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04 (retired)

03 (retired)

02 (retired)

01 (retired)

00 (retired)

99 (retired)

98(retired)

97 (retired)

96 (retired)

95 pilot (retired)

Model

T60 (~2007 C7U)
"Premier Performance" (used to be "Thin and Light"

R52 (1847 4BU)
"Everyday"

R51
(1830BTU)

R40
(~2681-K3U)

A30 (~2652-43U)
"All in One"

A21m
(~ 2628-GSU)

A20m
(2628-WF1 ~3SU)

390E

380XD

380D

365XD

360CE

CPU

1.83 GHz Core Duo T2400 (2MB L2 cache, 667MHz FSB)

1.73 GHz Pentium M 740, (90nm Sonoma class, 533MHz FSB, 2M L2 cache)

1.5 GHz Pentium M (Dothan 2M 90nm/Banias 1M 130nm class? 400MHz FSB)

2.2 GHz Pentium 4m
400 MHz FSB

1.13GHz Pentium III-M
512KB L2 cache
133 MHz FSB

800 MHz Pentium III, 256KB L2 cache, 100MHz FSB

500 MHz Celeron, 256KB L2 cache

Pentium II mobile, 256KB L2 cache, Dixon class 333MHz

Pentium II 233MHz

Pentium 150MHz

Pentium 100MHz

486 DX2-50/25 MHz

RAM

1GB (2x 512MB) PC2-5300 677 (or 4200/533) Non-Parity (NP) CL5, Double Data Rate 2 (DDR) MHz 200 pin SO DIMMs

1 GB PC2-4200 DDR

768MB

512MB

384MB

192MB So-DIMM SDRAM

128 MB

128MB

64MB

32MB

16MB

12MB

100 GB

5400 rpm Fujitsu MHV2100BH SATA 150 9.5mm

80 GB

Hitachi 4200 rpm IC25N080ATMR04-0

(CTO - 5400rpm
Fujitsu MHT2080AH)

80 GB
4200rpm
IC25N080ATMR04-0

40 GB
ATA-100

30 GB
ATA-100

20 GB

12 (11.2) GB

6.4GB,
S.M.A.R.T. EIDE ATA-4

4GB

1.3GB

810MB

340MB

color/contrast

15" 1400x1050 SXGA+ 200 nits FlexView IPS

15" 1400x1050

15"
1024x768

15" 200:1 contrast 1024x768

14.1"

15"

14" 100:1 contrast active matrix 24-bit 1024x768

24-bit 100:1 HPA 800x600

16-bit 30:1dual-scan passive

16-bit dual-scan passive

8-bit active matrix

graphics

ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (M54) PCI Express 128 MB VRAM GDDR1

(no S-video out, only on R60)

ATI Mobility Radeon X300, PCI Express, 64 VRAM

S-video out

ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 32M
AGP 4x

S-video out

ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 32M DDR SGRAM/SDRAM (350MHz Internal DAC) AGP 4x
S-video out

ATI Mobility Radeon 16M RAM AGP 4x
S-video out

ATI Mobility-M1 8 MB AGP 2x

ATI Mobility-M1 8 MB VRAM AGP 2x

NeoMagic MagicGraph256AV 256-bit AGP, 2.5MB VRAM, ZV, MPEG-1, S-Video out, 1280x1024 external monitor, dual screen support

PCI, ZV, MPEG1

PCI, ZV

PCI

Optical & others

Matshita DVD-RAM UJ-842 Ultrabay Slim dual layer

8x DVD±RW/CD-RW UltraBay Enhanced
Matshita DVD-RAM UJ-830S

DVD-RW/CD-RW 2x UltraBay Enhanced drive
Matshita DVD-RAM UJ-811

CD-RW/DVD-ROM+ combo drive (24x 10x 24x 8x)

Matshita (KME) UJDA 740 or LG
Ultrabay Plus

CD-RW/DVD-ROM+ combo drive (8x 8x 8x 24x)
Ultrabay Plus

CD-RW 8x/4/24x

CD ROM 10-24x

removable DeviceBay/UltraBay FX 10-24x CD, optional DVD

10-24X

none, 2X external

Others

one PC Card Type I/II 32-bit slot (TI PCI-1510/2 Cardbus)
Super I/O NS PC87382

one ExpressCard/34|54 slot

ThinkLight
UltraNav (dual)

