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Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4" TFT Touchscreen mmm.... (modified 0 times) scarface Profile Hi all I bought a Metrobook SLT yesterday and it is the most amazing little toy I've ever played with.. Anyways I was wondering if there is interest I can set up a group buy just like the Norands.. I would also like to get some more of these for myself, cheaper. Here are the specs P233MMX 8.4" TFT Touchscreen takes up to 128 MB PC100 SDRAM SODIMM (same as iopener) takes 9.5mm notebook hard drive 24X CDROM + floppy 2 PCMCIA slots (CardBus + ZV) 9.5" wide X 6.25" deep X 1.5" high 2 USB ports Lithium Ion battery (lasts 1.5 hour) Its really really small The guy has 50+ brand NEW units in original boxes. They come with everything except memory/hd (I borrowed both from my iopener 128m and 6gb) including ac adapter, manuals, cd rom, floppy, carrying case... Here is a link to a current ebay auction for it, for a look at internals (the one on ebay is one model older (p200mmx) than what I got, but looks same).. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1250628662 I bought mine for $400, but he will cut me deal of $360 ea for 10+ units, or $320 ea for 20+ units...NEW As far as I've researched it is known by many other names as Aurora MNB-6500, Gigatech MNB-6000 (which I think is original manufacturer), and Ergo MiniBook (in UK). It uses Sharp TFT LQ084S1DH01, and Gigatech touchscreen, Neomagic Magicgraph 128ZV+ video chip, Intel 430TX chipset. I've got WinME running on it in my car play mp3s + dvd drive playing dvds w/ margi dvd2go. Win2k works fine too. And the story on these is that Metrobook went down the drain and these have been sitting in GTSI warehouse for 8 months, and apparently Metrobook took orders and then integrated the hard drive and memory -- so these are all brand new w/out hd/mem. Well email me at bsingh@purdue.edu. The first 10 people will get one (dont want to ship 20 units =( BUT if someone helps me ship then 20+ =) and also if theres enough interest. Oh also, the guy has extra batteries and car adapters, maybe we can setup a separate group buy on those let me know if interested. Vik 07-04-2001 22:08:11

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) old_dog Profile Sounds very Interesting. I was able to find a number of favorable reviews. This notebook originally sold for $1900.00. Do you have any idea on who would service this unit? 07-05-2001 07:22:02

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) Steve Profile | Email you can find a bunch of reviews via Google http://www.google.com/search?q=Metrobook+SLT 07-05-2001 07:46:53

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) Bayman Profile Interested, but not ready to commit yet. Do you have a price on the auto-adapter and extra batteries? 07-05-2001 09:55:52

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) scarface Profile Wanted to update because I got questions on these IrDA port Keyboard + mouse connectors External monitor port and Yes its active matrix it has line out/ mic input holes The cpu is socketed but don't know where to find upgrade -- can take up to 300mmx Bayman: Dont know price on extra batteries yet, but the guy is selling auto adapters for $35 a piece but we can probably talk him down if enough people are interested. It is one of those laptop ones that go from 12V --> 16V DC. 07-05-2001 10:16:30

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) MISMan Profile | Email Not to put the smack on this. It looks kewl, but you can get the HP Omnibook 800CT used for a LOT less than this. They are AWESOME and very mainstream components. 07-05-2001 20:24:26

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) scarface Profile Well I've got ~13 people that are sure so the price is at $360 -- I need 5 more to get them for $320 each which I would really like so if interested for sure then email me at bsingh@purdue.edu. I've already got someone helping me ship / thanks Mark. MISMan: I was considering Toshiba 70/100CT and the HP Omnibook but they are way slower (~166mmx) and don't support 128 sdram I want for win2k. also no touchscreen which i really wanted for my car and also ZV port for DVD, and I am probably going to hack it any way. The second one I'm buying I'm going to take out of case and mount it permanently as mp3 stereo w/ touchscreen in my car..this is like a perfect hacking machine and it has external ide port thaz sooo cool : ) and the HPs cost about $300 used while these are new =)... 07-05-2001 21:07:38

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) 02U2 Profile I agree about the HP800CT Omnibook. I picked one up pretty cheap. Has 4.3gb hdd,48 megs ram,Win98se and MS Office,Very Bright Active matrix screen. 2 batteries, 2 chargers. Pcmcia USB and Modem, Nice carry case all for about the same price. Very nice machine! The reviews for the metrobook (linked above) did not impress me to much. Especially the complaints with the touchscreen. 07-05-2001 22:23:13

