Confirmed: T61 coming soon. 14" Widescreen

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=38898

 

yay, i was waiting to hear of 14 in t60 ws before i register to this site

 

WSXGA+ seems very unlikely. WXGA+ would make more sense.

 

would they include a palm rest that has "lenovo thinkpad" on the right side instead of the "IBM thinkpad" ? just kidding

i agree that wxga+ would be right with that size. wsxga+ on a 14in is weird

 

Will Santa Rosa be out by then? I woulda figured Lenovo would wait until that was available to put out their (T/R/X)61 models

 

14" seems a bit too small for WSXGA+ resolution. Wouldn't it be better on a 15"?
Looking forward to the T61p as well...and hopefully it will have more than 2.5hrs of battery life

 

1680x1050, WSXGA+ on a 14 I do not think is possible or even exists? It's like having 1920x1280, WUXGA+ on a 15.4" Wide ... -_-;;

I think these new ones will bear the Lenovo name instead of IBM's, as I have been seeing threads around here/thinkpads.com talking about that.

I honestly dont really see a big difference between the 15.4" and the 14.1" sizes in terms of size/portability/weight. But then again I haven't really thoroughly looked into the differences between the two.

 

If they're going to take IBM name out, they might as well add firewire and multimedia card reader

BTW, not sure if this will apply to 14" WS, but since I have T60 15" at home and T60 14" at work, I can tell you that 14" frame design is much more solid/sturdy and has less flex than 15". Believe it or not, this extra 1" diagonally makes a big difference. Maybe 14" WS will be the same width as a regular 15"? I'm also thinking that 14" WS will probably be an industry "standard" glossy, and not FlexView (one of the best displays. period!)

 

I have a 14.1" widescreen on my Z60t and don't like it. My new 4:3 standard screen T60p is much better for web surfing. I don't have to scroll up and down so much.

I'm glad I didn't wait.

 

The footprint will be the zame as the Z61t, just look that up, its the current thinkpad 14.1" wide

And it the screen is going to be matte. period. Any talk of glossy is just wishful thinking

 

Well, that would be because of the resolution, not because of the laptop. If they truly have a 14.1 WSXGA (1050 vertical pixels) it will require the same or less scrolling than your 15" with SXGA (1050 pixels also)

 

Well, it is both. There are more pixels and the vertical real estate is bigger. The widescreen is shorter vertically even with the higher res over my Z60t. Plus I really do like the smaller, lighter design. My T60p weighs in a half a pound lighter than the widescreen Z60t. I think this is a perfect size. And I even own a Sony Vaio TR3A.