When will there be a T series upgrade?

[HamTard]

Any ideas about when the next generation of T series come out? When will existing lines get a price cut?

[leo221]

Any ideas about when the next generation of T series come out? When will existing lines get a price cut?

don't know,
but the new line of thinkpad, Z series with widescreen will be released next month.

[Wholesomer]

Any ideas about when the next generation of T series come out? When will existing lines get a price cut?

If I were you I wouldn't want to wait too long. Lenovo actually increases the price on its new August models. A lot of models with the same specs have the steep price increase. You will pay a lot more just for a different model number Also, the existing line, once they are discountinue, they are gone. Rarely, you will get to see a price discount. They just become unavailable.

[JaneL]

Any ideas about when the next generation of T series come out? When will existing lines get a price cut?

My crystal ball says it will happen 31 days after you actually make your purchase.

[Torque]

Any ideas about when the next generation of T series come out? When will existing lines get a price cut?

My crystal ball says it will happen 31 days after you actually make your purchase.

Hehe as always.

[v_parthi]

Dont worry. Watch daily in this forum OR send an email to Bill, if there is an offer.

When T42 models were released, I bought my T41p very cheap, but was available only for a short period until the stocks run out.

Usually, price cuts are due to new processor relases by Intel (and correspoding thinkpads models). I waited for the Dothan release to grab my banias machine.

Parthiban.

[Steve007]

Any ideas about when the next generation of T series come out? When will existing lines get a price cut?

The T series was supposed to get a minor refresh during April/May but due to Lenovo taking over it appears the internal road map I had went out the window.

[BillMorrow]

the last time i heard there was no T50 until Q1-06..
that might have changed..
hard to say with all these changes in progress..

[HamTard]

So wait, they're creating a new widescreen Z series? When is this going to be released, and will it be better suited for games than a T series (better video card, no ghosting LCD)?

[pipspeak]

Who knows??! The rumor mill just keeps turning.

It would make sense that a widescreen series would be targeted at media applications (gaming, video, etc.) I can't see business users who are the main market for the T-series wanted to lug around a widescreen laptop.

Question is, will the R and G series survive?

[HamTard]

The G series is severely underpowered as is. For a desktop replacement, it sure has a rather poor selection of video cards. If they introduce a Z series widescreen Pentium M with a pretty nice (X600 or better) video card, I'd much rather get that than the Inspiron 9300 because the I9300 build quality is much lower than a ThinkPad.

[STS06]

But looking at the current costs of T42p and T43ps ...thats gonna be one expensive comp..whereass the Dell will only get cheaper with time. I would just go ahead and buy now (but I don't know your situation)...just what I would do..thats all.

[syhead]

A new model would be attached to a new processor, right?

I wonder what's going to be this new processor. My impression is that the current family of Centrino processors will soon be over. The latest addition resulted in small performance gains in relation to the cost paid in terms of heat and battery life.

Would the new family of trully mobile processors be a dual-core family?

Anyway, I'm glad I have a T42 and I think it will be anough for at least two more years

[STS06]

Wow two more years...if our laptops last an avg. three years, thats 2 grand (and usually more!) almost every three years..phew..thats a lot of money. Everyone here rich or is quality just that important! Excuse my ignorance though..I have never owned an IBM laptop (or computer for that matter) but I ordered one today!

[nirvana0001]

is there a new series coming out???

[GomJabbar]

Wow two more years...if our laptops last an avg. three years, thats 2 grand (and usually more!) almost every three years..phew..thats a lot of money. Everyone here rich or is quality just that important! Excuse my ignorance though..I have never owned an IBM laptop (or computer for that matter) but I ordered one today!

No, everyone here is not rich - at least I know I'm not. My first TP was a used 600E (manufactured in 1999), which I used up till January of this year. My 20-year-old daughter uses it now, and is very happy with it. Other than the rather lengthy boot times, which I avoided by using Standby, this laptop was working fine for me.

My daughter was starting college and needed her own computer, and rather than buy her a new one, I bought myself a new one (T42) and passed the 600E on to her (sorry no, I'm not an ascetic).

I don't plan on upgrading my T42 for several years. That is unless my next daughter (the 17-year-old) needs one, then I will probably go through this cycle again.

[Morelia]

Who knows??! The rumor mill just keeps turning.

It would make sense that a widescreen series would be targeted at media applications (gaming, video, etc.) I can't see business users who are the main market for the T-series wanted to lug around a widescreen laptop.

Question is, will the R and G series survive?

The G series is going end-of life at the end of this year. Intel will no longer be producing Pentium 4 M's. The Z series is due Sept. 20th. They will be widescreen, have speakers on each side of the keyboard, and include a windows key to the keyboard layout.

[eri7154798]

windows key?!?

so not fair:(. i guess i'm stuck with my lovely right alt key as my windows key..

[Henry]

Sept 20th! Whoa, things will get interesting then. Sounds like it will be more consumer-oriented than ever before. Being so soon, of course, there would be no new Yonah processor in time, so I'd imagine the Sonoma would continue on.

[nirvana0001]

any picuture of it?

[pipspeak]

Wow two more years...if our laptops last an avg. three years, thats 2 grand (and usually more!) almost every three years..phew..thats a lot of money. Everyone here rich or is quality just that important! Excuse my ignorance though..I have never owned an IBM laptop (or computer for that matter) but I ordered one today!

A big advantage of the T-series is its resale value IMO. I generally buy the latest model with a three year warrenty and then sell it two years down the line for at least 50% of what I originally paid. They're well built and with 1 year of the warranty left they're an easy sell.

That essentially halves the cost of a new one for me.

[HamTard]

Who knows??! The rumor mill just keeps turning.

It would make sense that a widescreen series would be targeted at media applications (gaming, video, etc.) I can't see business users who are the main market for the T-series wanted to lug around a widescreen laptop.

Question is, will the R and G series survive?

The G series is going end-of life at the end of this year. Intel will no longer be producing Pentium 4 M's. The Z series is due Sept. 20th. They will be widescreen, have speakers on each side of the keyboard, and include a windows key to the keyboard layout.

Where did you get that information? Do you know if it will have a better graphics card than the X300? If they're available Sept.20th, they must be in production now, or starting soon, so someone must know something!

[Henry]

You should check out the news section of this forum. There are pictures. And yes, apparently there will be a X700 GPU. Definitely sounds like a consumer notebook.

[tom2517]

http://www.sundigi.com/article/product/ ... ga_id=5907


I found this in one of China's website, 2 pages.

[nirvana0001]

it's looks ugly -.-

[Steve007]

it's looks ugly -.-

It looks like a TP....