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) amused Profile Yeah, but with the OmniBook (I have a 600), you have to deal with that dorky popout mouse. Anyway, while it's definitely not old school like these guys, Sony's releasing a thin and light for under $1K! 00 MHz Celeron. 07-05-2001 22:44:17

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) mosdef Profile | Email Stock changes here often, but hitechcafe has lt procs in stock quite often: http://www.hitechcafe.com/eshop/dept.asp?dept_id=5 there is a 200mhz first gen laptop pentium in there now.... ------ "...stranglin a mandolin..." ghostface killah lyric 07-06-2001 03:14:43

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) scarface Profile OK, the price is now confirmed at $320 each + shipping, for those that have been "waiting" <g> =). Vik 07-06-2001 17:06:40

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) Jsaint_hacked Profile sounds great how do i get in? Who's found the right DVD for this at the best price? This would retire my virgin wp in the car for sure! -=Here's where Vultures circle over the electronic roadkill of the Internet gold rush.=- 07-06-2001 21:24:32

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) scarface Profile Mike Harris your chartertn.net email address doesn't work =(. J_Saint hacked email me at bsingh@purdue.edu 07-07-2001 09:16:05

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) scarface Profile Group Buy is over. I have set up a website with info. Codeman if you are reading this can you give us a MetroBook SLT section? Also, as I have bought 20 units there are still 2 unspoken for units left, whoever wants email me at bsingh@purdue.edu. http://############################/metrobook.htm Vik 07-09-2001 15:25:23

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) scarface Profile http://i c d w e b . c c . p u r d u e . e d u/ ~ b s i n g h/metrobook.htm hahah there u go 07-09-2001 15:26:45

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) Clueless Profile | Email I got mine today and was able to get BeOS 5.0 pro to load up with no problem. It was the same drive I had on a I-Opener that I was using for awhile. Didn't have to do anything at all but plug the drive and memory into it and away it went. Might be an alternative to using MicroSloth on it for those that would like to try something different. I'm still looking for a touchscreen driver (only drawback a this time) to enable the use of it, but its runs very stable. Nice little setup Scarface. Thanks again for the group buy... Chaos, panic, and disorder... My work here is almost done... 07-18-2001 11:56:35

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) Demoman Profile | Email Scarface, I'm attempting to get an E-Mail off to you, but cant seem to get the address correct. Please drop me a mail at tkaeding@optonline.net Thanks ,T.K. 07-19-2001 18:04:46

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) neworbit99 Profile Has anybody had any luck getting a serial mouse to work while the touchscreen (com1) is enabled? What are your settings? 07-19-2001 20:08:23

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) Clueless Profile | Email I am having a slight problem getting the touchscreen to function. I have installed the latest driver from Gigatechs site (1.31) The install goes fine with no errors, I reboot and then the dispatch program comes up and it seems like I am able to calibrate, but still no touch screen. I checked the numbers on the top left and bottom right portion of the program and even if I don't touch the screen they seem to change by themsleves. Has anyone else had a problem or do I maybe have one with a bad touch screen? That would really s u c k if I do... Is ther esomething I need to enable or disable in bios?? Thanks Oh I am running ME at this time until I can come up with a BeOS touch screen driver... Chaos, panic, and disorder... My work here is almost done... 07-20-2001 09:18:40

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) GWIZAH Profile | Email Hmmm, IANAMBO, (i am not a metrobook owner) but I noticed a disclaimer near the bottom of Vik's page that says: ***Windows 2000 Touchscreen NOTE: After you have installed the touchscreen driver, reboot and just remove the dispatch.exe application from startup folder. Would this dispatch.exe app be the cause of your issue?? After all, WinMe is really just a hodgepodge of a 32-bit wanna-be. 07-20-2001 10:40:30

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) Clueless Profile | Email That was one of the first things I thought about. There isn't anything in the startup folder at this time. So i'm going to try uninstalling it cleaning the registry out of all instances of the dispatch software and try again... 07-20-2001 11:09:49

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) scarface Profile Clueless: I had a similar problem but I don't know if they are related. I had my display set to 640x480 and then installed dispatch. Touchscreen calibrated but didn't work. Try this: Install display driver and set the resolution to 800x600 BEFORE installing dispatch. Then go ahead and calibrate. Also make sure COM1 is enabled in BIOS, and nothing else is trying to use that port, and you don't have any mouse driver installed. If it calibrates correctly then you should have calibration numbers similar to mine: (148, 85) top-left corner, and (959,990)bottom-right corner. Hope this helps. For others: I will put together another group buy end of next week since I've had a lot of people requesting. If you want to be in on it email me at bsingh@purdue.edu. I've got quite a few people already and looking at a ~thursday purchase and I can ship by sat.. 07-20-2001 14:03:24