TPM Secure Chip Atmel 97SC3203

(no parallel port)

4Mbps Infrared

CFRP top/bottom

Windows, Appl key

one PC Card Type I/II/III 32-bit slot (Ricoh R/RL/5C476(II))

one ExpressCard/34 | ExpressCard/54 slot

ThinkLight
UltraNav (dual)

SecureChip

132MBps PC Card

ThinkLight
UltraNav

SecureChip

No Floppy
No PS2
No serial
No DVI via port replicator
One Type II/III Cardbus (No ZoomVideo)
ThinkLight
UltraNav

Ultrabay 2000 floppy
2 Type II./III CardBus
ThinkLight

2 Type II/III CardBus
ThinkLight

2 Type II/III CardBus (w/ ZV port)
ThinkLight

Audio

integrated microphone

SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio AD1981HD

Stereo speaker on bottom front

external mic (mono) and speaker (stereo), no line-in

integrated microphone

SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio - Analog Devices AD1981B AC'97 2.2 Soft Audio (Full-duplex)

Stereo speaker on bottom front

external mic (mono) and speaker (stereo), no line-in

SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio

integrated microphone
SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio

ESS Solo-1, 0.1W, Altec Lansing Ž stereo speakers

SoundBlaster Pro compatible, stereo speaker + subwoofer

network

three USB 2.0

(no IEEE-1394a , only in R60)

Intel PRO/1000 PL (no jumbo frame support)

ThinkPad 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless mPCI (Atheros)

Thinkpad Bluetooth with Enahnced Data Rate (Broadcom)

two USB 2.0

one 4 pin IEEE-1394a

Broadcom NetXtreme GigaBit
Ethernet mPCI

IBM 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless mPCI II (Atheros)

IBM Integrated Bluetooth IV (Broadcom 1.x)

4Mbps Fast IrDA

2x USB 2.0

4-pin IEEE-1394a

Intel PRO/1000 MT Ethernet

802.11a/b/g Tri-mode Wi-Fi wireless (Philips)

2x USB 2.0

4 pin TI OHCI IEEE-1394a FireWire

built-in Intel PRO/100 VE Ethernet

4Mbps IrDA

USB 1.1
built-in 10/100 Ethernet
4Mbps IrDA

100Mbps 32-bit Cardbus,USB, 4Mbps IrDA. Press-to-Select TrackPoint

100Mbps 32-bit Cardbus,USB, 4Mbps IrDA.

10Mbps 16-bit PC Card, 4Mbps IrDA

10Mbps 16-bit PCMCIA Card, 115Kbps IrDA, 1Mbps AMP wireless

10Mbps 16-bit PCMCIA Card, 2Mbps IBM wireless

modem

ThinkPad (Conexant) 56K v.92

IBM CXT (Conexant) v. 92 CDC

IBM Integrated 56K
CXT - Conexant Systems Inc.'s HSF (softmodem)

56Kbps v. 92 Agere Systems AC'97

v. 92

v. 90

56Kbps V90

56Kbps V90 XJack

33.6/28.8 Kbps

14.4 Kbps

XP-sp2 Professional

XP-sp1a Professional

XP Professional

98SE

95b (OSR2.1)

95b (OSR 2)

95a

95/WfWg 3.11

Weight

6.x lbs

6.6 lbs

6.6 lb.

7.4 lb.

6.7 lb.

6.9 lb

7.7 lbs

7.2 lbs

Battery

Li-Ion 6-cell, 10.8V, 56.15 Wh 90W AC adapter

Li-Ion 6-cell 4.4Ah 10.8V

Li-Ion

Li-ion

Li-Ion 3.8 hours

Li-Ion

NiMH?

NiCad?

Image Credits

Lenovo ThinkPads - http://www.lenovo.com/
IBM ThinkPads - http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/thinkpad/