Details surface for future ThinkPads: X200, SL, T and R series
By Darren Murph 
posted June 8th 2008 9:40PM
posted June 8th 2008 9:40PM
- 12-inch WXGA panel
- 45nm Core 2 Duo CPUs up to 2.4GHz
- Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology
- SSDs up to 64GB
- WiMAX / WWAN / GPS / WiFi / UWB / Bluetooth
- Magnesium alloy top and bottom covers
- 9.6-hours of battery life on the 9-cell pack
- DDR3 RAM
- 1.3-megapixel camera
- DisplayPort connector
- 3 USB ports
- Starts at 2.93 pounds
Highlights of ThinkPad SL Series:
- SL300 / SL400 / SL500 models
- 13.3-inch / 14.1-inch / 15.4-inch WXGA panels (SL500 has WSXGA+ option)
- Core 2 Duo processors
- Integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD or discrete NVIDIA GeForce 9300 graphics
- ExpressCard / FireWire / 3+ USB ports
- Optional Blu-ray drive
- WWAN / WiMAX / WiFi / Bluetooth / GPS
- T400 / T500 models
- 14-inch / 15-inch panels
- Intel Centrino 2 with vPro up to 2.8GHz
- Optional 64GB SSD / 320GB HDD
- 512MB ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 graphics
- DDR3 RAM
- WWAN / WiMAX / WiFi / Bluetooth
- 14.1-inch R400 / 15.4-inch R500 models
- Montevina Penryn Core 2 Duo processors
- Up to 320GB HDD
- Up to 4GB DDR3 RAM
- Integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD or discrete ATI Mobility Radeon 3470 graphics
- 3 USB / FireWire / ExpressCard / VGA
[Thanks, Timothy]
Buh bye air..
yea.
not a single air will be sold from here on.
wait...really?
And... Here comes... You know who...
*hides*
@J.C.
What! No more air!
Nononononononooo!!!!
I can't breathe! HEEELPPP!!!!
*dies*
There's no air,no air...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icv6DgZ-9O4
*sarcastically*
X200 has 64Mb of SSD storage. woooooooooooooooo
Now, I'm hot and bothered....
Hot and bothered by the fact that this article has absolutely nothing to do with the 3G iPhone or what color mock turtleneck Steve Jobs is going to wear for the WWDC Event of the Year.
Oh noes. I have a strange feeling I'm going to get Low-Ranked for this comment. I guess I'm able to see into the future. Please don't ban me. I'll try to do better next time.
Yes, But can it cut cake?
about 12 more hours and it is iPhone2 time!
Dude, what the hell does this have to do with kick ass ThinkPad laptops?
we have a winner! a whole 6 minutes after the article is up, the first totally on topic iPhone reference. in a post that is definitely about phones.
As a Mac user it hurts to read your posts, I don't even know how the windows guys feel about you.
Can't wait to see the price for X200. If it is reasonable, I think I am ready to switch back to the dark side.
where is clak?
There should be a Goldwin's Law for the iPhone, Microsoft and/or Apple.
From "http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/asus-prepping-wimax-usb-dongle-base-stations/"
iEye @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:34PM
"You will not have 1 comment from me relating to any Apple product until the 3G release"
So you lied again, eh?
clak would say:
But it runs on windows.
this is what all apple fanboys say when they have nothing to win.
Wait! There is one thing that both the Thinkpads and Iphone have in common - they are both are overpriced!
If it sounds too good to be true.......
.... its probably more than I can afford.
X200 will most likely start around $1300... $1700 if it's SSD only.
R-series and T-series will almost certainly be between 0.9x and 1.1x the price of the current R and T models. SL models will probably start at R-series prices but max out higher.
The R's look decidedly more expensive than before. They have dual roll cages now (at least the R500), yet they're still heavier than the T. These things are going to be tanks. But it does look like they may be holding back the latest chipsets here, so we'll see.
It looks to me like the SL are going to be the new R, with some interesting twists like flashier designs and GPS (are we sure these aren't Ideapads or 3000 series?) I wish the T's and X's would have GPS. And let me tell you, that addition could very seriously challenge Dell for some big accounts like Xerox for their service techs. Anyway, back to the SL, maybe they're trying to target college kids with this move. They've been trying since the Z and just haven't been able to get it right. I just don't get where the Ideapad is supposed to come in if that's the case.
Anyway, the T's and X's look great. I'm disappointed to not see an X400, but not at all surprised. Here's hoping they have a more cost effective refresh of the X300 around the corner.
i got my x61s for ~$1100.
1.6GHz ULV Core2Duo
80GB SATA
12"
2.5 lbs
7 hour battery.