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) neworbit99 Profile Heres a few stupid questions: How do you right click with the stylus (especially on the tray icons where you cant use the windows right click button)? Has anybody gotten the brightness and contrast buttons to work? Any more ideas on getting the serial mouse to work while the touch screen is also active? 07-21-2001 15:28:07

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) old_dog Profile I would love to see some feedback on the Metrobook from the folks that just received them. For those of us that could not participate in the first group buy this would be a tremendous service. I'm particularly interested in the Metrobook as a "first" laptop for my college bound daughter. The small size is attractive as is the price. I have this reoccuring nightmare of the life of a $1500.00 laptop in a backpack. It's not pretty! I've hacked several I-openers so I'm ok with the tech side of things. It's those pesky "User" usability issues that bite us IS guys in the butt. Thanks to all those who are brave enough to be "first group buy" pioneers. 07-23-2001 11:29:25

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) neworbit99 Profile Though I did not participate in the group buy I am happy to share my thoughts. I purchased my metrobook from Mark West (see Ebay). It came with 128mb of ram and a 10 gig hard drive. I added a linksys 10/100 pcmcia ethernet card to hook into my DSL connection. I have been very happy with it and am amazed at the perfomance. Disk access is better than I expected and I can play full screen video cd's with no problem (occasional hiccup on full screen high quality Divx). It is of course very light and portable and very quiet. It does get very hot after prolonged use. Also the external AC adapter is very small too (this is a good thing). The biggest con is the touch screen. It is not that accurate even with calibration and things like right clicking and click-dragging are very difficult. If you want to add a PS2 mouse you have to connect the bulky floppy drive. Also, as I have mentioned in previous posts, I have had great difficulty getting a serial mouse to coexist with the touch screen. hope this helps, neworbit99 07-23-2001 13:25:42

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) Clueless Profile | Email I seem to still be having an intermittnet problem with this damn touchscreen... It seems that everytime I try to load an app or a game or something on the notebook something screws with the drivers for the touch screen. I am in the process of trying to get 2000pro loaded on it and hopefully it will take care of some of the random devices 98 kept trying to load drivers for. That unknown device that I get everytime I shutdown and reboot would kill the touchscreen drivers if I let windows try and load a driver for it. If I hit cancel then the touch screen would run... Lets hope Win2000 does better or I may put the thing up for sale... I can't be lugging the floppy drive around to have access to the freakin mouse!!! Chaos, panic, and disorder... My work here is almost done... 07-25-2001 08:14:43

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) gadgetmike Profile I am suprised by the lack of responses about the metrobook. Maybe everyone was like me waiting for their ram and harddrives to come in. I was very pleased with my unit (thanks Vik and thanks for your phone call). Had to load 98 and all seems to be working even for me a new "novice" to setup. I had a few issues but finally got the modem to work. I had the touchscreen not work during one driver that windows was looking for, but once i provided it, all was well. (by the way i too would like to know how to right click with the stylus this would be helpful, although pushing the menu button next to the space bar on the right is not a huge inconvenience and i bet you could map one of the touch "buttons" to the task). I am using a click drive to transfer data from a laptop and am very pleased with this setup. I have ordered a card dock for moving files from other pc's. Battery life doesn't seem too bad and i think the spare along with the car adapter i purchased when i ordered the unit will come in real handy. Can't wait to go wireless though. Please post any deals on the cards and the receiver if you see them. Mike 07-26-2001 16:18:21

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) Clueless Profile | Email Mike, Which driver was windows looking for and what did you provide?? I've had the same problem and can only get the touchscreen to function if I tell 98 to cancel the loading of this unknown driver. Only problem is that it keeps trying to load (unless you let it load a driver) everytime it reboots.... I must be missing something on one of the floppies since it keeps saying its an unknown hardware device... 07-26-2001 21:15:17

Seems I've lost my touch... (modified 0 times) Jsaint_hacked Profile Just Put it all together and I got spin up and no video, Turned out to be a simple thing the video card popped out of its socket seems as if mine was a rush build at the factory. IR window was afloat inside too took five min to reassmble I had a blast for about 4 hrs then the damm touchscreen stopped working in winME as we all have seen, theres got to be a easy way to deal with this other than hooking up a ext mouse hehe. I LOVE IT SO FAR! been playing .asf and divx movies on it and I'm off to Fla tomorrow so I hope someone chimes in -------> today with a touchscreen solution. Yes I still have that unknown??? driver showing up in my device mgr where do you find it???? also here's gigatech's site http://www.gigatech.com.tw/driver6000.htm Jason -=Here's where Vultures circle over the electronic roadkill of the Internet gold rush.=- 07-27-2001 06:57:26

