Re: [Thinkpad] new A series or T40 with bright, high contrast LCD display?

all i can do is read the same specs..

from my very brief time with one T40 which i sent to a
customer who wanted the 40gig upgraded to the 80gig, i
looked for the fireware, and there is none..
only two USB 2.0 ports..
the display looked quite bright and i did take a look from
the side and it looke pretty good..
mose noteable is that the antenna is now on the top edge of
the display..
and the BT on/off is a Fn key (per another happy customer)..

no idea of when the A40 (or "G" series - see my web site)
will be announced..
or what the top end thinkpad will have..
you can extrapolate from what others are doing and what
intel is doing..

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Cordially,
Bill Morrow
(from NetFinity Server)
web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
bill@thinkpads.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart F. Biggar" <Stuart.Biggar@opt-sci.arizona.edu>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 12:03 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] new A series or T40 with bright, high
contrast LCD display?

> Anyone have any ideas if IBM is planning to release a new
Centrino
> mobile CPU A series to replace the current A31p (and
compete with
> the Dell D800 with the WUXGA+ (1920x1200 pixel 15.4", 185
nit,
> 300:1 contrast ratio display) and 1.6 GHz Pentium M, etc)?
>
> Or a T40 with a better LCD like the FlexView with in plane
switching
> (IPS) technology in the A31p (it has a 400:1 contrast
ratio with wide
> angle viewing)? I haven't been able to find a contrast
ratio spec on
> the T40p (it isn't in the March 2003 version 258
tabook.pdf like it
> is for the A31p). In a similar vein, the tabook.pdf
doesn't list
> a brightness for the A31p but lists the T40p at 150 nits.
In both
> cases, higher is better, especially if you need to see the
display
> outside (I live in southern Arizona and use notebooks on
field trips).
>
> Did IBM really leave IEEE-1394 out of the T40p? (I
realize that it
> includes USB 2.0 but Firewire is better than USB 2 in
certain respects).
>
> Anyone know if the T40p supports DVI when in the Dock II
or does it just
> support analog video out (tabook.pdf says analog but the
Dock II has a DVI
> port included)?
>
> I've looked around on the IBM site but I have not been
able to find the
> answers to the above - sorry if I've overlooked something.
>
> Stuart
>
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