ThinkPad T20 ***High End Model***

So a friend of mine has a T20 that he bought 9 years ago new.
So he was the only owner so far......the laptop LITERALLY NEVER left his house and stood on the same desk for 10 years.
I have never seen such a beauty in my whole life!!!!!
It looks like my T60 when I first bought it and took it out of the box!
It has a nice IBM leather skin, which protects from dust and damage.
No scratches / Cracks Damages / Keyboard shine......nothing!!!!
He let me borrow it for a day and right now im sitting infront of it with a open mouth and a "OMG-Face"
And you won't believe what its hardware specs are!!!!!
CPU:  Intel Pentium III 1.13GHz
GPU:  S3 Savage overclocked with "savage-Tuner" and custom Video Bios
RAM:  512MB Kingston RAM  (2x 256MB PC100)
HDD:  60GB PATA Hitachi 7.200RPM
PCI:    NetGear Wireless-G Mini-PCI Card (he replaced the PCI-Combo with this - also has dust protectors in the ethernet and modem slots since they are not in use)
OS:     Windows XP Prof. SP3
This thing is a rocket!!!!!
Plays 480p youtube, GTA 3, even 720p in "Media Player Classic" with only little stuttering!!!
Im thinking of buying it off of him!!!
What do you guys think would be a fair price?
Is $100 a good offer?
T61 7665-CTO/VBU [08/08]
CPU: T7300 [2.0GHz 4MB]
GPU: NVS 140m [128MB]
RAM: [2GB] Kingston DDR2
HDD: WD3200BEVT [320GB]
OS : Windows 7 Home Premium
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Well it certainly seems as though someone has tinkered with it over time; according to the support site you have the following system in front of you;
ThinkPad T20 (2647-55U)
PIII 750MHz (256KB), 128MB RAM, 20.0GB HDD, 14.1 XGA(1024x768) TFT LCD, 6X-2.3X DVD, Combo, Win98
That said, if it has the specs you posted I stand by my comments in my first post in this thread.
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