Oh my. T30s aren't exactly the best of thinkpads, they have a few problems that you should be aware of. The main one being that the bottom RAM slot will come loose and cause the entire thing to not function, sometimes putting a shim on the bottom of the thing helps, but not always.
Congrats on the SXGA+ btw, I have one on my T40 and it's fantastic.

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Thanks for the heads up about that. Fortunately I work on PCs and have done a fair share of laptops. When it craps out I'll wind up being the one to repair it. Even then I still came out ahead in the trade and it's loads better than the laptop it replaces.

I've also upgraded the hard disk to 40GB and did a fresh install of XP Pro. Before XP was installed I tried PC-BSD for an evening. Not bad, but I like Ubuntu better. Unfortunately Ubuntu didn't like the wireless card.