I'd like to disable WLAN automatically whenever a LAN cable is connected. Any advice how to do this? The solution should be such that it can be managed with Windows group policies, and not possible to override by users.

When LAN is disconnected, the machine should try to connect to a WLAN.

Here is a good review for the T400s:
http://www.thinkpadtoday.com/full-launc ... m#more-697

The notebookreview.com's review mentions that T400s has a built-in GPS receiver. I wonder if it is a standard feature or comes with one of the WWAN cards (Ericsson if I remember correctly).

The reviewer didn't specify which WWAN card his machine was configured with.

Yes, from what I have seen so far this is a very nice ThinkPad except for the missing UltraBay. I wonder why they did this. Was there no space for it? How high is the base? I think the reason is the same as with X300: ultrabay would have made the machine thicker (2-3 mm or so), and they are likely ...

Yes, I could get used to this slightly modified layout pretty fast, but then it would just continue confusing me when I go between this and my older Thinkpads, as well as my desktop keyboards. One of the reasons I am so attached to Thinkpads has always been the standard key layout. I made sure to o...

The Del key I don't understand. Probably some people complained that it was not large enough? But I can't imagine why anyone would. Personally I don't see the new keyboard layout as a problem, but a welcome evolutionary step. Keyboards have many obsolete keys that most people almost never use: Caps...

Surprisingly, It's my third day using my laptop without any freezes whatsoever. I didn't even tweak anything just regular use. :/ So confusing sometimes. I've had the X25-M for a month now, and I haven't experienced any freezes whatsoever. I'm running XP Pro. The speed increase is incredible, and t...

xmod wrote:Other than the ultrabase, do you guys use an external usb optical drive? what are the pros and cons? any particular recommendations?

I've used Sony MPD-AP20U for years. It can't burn DVDs, but runs off the USB power and is tiny. It DOES NOT need the dock often shown in pictures.

I have an X61 with Intel AGN wireless in an XP setup. All drivers and patches should be the latest. The wlan driver version is 11.1.1.16. I have no problem using the net, except when I start heavy downloads such as torrents. The downloads themselves proceed ok, but they slow down the whole network s...

Thanks asianboyztn and ryengineer, you are right, the keyboard fits without a hitch.

I bought a keyboard for an X61 tablet by a mistake, when I was supposed to buy it for an X61. Are the keyboards interchangeable? I wouldn't like to open the box in the hopes for returning it, but on the other hand I would save a lot of time if I could use it.

I'm going to Japan next week, and want to buy two X60/61(s) laptops. I live in Europe where I have a flat rate HSDPA (WWAN) subscription. I'd like to have the integrated WWAN card (Vodafone or similar), which requires a mobo with a SIM slot + two PCIe slots. I haven't been able to find any informati...

I've been thinking about replacing the ultra slow 1.8" HD with an UDMA CF card using a ATA-CF adapter. Fast flash memory is expensive, so to avoid paying extra, I need to know how fast the ATA bus is in the X40. Any ideas?

Antti

i requested the rubber feet for the hard drive tray but they ended up sending the rubber feet for the laptop. does anyone know the part # for the hard drive rubber feet? does it exist? i called and they said the only thing they had were the rubber feet for the laptop. Some people say hot glue is mu...

Hi, Have you tried 4gb cards that aren't SDHC? Nope, I didn't want to risk it because of the problems of returning opened memory card packages here in Finland. But after an exhaustive googling I came to the conclusion that even though bigger than 2 GB cards may be recognized by the X40, the reliabi...

Answering my own question with first hand experiences: 1) The built-it SD slot IS ReadyBoost capable 2) Max supported SD card size seems to be 2 GB 3) Vista FEELS much more responsive using ReadyBoost Conclusion: I definitely suggest spending a few dozen dollars for a fast SD card to speed up the ot...

Hi, As every X40 user knows, its 1.8" HD is really, really slow. With XP it's been somehow acceptable, but I almost cried when I installed Vista and started using it. The HD really slows everything down even though there is nothing wrong in the CPU or amount of available memory (1.3 GHz & 1.28 GB). ...

I live in Europe where Thinkpads are notoriously expensive, but coming to the States for a 2 week vacation next month. I'm spending time mostly in NYC, FL, SC, NC and TN. I could order a TP to my friend's address, but I would also like to have an option to pick one up from a brick and mortar store. ...

A year ago I ordered a T42 for my sister into her Manhattan address. A long story short: Somebody at UPS (Bronx) stole the laptop twice, which took a lot of phone calls and convincing towards IBM, and finally the customer service manager ordered a third machine for *herself* in Tennessee, and *FedEx...

Has anyone seen these greatly discounted thinkpads yet at Office Depot? The news article mentioned Z60t and T43, but the T43 Office Depot is currently listing on their site is actually slightly more expensive than directly from Lenovo.

Hi, I've got a ~14 months old X40 (1.3 GHz), and its battery life sucks big time. With wlan I don't get much more than an hour. This has been going on for months, and because of that I have to use the AC adapter most of the time. I bought an identical machine for my dad at the same time, and he comp...

Titanium is a cheap [censored] plastic? i learn something new everyday You should stop trashing the machine before you know the facts about it - believe me, while i am not overly happy with the addition of the silver or the windows key, this is a ThinkPad and is maybe one that will bridge the gap b...

considering that the Z60 is due to be out in a month, you'd think we could get some official announcement or some sort of hype and advertising. i mean, all the information we have is off of chinese websites which may or may not be reliable. when will they start to market this baby? Aargh, Z60 sound...

Anyone here with a refurbished TP purchased in Canada, but the TP has an "original" USA warranty? The IBM "autodetect" shows the warranty to be USA and good until Nov'05. Am I stuck with a useless warranty? AFAIK, ThinkPads' warranties are global, at least my USA-bought X40 was serviced in Finland ...

Albeit not one single TP, but together my 600E, X20, X30 and X40 have been to: Belgium, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Austria, Canada, Lichtenstein, Luxemburg, Norway, France, Sweden, Germany, Singapore, Finland, Switzerland, Denmark, Hungary, Estonia, the UK, Puert...

The machine is X40 and the topic says it all. As a new Nokia 3230 owner I really need a fast RS-MMC interface and I'd hate to carry around a USB thingie.

Yes it is.

I'm looking for a bluetooth keyboard with an embedded trackpoint-kind-of-a-thingie. Basically the IBM Travel Keyboard with bluetooth would be my wet dream (http://tinyurl.com/7ye9c). Anyone got a suggestion?

Antti

Some chipsets don't support custom resolutions, and especially the integrated ones used in laptops are notorious in that regard, thus powerstrip may not help.

A follow-up question though: I have an X40, is there a way to get 16:9 out of it? 1280x720, 852x480 or something like that?

Antti

Do all these drives need an external power supply or do they use USB power ? It would be fine to have a self working / self powering drive (juste an USB cable...). Regards, Cybertof. X40 does have the extra power plug thingie so at least big blue's own drive should work using that ie w/o external a...