Forthcoming ThinkPads Get Details

Written by IT News on 6:20 AM

If you are a laptop lover, here is the completed list of new IBM series laptops that specially offer to business user. Most of these laptops support vpro now.

Don’t you just love it when the network offers bits and pieces of information about a product which has not yet been officially released? This information may cause you to reconsider only a future acquisition. And this happens because the still-be released product may look more promising than what they originally intended for acquisition. This time, we do not talk about three of IBM products, which are part of the company's ThinkPad series of notebooks.

As most of you know, IBM laptops are known for laptops, offering support for business users. They can provide the necessary power and portability in a notebook design. Apparently, information on upcoming by IBM X200, SL, T and R series notebooks recently surfaced of thinkpads forum. Although we talk about the potential these notebooks would be my great pleasure, I think it is better if I just enabling every one of you read the price information for themselves.

ThinkPad X200 Series:
CPU: Core 2 Duo up to 2.4GHz
Display: 12-inch WXGA panel
Memory: DDR3 RAM
Storage: Up to 64GB SSDs
Covers: Top and bottom made of magnesium alloy
Battery: 9.6 hours on 9-cell pack
Connectivity: WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, WiMAX, UWB, 3 USB ports, Display Port connector
Camera: 1.3MP
Weight: 2.93 pounds/1.32kg

ThinkPad SL Series:
Models: SL300, SL400, SL500
Displays: 13.3-inch, 14.1-inch, 15.4-inch WXGA panels (SL500 has WSXGA+ option)
CPU: Core 2 Duo processors
GPU: Integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD or discrete NVIDIA GeForce 9300 graphics
Connectivity: 3+ USB ports, FireWire, Express Card, WiFi, WiMax, BlueTooth, GPS, WWAN
Drives: Blu-ray drive optional

ThinkPad T Series:
Models: T400, T500
Display: 14-inch, 15-inch panels
CPU: Intel Centrino 2 with vPro up to 2.8GHz
GPU: 512MB ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 graphics
Storage: Optional 64GB SSD, 320GB HDD
Memory: DDR3 RAM
Connectivity: WiFi, WiMax, Bluetooth, WWAN

ThinkPad R Series:
Models: R400, R500
Displays: 14.1-inch, 15.4-inch panels
CPU: Montevina Penryn Core 2 Duo processors
GPU: Integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD or discrete ATI Mobility Radeon 3470 graphics
Storage: Up to 320GB HDD
Memory: Up to 4GB DDR3 RAM
Connectivity: 3 x USB ports, FireWire, VGA, Express Card

The list of specifications, was shown to PDF files uploaded to the site forum.thinkpads.com. From what we could see the pictures, the new ThinkPads can be considered even for competition in the Apple MacBook air, although you can expect them to seem more like a normal notebook from the air. Users of the above forum have generally good impression of these new ThinkPads.

What IBM is trying to do with their new ThinkPad composition is to provide its users with the latest hardware components in the design of high-portability features. But while becoming official information, we can not say what really the starting price of each of these models is. However, that their overall specifications that we might see some new pricey ThinkPads soon enough.