Thanks for the response, Ed.  As mentioned in my earlier reply to 
George, I will try to get the correct model number, but it may take some 
time.  In the meantime, I will try to persuade my wife to look at some 
new or newer refurbished units.  I suppose that ones with a Celeron or 
Duron CPU would be sufficient as her number-crunching needs are only for 
accounting purposes in spreadsheets.


On 08/07/06 at 19:57, Ed Durrant wrote about the subject of
"[OS2HW] IBM Laptop Model 610?"
>  Can you ask your wife to request the actual IBM model number (this is
>  a 4 digit number followed by three digits/letters - e.g. 6754-A4F (I
>  made that up, it's not valid as far as I know). As I don't know of an
>  IBM Thinkpad 610 - only the IBM 600 series. Some of the 760/765/770
>  systems were newer than the 600 - they were aimed at different
>  markets, so the fact that the system has a higher number doesn't
>  always mean it's a later model.
>
>  Cheers/2
>
>  Ed.
>
>  Kenn Yuill wrote:
> >> I am not familiar with the model nos. of IBM laptops and my wife
> >> has an opportunity to purchase a used model 610 from her employer
> >> for $120 CAD.  Her aim is to use this laptop for the short term,
> >> ~6 months, then replace it with a newer ThinkPad or Toshiba.  I
> >> did a search for this model on Lenovo's site with no hits, but
> >> see references to the 600 series on Bill Morrow's site,
> >> , such as battery issues & an
> >> article on how to "mount a HDD over the 6 gig
limitation" for a
> >> "760X series".  Of course, the 600 series may be
newer & not
> >> suffer such a limitation.  However, I do not see any search
> >> facility on this site, which is a shame, so will have to glean as
> >> much as possible from these articles.  I am interested in knowing
> >> any problems &/or limitations from any current or former
> >> owner/users of a Model 610, or the 600 series, as well as any
> >> other site where reliable information is available.
> >>
> >> Would anyone offer advice on such a purchase? TIA.
                                -oOo-  

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Chimo,
      Kenn
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