[PICTURE] Widescreen ThinkPad! [pics of guts only!, s/ bill]

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edmonton · #1 Post by **edmonton** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:57 pm

http://www.pconline.com.cn/notebook/new ... 65974.html (Chinese website)

New widescreen ThinkPad.

kev009 · #2 Post by **kev009** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:05 pm

What do the pics you posted have anything to do with a widescreen ThinkPad? Sounds like a load of BS to me..

edmonton · #3 Post by **edmonton** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:17 pm

Well, it's still under testing, but believe it or not it's from a widescreen ThinkPad.

Sorry, I don't have time to translate all the article, but the keywords are:

Sonoma 915PM 533MHz Dothan DDRII PCI-E
ATi MOBILITY Radeon X300 BGA
Broadcom BCM575

Leeper · #4 Post by **Leeper** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:30 pm

There is a widescreen comeing. Probably late Q2.

But this should not be under the T-Series forum.

Kenn · #5 Post by **Kenn** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:40 pm

I don't believe or disbelieve it, but unfortunately these pictures are pretty useless in every sense of the word. Nothing indicates it's a thinkpad, nothing indicates it's widescreen.

All it says is that somewhere in the world, someone has a digital camera with modest macro capabilities, a green PCB, and some intel/ATI/broadcom chips.

Leeper · #6 Post by **Leeper** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:44 pm

Agree the pictures don't say much.

but I am saying - new A series widescreen is comeing.

Bob Collins · #7 Post by **Bob Collins** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:58 pm

The layout and tightness of the chips would seem to indicate a space-constrained device. Mobile, tablet, embedded, who knows. One thing I really like are the couple of green wires added after the fact, or so it seems in the first two images. Obviously a mock up, or a design that forgot a few things! I have seen such after-the-fact wiring in routers and hubs, but not in a notebook!

Cool pics if you like to look at PCBs and chips, otherwise, nothing to note....

Kenn · #8 Post by **Kenn** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:45 pm

Leeper wrote:Agree the pictures don't say much.

but I am saying - new A series widescreen is comeing.

Oh I'll beleive that. Widescreen is the new Black (get it?)...doh.

I'd be interested in a widescreen 15" T42, especially if they used the X40 keyboard layout and crammed in a functional 10-key pad

#9 Post by **BillMorrow** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:32 pm

come on guys..
cut edmonton a break.. a little slack..

leeper seems to agree..

the pics ARE a bit generic but little bits of info here and there can be knit into a whole picture.. just takes time..

lets all reserve judgement for a while or until more leaks out about a widescreen thinkpad..

[PICTURE] Widescreen ThinkPad! [pics of guts only!, s/ bill]

[PICTURE] Widescreen ThinkPad! [pics of guts only!, s/ bill]

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