Re: [Thinkpad] ThinkPad model lines

rob got it right except the X40 does NOT take an optical drive without the
base..
it DOES support a USB optical drive..
up to and including a DVD writer..

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Bell" <RobDBell@mailworks.org>
To: "Jim Fleegens" <jimfleegens@yahoo.com>
Cc: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] ThinkPad model lines

> The A was always the flagship, packed with the newest technology and not
> skimping anywhere. Large screen, often 3-spindles, big drives, etc.
> However, they A31p is the latest iteration and that's been out a while.
> There really hasn't been a new flagship to take the place for a while.
> the A is essentially the successor to the 770.
>
> R is kind of like an A series... fairly large with a full-size ultrabay,
> usually large screens. It just isn't quiet as 'cutting edge' as the A
> is (was?). It saves some cost by using more plastic and slightly less
> capable technology.
>
> The T series is the thin & light corporate laptop. Not so small as to
> sacrifice many features like the X, but usually with a step down in
> screen size from the A and R. The T is typically very cutting edge in
> technology except maybe for the video card which is good but not
> bleeding edge. The T is the successor to the 600 series.
>
> The G series is to be avoided unless it will sit on a desk most of the
> time. It is bulky and not leading edge. Kind of the 'budget' corporate
> desktop replacement.
>
> The X is small & light, leaving out some features and reducing
> everything - like screen size, disk space, etc. I don't think it has
> the ability to have an optical drive in it without a separate media
> slice, which is somewhat like a mini dock.
>
> I'm sure others will chime in and add to my info or give their own
> opinion on it.
>
> Later,
> Rob
>
>
> Jim Fleegens wrote:
>
> > I'd appreciate if one or two people could give me a very simple/brief
summary of the different TP lines. I've shopped on the IBM site and pulled
up a map that compared them, but I never really understood. Actually, I can
be more specific: I think the G is the cheapest and bulkiest, and the X is
the smallest and lightest--where I'm stuck is, what is the difference
between the R and the T. (I have a recently acquired A31P, and so I also
wonder, in this scheme, where would the A fit in, or what is it's
replacement. (and I also still use my 600e.))
> >
> > Thanks. J.
>
>
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