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Dead1nside · #1 Post by **Dead1nside** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:25 am

Does anyone have any idea or informed estimate on when the T62 might be announced and when it'll be internationally available. The T61 has come down in price on TopSeller models quite a lot here in the UK, and I'm looking to buy this summer for university - I'd rather put my money in a newer model as I can't afford an X300.

Thanks in advance.

andyP · #2 Post by **andyP** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:47 pm

I hate to say it, you are going to have a very long wait for a T62. There is not going to be a T62, instead there will be the T400 and T500 being respectively 14 W and 15,4 W. A little more can be found here.

Dead1nside · #3 Post by **Dead1nside** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:39 pm

Ok, yes, I forgot about that rather large hitch to my logic. How long are we going to have to wait for these rebranded models to come out?

andyP · #4 Post by **andyP** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:00 pm

My guess would be june +/- ?

thefultonhow · #5 Post by **thefultonhow** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:32 pm

I just talked to a Lenovo rep and the T61 will be around for a while. The Penryn refresh will tide us over until around September, at which point the T400/T500 will burst onto the scene.

I also got to check out the X300... it's sweet! The keyboard is pushed back all the way to the hinges to make room for the UtraNav, and the battery is accessible from the bottom and sticks out a little, but I'd say the laptop is still thinner than a regular Macbook or an old X-series. I got confirmation that the optical drive can be swapped out for a second battery but not for a second hard drive.

Trekk69 · #6 Post by **Trekk69** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:15 pm

thefultonhow wrote:I also got to check out the X300... it's sweet! The keyboard is pushed back all the way to the hinges to make room for the UtraNav, and the battery is accessible from the bottom and sticks out a little, but I'd say the laptop is still thinner than a regular Macbook or an old X-series. I got confirmation that the optical drive can be swapped out for a second battery but not for a second hard drive.

First hand info of the X300!, Nice!

Dead1nside · #7 Post by **Dead1nside** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:44 pm

Thank-you, so there will be new machines around Summer/September. I'll probably be waiting to get the Penryn refresh then, after the initial reviews comeback of course.

thefultonhow · #8 Post by **thefultonhow** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:56 pm

Dead1nside wrote:Thank-you, so there will be new machines around Summer/September. I'll probably be waiting to get the Penryn refresh then, after the initial reviews comeback of course.

The Penryn refresh is already out... it's the T8100, T8300, and T9300 on the config pages. My guess is that you'll lget slightly better performance and battery life. The chipset stays the same.

Speaking of battery life... I forgot to say that he said the T61 14" widescreen will be getting a 9-cell soon. Which just may sway me back from the 15.4" camp...

Dead1nside · #9 Post by **Dead1nside** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:39 pm

9-cell really? That's what I've been shouting about since the T61s were revealed. Brilliant. Cheers.

jayk · #10 Post by **jayk** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:28 am

thefultonhow wrote:I also got to check out the X300... it's sweet!

Did you ask if they plan to offer the X300 with a mechanical hard drive option in place of the expensive flash drive?

thefultonhow · #11 Post by **thefultonhow** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:34 am

jayk wrote:
thefultonhow wrote:I also got to check out the X300... it's sweet!
Did you ask if they plan to offer the X300 with a mechanical hard drive option in place of the expensive flash drive?

I didn't ask, but I've seen elsewhere that they will. Also, as in the current X-series, it's a standard 1.8" model, but that may have been obvious already.

j-dawg · #12 Post by **j-dawg** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:24 am

The X-series uses a 2.5" hard drive. The 1.8" was abandoned after the X40/X41.

pianowizard · #13 Post by **pianowizard** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:04 am

thefultonhow wrote:I didn't ask, but I've seen elsewhere that they will. Also, as in the current X-series, it's a standard 1.8" model, but that may have been obvious already.

1.8" HDD may not be the end of world. I was just looking at the new Dell tablet's specs, and saw that they have a 120GB 1.8" 5400rpm HDD option.

beeblebrox · #14 Post by **beeblebrox** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:20 am

pianowizard wrote:
thefultonhow wrote:I didn't ask, but I've seen elsewhere that they will. Also, as in the current X-series, it's a standard 1.8" model, but that may have been obvious already.
1.8" HDD may not be the end of world. I was just looking at the new Dell tablet's specs, and saw that they have a 120GB 1.8" 5400rpm HDD option.

If that is true, then 1.8" still has a lot of life left.
iPods come with 160GB which is 2 platters?

So 120GB might be a new high-density 1 platter.
Then I assume 2 platter 240GB with 5400 rpm should be on the market soon. They should not be much slower than a 4200rpm 2.5" drive, if calculate the spin velocities correctly.

At least they are way cheaper than SSD drives.

bobdsmith · #15 Post by **bobdsmith** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:54 am

Hmm.... sounds interesting. I think I'll be getting the SSD, but I'm going to wait a bit for the rush to calm down (biggest rush in lenovo histroy, based on what i hear), so hopefully they'll release a 128 GB model in the 3-4 months after release.

BTW, thefultonhow, you managed to check out the X300...BUT DIDNT GET US ANY PICS! Fail. Talk to you're guy, see if we can get some, eh?

thefultonhow · #16 Post by **thefultonhow** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:11 pm

bobdsmith wrote:BTW, thefultonhow, you managed to check out the X300...BUT DIDNT GET US ANY PICS! Fail. Talk to you're guy, see if we can get some, eh?

Sorry, I wasn't sure if I could do that. The X300 hasn't even been announced yet, right? So I got very lucky just getting a sneak peek.

BTW, the rep confirmed the other specs that are on the site that's been posted elsewhere on this forum.

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pianowizard · #17 Post by **pianowizard** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:17 pm

thefultonhow wrote:but we get a special discount that's on the order of 40% for most of our Lenovos, so I'm not sure how cheap it's going to be on the open market.

With a good sale and a coupon or two, it's fairly easy to get >40% off on the open market.

thefultonhow · #18 Post by **thefultonhow** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:20 pm

thefultonhow wrote:Note from Moderator: Discussions of prices for specials programs like EPP are expressly prohibited in the Rules.

Oops, sorry, mods. I edited the whole thing out because I'm pretty sure I was wrong about the 2 GHz chip, and everyone knows about the SSD already.

#19 Post by **JaneL** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:43 pm

The whole X300 discussion needs to be taken to the X300 thread at http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=56967 anyway.

qviri · #20 Post by **qviri** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:57 pm

beeblebrox wrote:iPods come with 160GB which is 2 platters?

So 120GB might be a new high-density 1 platter.

It's Dell. $10 it's a two-platter.

Then I assume 2 platter 240GB with 5400 rpm should be on the market soon.

And if someone did have a 240 GB 5400 rpm 1.8" drive coming to market soon, it would have been announced half a year ago for the publicity. The standard-height 2.5" 500 GB Samsung was announced a while ago and we won't see it until March.

I'd love it if it was true, but it just isn't.

edit: I am impressed that they made a 5400 rpm 1.8" drive in the first place, though. I guess it's natural progression to smaller formats getting better and better.

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