to floor once a day, so no biggie. It is truly built like a tank and a decent slim-tip charging port, not that uber-fragive USB-C thing which has a PD of 100W anyway. The P17 comes with a 170W or a 230W AC adapter depending on config. My pelvic partner's unit came with a 170W.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Personally, when the deals comes back up again, I will pop for a 4K 100% gamut display and big up the fonts by some 150% which will give me about a 2.5x increase in actual real estate and not kill my eyes. Well, we will test that theory when I try Kubuntu on said unit Tues next week. I am starting to feel left out when the world is using these new platforms and I am still on the older stuff.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Highly recommended.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,<br><br>Ron S.<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 8:04 PM William Park via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 2/27/21 1:46 PM, Ron Singh wrote:<br>
> Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I have a fleet of 7 of the P17 Thinkpads <br>
> being deployed next week, all with W10 except for one with Kubuntu 20.<br>
<br>
My ageing eyes can barely tolerate 15", so I need 17" laptop. P17 seems <br>
to be the largest ThinkPad. Looking at the price... hmm... I need to <br>
wait for next sale: "ThinkPad for old programmers"<br>
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