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 2 times) gadgetmike Profile CLUELESS wrote: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Mike, Which driver was windows looking for and what did you provide?? I've had the same problem and can only get the touchscreen to function if I tell 98 to cancel the loading of this unknown driver. Only problem is that it keeps trying to load (unless you let it load a driver) everytime it reboots.... I must be missing something on one of the floppies since it keeps saying its an unknown hardware device... ___________________________________________________________________________________________ I downloaded the original driver from vic's webpage: ############################/metrobook.htm but running '98 it kept asking for the pctwav.inf file i think ( it was about 1am). I finally did a driver search and went to \pctel.com and downloaded the pct388p driver for 98 (r755s8.zip ). You find the file after going to the "consumers" tab then agree to the use of the driver then scroll down and download. I am pretty sure I uninstalled the modem and had windows find it again. You uninstall the modem through the HSP Modem under "control panel" it has a button that says uninstall. After the driver install The details under device manager show it as v.90 k56Flex HSP PNP Modem. Also lists as File version 7.55. I made sure the com port was com 5, so it didn't interfere with anything. Hope this helps, though i didn't seem to have the trouble with the touchscreen, but the one time. mike 07-27-2001 23:05:12

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) gadgetmike Profile Forgot to state i also updated the video driver so i could get 800/600 and 16bit color. THis may also have had a positive affect on the touchscreen problem you were having. 07-28-2001 09:25:00

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) El_Kabong Profile | Email Vik, Been trying to email you for almost two weeks. No response. Please send that $30 refund from the Norand buy to my PayPal account m e d i c @ b i g f o o t . c o m. Thank you. MD 07-31-2001 09:08:36

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) scarface Profile Hi all I was out camping for the past week and a half so have been out of touch with civilization =). I see you all have made progress on these things. Anyways, I have acquired the original Win95 OSR2 cd image complete with handwriting recog software etc. If someone volunteers to host (~315 MB) I can upload it. It would be nice for those having hardware problems. Email me at bsingh@purdue.edu if you volunteer to host I will send you image. Also, I've put together one last group buy if anyone's interested email me.. probly be same price same terms =). Vik 08-02-2001 10:21:51

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) NickB Profile OK guys, does anyone know what kind of CPU we can upgrade this with? I haven't taken my metrobook apart yet so I don't know what kind on Intel CPU it's running (mobile/desktop), so has anyone here been able to find out. I think if we know what voltage it's running at and the current draw, we might be able to use a K6-2/3/3+ in these. Any thoughts? Nickh 08-04-2001 15:33:58

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) scarface Profile I've been thinking of upgrading my CPU too. It uses a P233MMX mobile CPU on a card w/ chipset on it. I think our best bet would be a P300MMX mobile chip if we can find it anywhere. Vik 08-04-2001 21:59:59

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) justaguyinky Profile | Email I bought one of these units from Vik several weeks ago and it arrived with a cracked case. At first he was willing to try and help me out by getting me another unit. Now he will not respond to my emails. I know that these units are sold "as-is" with no warranty, but he should not have offered to help if he wasn't going to follow through on it. My advice to anyone considering buying one of these units is to find something better to spend your money on. As for dealing with Vik...buyer beware. Just my 2 cents worth. 08-05-2001 10:05:57

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) NickB Profile Give Vik a break, he was gone camping for awhile wasn't he? Try to eamil him again, he probably just hasn't gotten to your messagaes yet. 08-05-2001 12:09:47

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) justaguyinky Profile | Email No reply to my email(yesterday) or on the BBS. I think Vik is trying to ignore me and make me go away. (Sniff) :( justaguyinky 08-06-2001 15:11:33

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) El_Kabong Profile | Email "Vik"/Scarface won't answer my emails either. I posted here and other places. Before and after he returned from vacation. No response. I even sent him a PayPal "request for payment" for the $30 he owes me from that Norand buy. (I got a smashed unit. Vik said the seller refused to refund my $200 but would give me $30 for my effort.) I'm not going to let this pass. Sure $30 isn't much, but for me it was $200. My $200 Norand was scrap out of the box. That $30 whateveryoucallit is the only good thing to come out of this deal. I will have it, or know the reason why not. Anyone else having Vik/Scarface problems? 08-06-2001 21:45:11

