New X61 landing page prototype (tablet!) @ US Lenovo.com

[SFWrtr]

X61 Tablet, X61s, and X61.

Well, it looks like ithe Santa Rosa X is about to become real and ready for purchase. And, there may be an initial sale to get the ball rolling, too! Yes, there is turbo memory. Look at this page:

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/landing_pages ... w-x-series

I've pasted part of the web page below as I expect this may rapidly disappear if it gets too many hits. The blue "View X-Series" buttons lead to the current X60 page.

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ThinkPad X61 Tablet notebook

ThinkPad X61 and X61s notebooks

From: $1,944.00
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The ThinkPad X61 Tablet, our newest model, features the latest Intel® Core™2 Duo processors, advanced wireless connectivity options and is available with the Intel® Centrino® Pro platform for enhanced IT manageability. These notebooks also feature new memory technology for faster boot times, advanced battery controls and, like all X Series notebooks, the X61 Tablet is ultraportable.

New ThinkPad X61 and X61s notebooks feature the latest Intel® Core™2 Duo processors and Mobile Broadband technology and are available with the new Intel® Centrino® Pro platform for enhanced IT manageability. These notebooks can be loaded with the new Windows Vista™ operating system and offer advanced memory technology for faster boot times and new battery control features to help you work longer unplugged.




Benefits of ultraportable notebooks
Available features on new ThinkPad X Series notebooks:
• Screaming-fast Intel® Core™2 Duo processors
• Intel® Turbo Memory to speed boot time and save power
• Security enhancements including new 32-byte boot passwords
• Longer time unplugged with new BatteryStretch feature
• Security enhancements including new 32-byte boot passwords

[yggdrasil]

Good find!

The prices aren't bad either (assuming those are the real prices) .

[fuscob]

Good find!

The prices aren't bad either (assuming those are the real prices) .

I doubt that they are - those are the exact same as the X60 tablet Memorial Day sale prices. I don't think they'll be cutting $500 off of the price of a newly-released machine.

[gdavis]

very cool, so maybe they will launch it this week after the current model sale ends. That would be great.

I keep thinking that they might not launch the tablet for some time for some reason. But this page looks promising.

[fuscob]

I keep thinking that they might not launch the tablet for some time for some reason. But this page looks promising.

I was told by a Lenovo rep that the tablets with Santa Rosa would not be coming for some time. I was impressed that he knew what Santa Rosa was without me having to tell him, so I think he might know something about release dates, but maybe not.

[gdavis]

fuscob,

I think you may be correct about this delay. The pages that have started to appear have mostly shown only x61 non-tablet models and are missing the tablet info. I wouldn't be surprised to see more time before it comes out. Like not this week...

[SFWrtr]

As for the "sale" price shown on the pages, this is probably tied to the X line in general. Still, I would not be surprised if the unit were introduced with some sort of incentive to get the ball rolling. Computer makers like DELL always have some way for you to perceive that you are saving something. It would be surprising if Lenovo didn't do something to tenderize the price considering the competition out there.

As for when the X61 tablet is coming out, I would bet for the 31th of this month. The ivory letter stated this date, and there is a landing page with both the ultraportable X61(s) and the tablet.

Keep your fingers crossed!

[yggdrasil]

Check out this X61 Tablet displayed on a Danish web site

It's getting closer!

[RasmusP]

Not much improvement has hit the X-series. The X-series lack two things (IMO):
a) the screen resolution is too bad. The X61T has a higher resolution screen; Why can't the regular X have it?
b) It should have ultrabay (preferably) or at least a dvd-drive. Acer and Sony have gotten drives in their 12" laptops. (Yes, I know one can get this with a dock, but the ultrabay is one of the greatest things about Thinkpads. It should be usable one the go too)

I would not mind if they made a 13" X if needed.

[SFWrtr]

Check out this X61 Tablet displayed on a Danish web site
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Good catch, yggdrasil. How are you scanning all the non-US sites? Manually?

As for RasmusP's "Not much improvement," I think that the US version will have more than the Danish as can be seen by the new landing page. (The ivory letter even point out that certain features are not available in certain areas.) Since the Danish page links to accessories that go into the ultrabay, I expect it will also be an accessory you can buy. As for the screen res being good or bad, it was the chip set that refreshed not the screen. I think we may have to wait a bit for new screens to filter up to the tablet. I'm sure that the mutitouch screen is particularly specialized. However, as pointed out in a different thread, wide screens are becoming common and 4:3 is becoming rare. Economics will change screen res in the near term, but prob. not this week.

[yggdrasil]

The link was found in a different forum, I just posted it here.

Looking around the site a bit more I came across these PDF documents, published May 22nd:
Literature> ThinkPad> ThinkPad X Series Tablet

If you open the IL PPG Standard Products 06.07 you can see the different model designations & part numbers for the X61 Tablet and the specs of each one.

New!/WH L7300 1.40 1/4 80 Intel a/b/g 8 UU334xx 7762-34G
New!/WH/GM L7500 1.60 1/4 80 Intel a/g/n 8 UU354xx 7762-54G
New!/WH/GM L7500 1.60 2/4 120 Intel a/g/n 8 UU358xx 7762-58G
New!/WH L7500 1.60 1/4 80 Intel a/b/g 8 UU394xx 7762-94G
New!/WH/GM L7500 1.60 1/4 80 Intel a/g/n 8 UU395xx 7762-95G
New!/WH L7500 1.60 1/4 80 Intel a/g/n 8 UU3B3xx 7762-B3G
New!/WH/GM L7500 1.60 1/4 120 Intel a/g/n 8 UU3B6xx 7762-B6G
New!/WH L7500 1.60 1/4 80 Intel a/g/n 8 UU3D3xx 7762-D3G

There is similar data for the X61 and X61s.

[yggdrasil]

Interesting tidbit from the document IE PPG Standard 06.07 : The X60 Tablet is listed as having 7.5 hrs battery life with the 8-cell, but the X61 Tablet only gets 7.0 hours.

According to the same document, neither the X61 / X61s nor the X61 Tablet will have an infrared port as an option.

[SFWrtr]

Interesting tidbit....

Seems to point to an imminent roll out. I mixed up my search criteria and got this one, also Danish:

http://www5.pc.ibm.com/dk/products.nsf/ ... ies+Tablet

What gets me here, LOL, is that the image on the page has red stripes on the mouse buttons. I think it's not even an X60 image, perhaps a X41?!

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