Lenovo has 20% off coupons all the time, just be a little patient.
Oh my....DO WANT indeed...
WOW very nice!
The X200 might cost 2500$ and up!
i'll wait till they drop the benjamins on this.... I'm sure it'll be something that will definitely break the bank...
Now this is something to get hyped about. I'd very much like to have the pictured ThinkPad.
Egads! Is that an actual contour on the thinkpad I see?
I love the specs.... but shamefully admit the aesthetics of this machine doesn't appeal to me.
Is the nipple patented? Tried my friend's thinkpad and the nipple beats trackpads. It'd be nice to have them on something like the Vaio ZX.
I'm pretty sure Toshiba used to have them on their laptops... I've had several ThinkPads over the years and I miss the nipple on my MacBook Pro.
i wonder how much it will cost to get one of those x200 laptops
Is the x200 a smaller screened x300?
Seriously though, Lenovo needs to figure out the double mouse once and for all. OR at least provide a bigger touchpad. And, although I think Thinkpads look sleek with the cover down, once you open em, they are sort of meh. Seriously Lenovo, leave the keyboard as is, and put some gloss into it.
also, scrap the 3000 series and offer the ideapad in 13.3in and in Canada.
They give you gloss on the 3000 series, the Ideapad, and now the SL series of Thinkpad. Everybody else gives you gloss almost exclusively. Now stfu and let the rest of us hold onto this one last bastion of our sanity.
I don't know why you got low ranked, they're objectively ugly computers. The Ideapads look nice, I don't know why they can't spend a couple thousand redesigning the Thinkpad. Just because it's business-class doesn't mean it has to be no-class.
Granted I've been using Thinkpads for over a decade now, so I'm likely to be biased, but I *really* like the look of them.. In a word: class. While everyone else is either making monstrosities of curving plastics or listening to what over-paid idiots on madison ave tell them, the Thinkpad line has kept a very conservative non-descript look that I seriously value.
Matte black is where its at. If I wanted everyone to notice my notebook, well I'd f**king shoot myself for being some attention seeking wannabe who got a notebook to look cool at the coffee shop. Maybe nobody at a LAN party would like it, but I'm OKAY with that. When you walk into a professional business meeting a Thinkpad is what you're going to want to be setting on the table - not some shinny flashy kids toy. ...and if I'm out an about on my computer its because my pager went off and the last thing I want is some dork staring at me.
The thing is a freaking tool that allows me to get my job done, and I feel it does so in style. I equate the thinkpad to a nice benz or BMW or a nice suite.
I realize it's a tool, and it does its job admirably, they're always really nice computers. I just hate that they look like they're 40 years old. Like I said, the Ideapads are really good looking, and if they ported some of the design features over they could have a real winner. Why can't something have both utility and fashion (and why do so many people seem to disagree with me)?
Its all great until you see the $$$
Hmm... I'm really considering selling my X61s for that X200. Sure my X61s gets 8h on the 8-cell, but 9.6h on the 9-cell X200... that's tempting.
something in my pants suddenly feels all warm and tingly...
That is interesting and definitely too much information.
That is interesting and definitely too much information.
Sorry about that double post, damn iPod touch!
@Agent42: that'd be your phone vibrating, and maybe it has one of those fake batteries.
I'm very happy to see the new SL line will still have nVidia graphics. I'm a big fan of nVidia, so I was disappointed to see the R and T series were going ATI.
The SL is hardly a Thinkpad, though, so it's not all that great of a win if you ask me. On the other hand, ATI's Linux drivers are getting better and better, so it's meaning less and less to me.
Yeah, I understand. I guess the SL line will be consumer oriented ThinkPad. I don't use Linux though, so ATI's drivers for Linux are of no use to me.
If I was going to buy one of these new ThinkPads, it would certainly be a T500. I did just buy a brand new T61 is March though, so I'll be good for a while.
anyword on tablets?
YES there IS A TABLET X200!!!! woo hoo!
Bye Bye Air????
Ok, you do realize that the main reason people buy Macs is so they don't have to use "Ghetto" Computers using crappy, bloated, buggy Windows. So to say that just because a nice looking computer comes out from Lenovo, all the Mac users are going to run and say.
"Oh look, a nice thin light laptop from lenovo. Let me run and partake of the slow, buggy, bloated, drm laden Vista and get rid of my nice Mac." Back away from the bong and get a breath.
I'm sure this is a nice piece of hardware from Lenovo. If it comes with a nice version of Linux and the price is right, I might even consider buying one. But to have to go back into the windows nightmare....no thank you.