I like the idea. I guess without a hard drive, it is not a full computer, thus it is not obligated to the age-old Microsoft treaty - "every computer must ship with an OS on it." I will pick my own hard disk from newegg. So Lenovo can skip both the stingy hard drive and Microsoft tax. I think a lot o...

Lenovo is still not doing it right with their Linux initiative. 1) X series don't offer Linux as an option. They still force people to pay $50-$100 for the crappy, slow, buggy, stupid, bloated Vista. Fine, just ship the Thinkpad with PC-DOS. I will install it myself. 2) The Linux version of T61 has ...

According to benchmarks, a high density 250GB 5400rpm drive is faster than an 100GB 7200rpm drive. It runs much cooler too, which is good for the data longevity.

Get the Vantec SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter for $20. You can then turn any bare 5.25 inch DVD drive, whether it is IDE or SATA, into a USB drive.

After you are done, return the DVD drive back to your desktop.

Here are the specs of the upcoming Dell E4200, E4300 ultra portables. X200 should have similar specs.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/21/up-c ... tables-wi/

In May, Intel will release the second generation Penryn CPUs, which include the power optimized "P" processors with 25W TDP, vs. the current "T" processors with 35W TDP. The upcoming Thinkpad X200 is likely to have the P8400 and P8600 CPU, as well as a 1280x800 wide screen. If you want a quiet lapto...

In second quarter 2008, Intel will release the new Cantigia mobile chipset , as part of the fifth-generation Centrino platform - Montevina . Here are the main attractions of the chipset. * Faster BUS - 1066 MT/s front side bus. * Faster RAM - RAM supported for DDR2-667, DDR2-800, DDR3-800 and DDR3-1...

Vantec makes a SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter for $20. I use it to connect to bare IDE/SATA 2.5, 3.5, and 5.25 inch drives.

I don't have X61, so I don't know whether X61 will boot from it. I guess it should boot from any USB device, right?

Thank God, the DisplayPort is finally coming, as well as the X4500 GPU which has hardware acceleration for Blu-Ray. I can't wait to get my hands on a T400 or X200. See link below.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 665#402665

In second quarter 2008, Intel will release the new Cantigia mobile chipset , as part of the fifth-generation Centrino platform - Montevina . Here are the main attractions of the chipset. * Faster BUS - 1066 MT/s front side bus. * Faster RAM - RAM supported for DDR2-667, DDR2-800, DDR3-800 and DDR3-1...

T61 Widescreen and R61 Widescreen are sharing so many parts. Could they be sharing the same motherboard too? Maybe they decided to put a low cost R61 motherboard in a T61 body, so they can charge more money just because it is a "T" model.

I heard someone has successfully played HD-DVD content on a laptop with integrated X3100 graphic card and an external HD-DVD drive. This is great news. It gives me hope that X3100 can handle blu-ray content too. I noticed that R61 has Blu-ray drive as an option for $200. ( R61 has a 12mm ultrabay, n...

After a friend told me about "Gparted Clonezilla Live CD", I never had any headaches on partitioning, backups, or cloning. Just google it, it works for both NTFS and linux partitions. It is not hard for me to figure out how to use. Then again, I am a professional techie. If you have never deleted a ...

In order to play Blu-Ray movies on an external LCD, the DVI connectors on both the laptop and the monitor need to support HDCP. To get the DVI port, the only option is be get an Advanced Dock or an Advanced Mini Dock. Does anyone know whether Advanced Mini Dock support HDCP? If it does, is the integ...

Has anyone successfully played a blu-ray movie on T61? What is the configuration of your T61?

I came across this on YouTube. I was the second viewer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPe006Nyv0A

http://i16.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/d1/7a/1a1a_10.JPG

The consensus is that X200 will be a 12" ultra portable without an optical drive, which is exactly what I need. I want it light, small, fast, comes with a DVI port, 1280x800 LED screen, and a webcam.

mod edit: No pics without a warning please.

Not sure. I was reading the comments on Lenovo's blog, Apparently there are a lot of people demanding the DVI port.

http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/?p ... ment-40098

I didn't know there are USB-DVI adapters. They look pretty promising. I like that fact that each adapter can connect up to 6 screens. http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/sewell-offers-up-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-uxga-support/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/i-o-datas-usb-to-dvi-adapter-plays-nice-w...

A website compared the difference between SSD and HHD on MacBook Air. Here is the link: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/macbook-air-ssd-review.ars Summary: The Good: * No more entire machine slowdowns! (well, most of the time...) * Speedy boot, disk read, and build times The Bad: * The moder...

I remember that X61t is a tad thicker than X61. Just an impression on top of my head.

77MB/sec seems to be slower than SATA 150 on paper. What is your user experience after using it for a few days, comparing to a regular 2.5" hard drive?

Laptops are getting smaller and smaller. HP is surely not standing still. Here is their latest UMPC.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/hps- ... -revealed/

HP is smart enough to let users choose either Vista or Linux.

X300 can be used as a 13" portable GPS navigation unit. Sweet!

Nice, I heard X300 comes with a GPS module. This is great. I always wanted to have a GPS receiver in my laptop.

Microsoft is going to stop their support for XP in June. Their Vista is buggy and bloated. Mac OS X is not allowed to run on PC hardware. On the other hand, Ubuntu is gaining popularity everyday. Ubuntu does pretty much everything I throw at it. I admit that the Linux version of Skype still needs a ...

I had problems too when I first installed Ubuntu on my Thinkpad two years ago. I was able to fix all of the problems within minutes just by googling. 2 years later, Ubuntu 7.10 is so much better, I have heard from tons of people simply saying "everything just works". Lenovo can significantly reduce ...

I've heard that T61 now comes with SUSE Linux, and here is the link I found: Preloaded Linux models It is pre-configured and the price is $1250. Well, I can get a T61 with Vista for a lot less than $1250. This explains why Thinkpad's previous attempt of bundling with Linux failed. Who in his right m...

XP Home has limited networking capabilities. I suggest trying a Ubuntu Live CD. I switched to Ubuntu 2 years ago, and I will never go back to Windows again. Linux is sooooooooo much more powerful, It can do everything one can possibly imagine. Now I have Ubuntu on all of my servers, desktops, and la...

Lenovo make different thinkpads for different market segments. They have X61 for UltraPortable-General, X61s for UltraPortable-LongBatteryLife. I am in X61p segment, UltraPortable-Performance. I want the smallest, fastest laptop possible with compromised battery life. No DVI or DisplayPort is a deal...