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) scarface Profile justaguyinky, El_Kabong: Please email me at air5ab@aol.com. My Purdue email account was blocked because I didn't register for classes for next Fall.. Anyways, justaguyinky, I talked to the guy that sold the units and he refuses to exchange. I thought about what you asked to switch unit with one of the ones from second group buy, but I think that would be wrong since someone else would receive that unit.. Also all units are depleted so there are none left to buy anymore anyway--Apparently some insurance company bought all 90+ units. El_Kabong (medic): I sincerely apologize to you since I totally forgot to email you the money.. email me at air5ab@aol.com since I don't have your email address. In other news I've discovered mine takes 12gb HD! I think you need BIOS 1.18USA or greater though. I don't know how to make a copy of the BIOS so I can post it.. If someone helps those of you that need large hd support can flash yours. Vik 08-07-2001 13:08:46

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) Clueless Profile | Email Vik, I'll do one better then that. To get the image of the load for the MEtrobook, I'll make copies of the disk and send it to all that would like a copy of it (as long as they have a license for 95osr2 and send them out. If anyone is interested in getting the 95 image, if I get it, then drop me a message via bstrange@airmail.net and i'll get it to you... Once I get the image i'll also do a test on upgrading to 98 and/or Me as well and see what happens.. Chaos, panic, and disorder... My work here is almost done... 08-07-2001 20:22:36

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) justaguyinky Profile | Email Vik, Sorry to hear you lost your email account. Your original offer to help was: "I do have two units of my own though, but I have used both for ~3 weeks. If you would like to swap for them you're welcome.". You suggested swapping with another buyer, not me. I agree that would not be fair. I would still like to take you up on your original offer if it still stands. You may contact me at the email address: david_ferguson@rocketmail.com. Thanks for your reply. justaguyinky 08-08-2001 08:49:20

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) El_Kabong Profile | Email Vik, My PayPal account is the same as when I sent you the PayPal "request for payment" the day before yesterday (To your new email account. No response.), same as when I sent you the $215 via PayPal, same as the one 11 posts above this one, same as the return address on all my emails to you: medic @ bigfoot . com. Are you making *any* effort to resolve this at all? I'm feeling very foolish playing this game. Anyone else have any ideas? 08-09-2001 01:29:43

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) justaguyinky Profile | Email The best idea is not to do any more business with scumbag, er... I mean scarface. 'Nuf said. justaguyinky 08-09-2001 19:13:45

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) El_Kabong Profile | Email To be fair Scarface/Vik did send me the $30 today, using his sisters PayPal account. No idea why things went sideways as they did. I do know he won't get my business in the future. MD, going to have some soda and count my 30 big dollars. 08-09-2001 21:25:53

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) PeteC Profile I too received an SLT with a cracked case. Same response from Vik as other purchasers. BUT had I listened to peers I would not have purchased from Vik initially. He seems to follow same patterns and other purchasers can validate. The "deal" for the group buy is actually higher than purchasing directly from source on EBay. Check for yourselves by doing a completed item search. A solution I have thought about is disputing the charge (Paypal-Visa) until issues are resolved. To remind all it was stated as "The guy has 50+ brand NEW units in original boxes". A cracked case is a valid argument to dispute a CC charge. 08-11-2001 22:48:34

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) PeteC Profile I too received an SLT with a cracked case. Same response from Vik as other purchasers. BUT had I listened to peers I would not have purchased from Vik initially. He seems to follow same patterns and other purchasers can validate. The "deal" for the group buy is actually higher than purchasing directly from source on EBay. Check for yourselves by doing a completed item search. A solution I have thought about is disputing the charge (Paypal-Visa) until issues are resolved. To remind all it was stated as "The guy has 50+ brand NEW units in original boxes". A cracked case is a valid argument to dispute a CC charge. 08-11-2001 22:48:49

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) neworbit99 Profile If you want an excellent source of the Metrobooks contact Mark West. He has sold several on Ebay and seems to be a reputable, responsible seller. Has anyone found a DVD drive that can be connect to the "external ide" connector on the floppy drive? 08-12-2001 12:16:24

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) Clueless Profile | Email For those of you that wanted a copy of the image for the Metrobook, I am still waiting for the disc to show up via snailmail. Vik said he sent it out late last week, but it hasn't showed yet. Just reply to the email attached to my profile if you want a copy and i'll make a disc and send it out. AS long as you have avalid license for 95osr2 that is... Chaos, panic, and disorder... My work here is almost done... 08-15-2001 19:00:19

RE:Group Buy? Metrobook SLT P233 MMX 8.4 (modified 0 times) Clueless Profile | Email If there is anyone interested in buying my Metrobook without HD and ram then respond to the email in my profile. Other needs have poped up and I need to sell it. Will let it go for what I payed plus shipping. 08-28-2001 08:54:10

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