It seems you need to choose the 128GB SSD model, and then the NVIDIA video option is available. Cheers!

I am sorry to hear that.

I once had overheating problem on my old T60 (200766U) and the GPU went as high as 105C. It turned out that they forgot to tear off the plastic layer on the thermal compound.

My specs are here Almost the same as the T500 reviewed by Notebook Review here which scored 4371 Two runs - I get 3904 and 3884. Could be that the FireGL drivers are more conservative and thus slower. Could be an XP/Vista difference. According to Notebookcheck: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparis...

Pocket Aces wrote:The windows key is pretty handy in Vista, since the start menu lets you type your search keyword right away.

I found the Windows key useful in Ubuntu Linux too, I configured in a way so that it brings up some of the 3D Compiz features.

Personally and aesthetically speaking, this machine looks like a major dissapointment, as well as the T61 series did. What's with the screen STILL not being centered? Now there are keyboard issues? And I wish they still offered a 14.1 4:3 aspect ratio screen. Which sadly I don't think will happen a...

The only real life difference you can notice between T61 and T400/T500 would be the battery life. I guess I'll keep my T61p until Nehalem based Thinkpad is out.

Hi all, the first new thinkpads are popping up in different shops here in Germany. It is unbelievable but the prices reflect more or less the converted USD prices. e.g. a T500 top model costs about 1700Euros and I think that costs about 2400 $ in the US. That would be awesome. I just checked my inv...

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Notice the price of T400 is $0, and all the options show $0 too, does it mean we can get a T400 for free?

Combining the spreadsheet with the specs released by Lenovo earlier leads to a conclusion about the T400: Don't get the integrated graphics unless you want a display with only 185 nit and no LED backlight. It's not always a bad thing of lacking the LED backlight or having a slightly low nit value. ...

All of the new T/W models come with the 5100 wireless card? I thought 5300 is the one for the high end and 5100's performance is said not as good as 4965AGN.

I think you can only get the IWS if you buy those pre-configured model (i.e. the models you can find from the tabook) instead of the CTO models. Those models that offer IWS are usually more expensive, but still, if you compare the price for the same model in Europe, it still much cheaper if you buy ...

According to this article on DailyTech.com: http://www.dailytech.com/Dell+HP+Lists+Reveal+Defective+NVIDIA+Mobile+GPUs/article12553.htm Some(if not all) of the Nvidia 8600M/8400M GPU are defective and the defective GPUs can not tolerant the designed maximum temperatures. I am wondering if the T61/T6...

I am using the back/forward key as hotkeys for Gnome-terminal and Firefox on my T61p running Ubuntu Hardy 8.04.01. All you have to do is to run gconf-edit, and edit the key values in /apps/metacity/global-keybindings and /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands.

As far as I can remember, some particular early models of T60 (Core Duo based) had over-heating problem (the GPU of my original T60 2007-66U would reach 100+ Clesius degrees after 15 minutes of 3D games ). The problem was later resolved when the Core 2 Duo based T60.

Dead1nside wrote:No it doesn't according to what I've heard.

huh.. does that mean the 4-cell battery is as large as the 6-cell ones in terms of physical size? I thought usually only the smallest capacity would not be sticking out.

What's so special about tonight? I thought the new T400/T500 will be released on August 5th. Am I missing something? btw: Why not write a code that can automatically check the status of lenovo.com and make the purchase when the new model is out? It would save you a F5 key and dozens cups of coffee. :D

I guess it will take at least 3-6 months before we see the the switchable graphics thing start to work under Linux. On the bright side, Lenovo is switching back to ATI card and since both Intel and ATI is putting some effort on supporting the open source community, at least the Linux developers don'...

Also, how does the CPU improve wireless-N? Doesn't it mostly depend on the quality of the router, and the N card I use?? It doesn't, but "Centrino 2" refers to a new wireless card as well (the 5000). Don't know how beneficial it would be though, and of course the card is only half of the card-route...

RAM: 2 x 2 GB DDR3 1066 MHz (max. 4 GB)

I thought the max memory on the W500 was 8GB?

Well, I still see Nvidia is providing a better Linux driver than AMD/ATI, and my Quadro FX 570M is working very well under Ubuntu Hardy(suspend, hibernate, compiz, awn). However I admit that it seems AMD/ATI is catching up and considering the recent open source effort AMD/ATI did, I would recommend ...

well, I hope Lenovo would offer Ubuntu instead of SuSE on the Linux model.

mybellyisempty wrote:2 GB PC3-8500 memory standard upgradable to 8 GB

Oh dear god I think I'm in love.

Must...resit...must...hold...on to...T61P...until Nehalem...Thinkpads!

LOL, I am also trying to hold on to my t61p, but I guess it is easier for me as long as they don't release a standard 4:3 W series.

I saw my friend's 15" WUXGA T61p, and I admit its screen is better than my 14" 4:3 LCD. However the problem for me is that everyday I have to carry my laptop in the back pack and walk 4 miles up/down hill between my office, the bus stations and my apartment ( east Germany sucks big time :( ) so port...

The demo we've seen is a 14.1", 1440x900, LED backlit screen. I assume 1680x1050 is a mistake. Sadly, if it was not a mistake, I could *almost* justify going to widescreen. This is one of those confusing things going on, there was once a trend of higher and higher resolution, now it's reversing and...

Yeah, it seems to be the case that all the laptop manufacturers are leaving the 4:3 business. I see no benefits for average consumers to have a wide screen LCD other than when you're watching DVDs, but how many DVDs are you going to watch on the 14-15" laptop screens when you can simply watch them o...

My T61p has a 4965AGN card, but I don't have a 802.11n router so I don't know if it will work. However, I did notice the following message in the system log during bootup: [ 6.824883] iwl4965: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels I guess it means the AGN card is only working under a/b/...

Since most part of the W500 would use the standard Montevina platform, I think it is just a matter of time before you can run Linux on it. Of course, the problem for running Linux on cutting edge hardware is that you usually need to wait a couple of months before 95% of the hardware run flawlessly.

I am kinda disappointed. I own a 14" T61p. Its video card is not as fast as the 15" T61p, but at least faster than the one in T61. I guess going to the wide LCD format is the reason that we no longer see the 14 inch p model has the same powerful video card as the 15" model. Now they even won't make ...

huh.. if those pictures are real photos of the new T400/T500 models, it seems we will again see un-centered LCD screens on these new models. I have been using my 14" T61p since last September and I didn't find the un-centered screen a big problem until I recently played with my old 14" T60 and found...

I am looking at lenovo.com, and it seems they have put out a new "SL-series" (I believe it stands for "small business line") for the new Montevina platform, while in the T-series, it still uses the old Santa Rosa platform. I am wondering if T61(p) is going to be the last model in the T-seris and Len...