T43 photos?

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Leon · #31 Post by **Leon** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:58 pm

great pics MobileGuru..... btw, you say "IF IT SAYS THINKPAD - I HAVE IT!", but I don't see the 600 series on your list.... I've got a 600X (in addition to my T42), and it's STILL going strong.....

n3il · #32 Post by **n3il** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:02 pm

MobileGuru wrote:...should have my tablet in soon too!

Interesting... is this an X32 or an X41 or X50 or something??

MobileGuru · #33 Post by **MobileGuru** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:04 pm

Leon wrote:great pics MobileGuru..... btw, you say "IF IT SAYS THINKPAD - I HAVE IT!", but I don't see the 600 series on your list.... I've got a 600X (in addition to my T42), and it's STILL going strong.....

I used to have a 600X myself .. but my listing only includes the boxes here that I worked on, and sadly most of the Legacy machines were before my time here.

MobileGuru · #34 Post by **MobileGuru** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:05 pm

n3il wrote:
MobileGuru wrote:...should have my tablet in soon too!
Interesting... is this an X32 or an X41 or X50 or something??

It is based off the X4 platform, but will have it's own family name.

jeeva · #35 Post by **jeeva** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:19 pm

That's what I expected, if you look back, every big change in form factor made a new family.

BTW iis there no Floppy drive in the G41 anymore, afaik the G40 had one.

MobileGuru · #36 Post by **MobileGuru** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:32 pm

jeeva wrote:BTW iis there no Floppy drive in the G41 anymore, afaik the G40 had one.

The new G41 comes without it on most models, in fact on the boxes with the upgraded Nvidia chipsets don't have the room for a floppy so the port is actually blocked off.

JHEM · #37 Post by **JHEM** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:50 pm

Guru,

"Quicksilver" is toxic you know!

Drive carefully.

Regards,

James

gazingwa · #38 Post by **gazingwa** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:54 pm

don't have room??? in that huge case..... wow..... what is the upgraded card in it?

jeeva · #39 Post by **jeeva** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:02 pm

Quicksilver? Where did you see Quicksilver?

Edit: Is the Hard Disk where the Floppy was in the G40 or is it a Fan for the GPU?

JHEM · #40 Post by **JHEM** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:26 pm

jeeva wrote:Quicksilver? Where did you see Quicksilver?

On the vanity plate on Guru's car.

Actually, it's KWICSLVR.

Regards,

James

Leon · #41 Post by **Leon** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:35 pm

hehe.... are you sure you don't work for the CIA James?

JHEM · #42 Post by **JHEM** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:40 pm

Leon wrote:hehe.... are you sure you don't work for the CIA James?

I can neither confirm nor deny that I still work for the Company.

Errrrrr.........uhhhhhh........... I mean EVER worked for the Company!

[censored]!

But, they gave us some fun planes!

Regards,

James

MobileGuru · #43 Post by **MobileGuru** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:42 pm

gazingwa wrote:don't have room??? in that huge case..... wow..... what is the upgraded card in it?

Take a peek here ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/ ... G_5636.jpg

That one is the new bezel to fill the FDD hole.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/ ... G_5637.jpg

That one is the new heatsink over the NVIDIA Go5200 w/128MB.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/ ... G_5638.jpg

That is the HUGE video daughter card underneath.

So that's why it won't fit anymore.

gazingwa · #44 Post by **gazingwa** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:44 pm

thanks... just curious

jeeva · #45 Post by **jeeva** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 4:07 pm

Still wondering, a Go5200 needs more cooling than a 9600 Mobility.

kev009 · #46 Post by **kev009** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:09 pm

MobileGuru wrote:I'll do my best to get you guys whatever you need from a spec and photo standpoint .. rest assured I've at least one of everything lying around somewhere!

..I can take some of those off your hands..?!

kev009 · #47 Post by **kev009** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:10 pm

ian wrote: Thanks! And welcome to THE forum!

That is the COLLECTIVE "our", ian. It includes all the great contributors that this Forum has (INCLUDING YOU ).

I'm new here but what is with all the knit picking of pronoun usage?!

NathanA · #48 Post by **NathanA** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:24 pm

Y'know what I find funny? That an IBM employee started this thread and got an answer from another IBM employee! (Or am I assuming too much here?)

I figured that Steve007 would have had just as much access to new TP hardware as anyone else in this forum who might happen to work for IBM, but I guess not?!

-- Nathan

MobileGuru · #49 Post by **MobileGuru** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 6:03 pm

Well I don't know for sure if he works for IBM .. but you may just be correct on your assumption about me ..

.. not everyone in the Big Blue has access to new hardware, and certainly very few in such abundant quantity or advance release.

JHEM · #50 Post by **JHEM** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:03 pm

MobileGuru wrote:Well I don't know for sure if he works for IBM .. but you may just be correct on your assumption about me .. .. not everyone in the Big Blue has access to new hardware, and certainly very few in such abundant quantity or advance release.

