Which Thinkpad is this? *Images attached!*

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frankiepankie · #1 Post by **frankiepankie** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:43 am

Hello, i was looking on some secondhand websites for nice laptops and i found this:

IMG:

Link to website:
http://computer-hardware.marktplaats.nl ... aptop.html

Specs:

P4 2.0Ghz @ 1.2Ghz
HDD: 40GB
RAM: 512MB
DVD/CD-RW

I think that it is a Thinkpad R51 unit. Compared to this picture:
http://www.fabiankeil.de/bilder/produkt ... 00x500.jpg
It looks mainly the same.

#2 Post by **gator** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:52 am

It is a T30.

#3 Post by **ryengineer** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:02 am

It's T30 imo too.

frankiepankie · #4 Post by **frankiepankie** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:18 am

hmmz weird guess from my side then

My dad has a T30, but the space between the screen underside and the keyboard is much more less.

If i see this picture of a T30, i am sure that the laptop i looked at, at the second hand site it is not a T30. But there maybe be different versions of the T30.

Also, the left and right keyboard side is not sloping on a T30.
And the T30 has an extra LED panel with HD indicator etc between the Power button and the volume buttons.

The pictures are saying that it is a R51 machine, but in my opinion there doesn't exist an R51 with an P-4M. Only P-M 1,5 or so.

And the T30 doesn't have such a large "Enter" button. The R51 has...

Weird situation this. I think i go mail the seller and ask for more information.

Sorry for my weird word choice, but i am still 15 years old
, and not very good in describing difficults parts of something

qviri · #5 Post by **qviri** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:55 am

The key part to notice here is the angled back-left corner of the laptop. The laptops that had this were the *30 series and the R40.

The R32, the R40, and the A31 come with a 2.0 GHz Pentium 4-M.

edit: however, the A31 and the R32 do not have a touchpad.

That would leave us with an R40. Also, like in the picture provided, the R40 has all of its indicator lights are under the LCD and none next to the power button.

frankiepankie wrote:And the T30 doesn't have such a large "Enter" button. The R51 has...

The size of the Enter key can depend on the keyboard layout.

cchsiao · #6 Post by **cchsiao** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:20 pm

Something concerns me a little bit is the resolution of the screen. It looks like it's at least SXGA+, even UXGA. If it's a UXGA one, then it would not be a T30 since there is no UXGA panel for the 14" form factor. So... I guess it's a SXGA+, and only T30 comes with a SXGA+ LCD (from IBM). Certainly the user can swap the LCD by him/herself, but... if nothing is changed after purchasing this Thinkpad, then it should be a T30.

The Spirit of X21 · #7 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:02 pm

It's a T30. It has that "missing" corner on the bottom left of the LCD.

frankiepankie · #8 Post by **frankiepankie** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:43 pm

LOL everyone says different things.

The R40 also has an "missing" corner on the LCD.

But yeah, i think it is actually an T30. Most people say T30, and there are some really professional Think-padders here, so i think it is true what they say.

qviri · #9 Post by **qviri** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:44 pm

The Spirit of X21 wrote:It has that "missing" corner on the bottom left of the LCD.

As does my X31, maybe it's an X31 then?

frankiepankie · #10 Post by **frankiepankie** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:59 pm

qviri wrote:
The Spirit of X21 wrote:It has that "missing" corner on the bottom left of the LCD.
As does my X31, maybe it's an X31 then?

X31 doesn't have a touchpad.

qviri · #11 Post by **qviri** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:35 pm

frankiepankie wrote:X31 doesn't have a touchpad.

I know, I was exercising sarcasm.

It cannot be a T30 because a) as you noted, the T30 keyboard takes up the full width of the laptop, which is definitely not the case with the picture you posted, and b) the T30 power light is next to the power button, which is definitely not the case with the picture you posted. (Since the laptop is on, you'd have to see that indicator light if it was a T30.)

Personally I think it's an R40 for the reasons I put in my previous post.

edit, for Hernandez's message below this: T30 had the touchpad available on "select models".

Hernandez · #12 Post by **Hernandez** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:40 pm

For sure it's not a T30 because do not have a touchpad.
IMHO it is R40.

#13 Post by **ryengineer** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:53 pm

Hernandez wrote:For sure it's not a T30 because do not have a touchpad.
IMHO it is R40.

FYI, select models of T30 do come with a touchpad.

To the OP, to end this guessing game, I suggest you ask the seller about the abc of that thinkpad.

The Spirit of X21 · #14 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:17 pm

Sorry about that. I didn't realize the R40 had the same feature!

#15 Post by **KristianJ** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:59 am

cchsiao wrote:Something concerns me a little bit is the resolution of the screen. It looks like it's at least SXGA+, even UXGA. If it's a UXGA one, then it would not be a T30 since there is no UXGA panel for the 14" form factor. So... I guess it's a SXGA+, and only T30 comes with a SXGA+ LCD (from IBM). Certainly the user can swap the LCD by him/herself, but... if nothing is changed after purchasing this Thinkpad, then it should be a T30.

Some 15" R40s were SXGA+, and based on the LEDs alone it has to be an R40...

frankiepankie · #16 Post by **frankiepankie** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:35 am

qviri, Hernandez, and KristianJ get a cookie, because it is indeed a thinkpad R40 (got mail from the seller)

Thanks guys

Brad · #17 Post by **Brad** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:11 am

I am continually amazed at the wide range of knowledge here.
This is why, in my humble opinion, this forum is the best.

Thanks

Brad

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