Acer-built ThinkPads

[jruschme]

I was reading a post in the Legacy forum about upgrades to a TP 310ED and got interested in dusting off an old Acer Extensa 610CDT of mine and trying something similar. Much to my surprise, I soon realized that apparently my Extensa 610 was, for most intents and purposes, the exact same system as the 310ED.

This got me wondering which TP models were built by Acer. I had heard a little bit about the i-series, but didn't realize that there were others.

Thanks...

[christopher_wolf]

I don't believe that Acer made any more Thinkpad models for IBM as I think they were only licensed to do so for the i Series. I didn't get a good look at the insides of the last 310 nor was I able to compare it to an Extensa.

[jruschme]

I don't believe that Acer made any more Thinkpad models for IBM as I think they were only licensed to do so for the i Series. I didn't get a good look at the insides of the last 310 nor was I able to compare it to an Extensa.

Based on my experience taking apart a couple of Extensa 610 series and from a quick look at the TP 310 HMM, I can definately see more than a passing resembalance. The biggest differences are the boxier plastics on the TP, the TrackPoint (Acer uses a Synaptics TouchPad) and the indicator lights (something I missed on the Extensa).

A quick check of battery sellers also gets me this list of systems which use the same battery:

ACER
AcerNote 370
AcerNote LifeNote 373
AcerNote Light 370 Series
AcerNote Light 371, 372
AcerNote Light 372, 373, 374
AcerNote Light 380, 382 Series
Extensa 610, 616, 620 Series
IBM
ThinkPad 310, 310ED
ThinkPad 315
MAXDATA
Pro 700A
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
Extensa 610, 610CD, 610CDT
Extensa 616, 616CD, 616CDS, 616CDT
Extensa 690
UNISYS
NBV5001