Lenovo T60 and X60 - I Think(pad) it's Time for aMakeover

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The T60 and X60, are two new thin and light Thinkpads from Lenovo. The ultraportable X60 weighs under 3 pounds, and has a 12 inch display. The T60 has a 15 inch screen, and tips the scales at under 5lbs. Both have fingerprint readers, and boast wireless wide area networking (WWAN) capability.

Image of the Lenovo Thinkpad T60OK I admitit, when IBM said they were selling off the laptop arm oftheir business I was sceptical about the health of old uncle Thinkpad.Then when Lenovo took over, I was even more unsure. Few in thewest had heard of this tech giant looming in the east, and it wascertainly out of my comfort zone. However, I am now wearing a bib and ready for my large slice of humble pie, because you know what? These boys at Lenovo seem to know what they are doing!
Lenovo seek to ease the burden on the arthritic shoulders ofroad warriors, by releasing two new thin and light Thinkpads, theX60 and T60. These laptop twins are built upon the power ofIntel's dual core Yonah processor.

Lenovo state that the rapier like Thinkpad X60ultraportable, has a battery life of up to 11 hours (withextended battery). Since escorting the laptop range from IBM in 2005,Lenovo have been quite busy unveiling a tabletpc variant of the ThinkPad, dipping their collective toes ina widescreen venture on their notebooks, and finally shedding the "classic"black chic casing for a much more stylish titanium cover.

They even, in a surprise move which reminded me of watchingSaturday morning cartoons again, launched a web site to point outthese Thinkpad changes to an ever growing notebook market(whichsideareyouon.com)

However, now they seem to be really catching on and realisingthat the average consumer in the street wants less not more -Less stuff to carry round that is. Indeed the X60 weighs around 3pounds, a true ultraportable with a 12 inch display. The T60 is alittle heavier at around 5 pounds, and no wonder, with its 15inch display, shock-mounted hard drive, and ThinkPad Roll Cage -an inner armor chassis that makes the T60 notebook more rugged.

Both laptops feature integrated biometric fingerprint readers,and select ThinkPad T60, and X60 notebooks also boast built-inwireless wide area networking capability. Thinkpads sportingintegrated WWAN antennas allow X60 and T60 owners to connect to the internetanywhere they receive Cingular Wireless data service. They nolonger need to be chained to a wireless hot spot.

The T60 and X60 with their Yonah processors, excellent batterylongevity, and featherweight designs, should be ideal for roadwarriors. Both will be available to purchase in february.

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