I wanted to get a Thinkpad too but how do you get it to ship it here? Unless you get it from eBay (certain sellers will ship to Malaysia).

You have someone in the States to help you deliver? Or are you renting a US postal address?

Notebook should be tax-free as far as I know...

Also, Lenovo has this thing called 'doorbuster' sale once in a while and you'll get a 'huge' discount if you manage to get it at the right time.