The primary problem is that Steve is in the UK which, as far as IBM products are concerned, is almost at the end of the pipeline. (The EU is at the very end!)

We have an abundance of Thinkpad models in NA that have never and will never see the light of day overseas. Even on those occasions where they are available in the UK, we had them months earlier than they.

Even Guru is about a month behind Armonk/RTP in getting his hands on these units.

Regards,

James

Roisin · #51 Post by **Roisin** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:27 pm

MobileGuru: can you check if the 5400rpm drive in your t43s is the older 5k80 series or the newer 5k100 seriers? thanks

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/5k100/5k100.htm
Travelstar5K100 models Size RPM Interface
HTS541010G9AT00 100 5400 Parallel-ATA
HTS541080G9AT00 80 5400 Parallel-ATA
HTS541060G9AT00 60 5400 Parallel-ATA
HTS541040G9AT00 40 5400 Parallel-ATA

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/5k80/5k80.htm
HTS548080M9AT00 80 5400 ATA-6
HTS548060M9AT00 60 5400 ATA-6
HTS548040M9AT00 40 5400 ATA-6
HTS548020M9AT00 20 5400 ATA-6

MobileGuru · #52 Post by **MobileGuru** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:59 pm

JHEM wrote:
MobileGuru wrote:Even Guru is about a month behind Armonk/RTP in getting his hands on these units.

Pretty much on the money there .. by the time I place my order for the advanced release prototypes and get them across our border through horrific customs, it is typically a few weeks between myself and RTP.

mmeier · #53 Post by **mmeier** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:52 am

[quote="gazingwa"]How did you get these, the discrete t43's and r52's aren't out yet[/quote]

why R52? can´t see any R52 here ??

mmeier · #54 Post by **mmeier** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:05 am

[quote="MobileGuru"]Here you go guys .. lower res than what I took but you get the idea .. if there are any requests let me know and I will add them.

http://photobucket.com/albums/v248/Neur ... /ThinkPad/

Enjoy.[/quote]

interessting !!
can you share some pix of the X32, X41, R53 with us?
But i heard from a IBM source that IBM will never produce a tablet PC.

Can you convince us with the opposite by posting some specs or pics?

thx

jeeva · #55 Post by **jeeva** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:18 am

@mmeier

MobileGuru wrote:No I have not posted them yet. I am just waiting for the arrival of my 15" model since the 14.1 I got was not complete. Cross your fingers because I should have my tablet in soon too!

Here is the answer of your question, which I already asked.

Steve007 · #56 Post by **Steve007** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:27 am

NathanA wrote:I figured that Steve007 would have had just as much access to new TP hardware as anyone else in this forum who might happen to work for IBM, but I guess not?!

I get all the relevant information as and when it's produced but I don't always get the new products sent out to me.

I was one of the first to get my hands on the T40 (Jan/Feb 2003 I believe) but for some reason no T43 models have made their way over here yet. The T43 isn't available until March for customers but hopefully I'll be able to have a look at one later this month

Steve007 · #57 Post by **Steve007** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:34 am

JHEM wrote:The primary problem is that Steve is in the UK which, as far as IBM products are concerned, is almost at the end of the pipeline. (The EU is at the very end!)

We have an abundance of Thinkpad models in NA that have never and will never see the light of day overseas. Even on those occasions where they are available in the UK, we had them months earlier than they.

There are some benefits being at the end as any problems with hardware/software are ironed out before they come to us

What pisses me off is that on the US website you can practically build your own ThinkPad with the components you want which is superb - we don't have that facility here. But to be fair with have just about every possible configuration available - at a cost. ThinkPad's and particularly ThinkPad accessories are not cheap here but in my opinion the laptops are worth paying a premium for as they are the best there is.

nikemen · #58 Post by **nikemen** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:14 am

Steve007 wrote:
All I've found is this one below and it just looks like another T4x model from that photo!

http://www-5.ibm.com/se/news/archive/im ... 43/T43.jpg

honestly, this looks like a fake photo. could be ibm just didn't want to shoot another photo, but the 3 in the 43, is not uniform with the 4. It is askew, differant depth and resolution.

blow it up and you'll see what I mean.

MobileGuru · #59 Post by **MobileGuru** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:43 am

The picture is totally fake .. the modem cover is a dead giveaway .. that is an original T40.

beeblebrox · #60 Post by **beeblebrox** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:12 am

When Intel anounced the Sonoma platform at end of January, they gave a presentation of the new notebook featuring the new chipset. They were in Munich, London, Paris with about 30 different Sonoma notebooks. Among them a Thinkpad T43.
I had in my hands, didn't see any difference to the regular T40 design. So it seems to be the same mold, just the motherboard is different.

Probably, IBM had found the final design of their Thinkpads for coming years.
Interesting would be the X50, which is supposed to be a tablet PC, based on a modified X41 design, based on the next-generation chipset.
That's what I was told. There is another X32 coming, btw.

So, by summer most new Sonomas will be out. Not much difference to the current T4x series.

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