| Operating system selection has almost always | | | | made much headway on desktop and laptop PCs. |
| locked consumers into the Microsoft Windows | | | | Nevertheless, Suse has long championed Linux on |
| operating systems, but recently many | | | | PCs. |
| manufacturers have started to offer Linux | | | | The cooling system is ingenious; it's simply the |
| alternatives. Lenovo has started to offer SUSE | | | | best out there and beats the MacBook Pro by a |
| Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 on some ThinkPad | | | | mile even though both machines are 1 inch thick. |
| models, in addition to Vista and XP. This review | | | | Cool air is sucked in from the bottom though |
| covers the 14" T61 with the "SLED 10" Linux | | | | many thin holes that make it impossible to block |
| operating system. | | | | all of them when using on lap. Most of the air |
| Lenovo and Novell estimate that a major portion | | | | comes from the top left side, judging by relative |
| of the business workforce can transition from | | | | temperature. Hot air is exhausted over the back |
| Microsoft Windows to SLED 10 on a ThinkPad | | | | side (away from the user). On idle battery, |
| "without skipping a beat". In addition, the | | | | temperature stayed around 37 deg Celsius. The |
| companies highlight some of the features of this | | | | fan is also quiet and rarely turns on; it seems to |
| OS, such as interoperability with current IT | | | | run more often on AC than on battery. |
| environments, OpenOffice.org productivity suite, | | | | System specifications: |
| integrated VPN, firewall and anti-virus protection, | | | | * Processor: Intel T7300 Core 2 Duo (2.0GHz, |
| and support for popular multimedia applications. | | | | 800MHz FSB, 4MB Cache) |
| New ThinkPad is traditionally whole black. It is | | | | * Graphics: Intel GMA X3100 |
| very well built as usual. Nothing scrapes and the | | | | * Operating System: Novell SLED 10 |
| keyboard is nice acurrate.Titan-Magnesium | | | | * Display: WXGA+ 1440 x 900 (LG screen) |
| hardiness was improved by hardening back part | | | | * Hard Drive: 80GB 5400RPM |
| of chassis. The only thing where is the influence | | | | * Memory: 1GB (1GB x 1), up to 4GB max |
| of Lenovo on IBM shown are the connectors for | | | | * Ports: 3x USB 2.0, 1x FireWire, Monitor out, |
| reproductions and microphone. | | | | modem, Ethernet, headphone out, microphone in |
| Lenovo says it will provide customer support for | | | | * Slots: PC Card Slot and Smart Card reader |
| the hardware and the operating system, while | | | | * Optical Drive: CDRW/DVD-ROM |
| Novell will be responsible for updates. Linux has | | | | * Dimensions: 13.2" x 9.3" x 1.09 - 1.26" (335mm x |
| chiefly been popular on servers and more | | | | 237mm x 27.6 - 31.9mm) |
| recently has made inroads in embedded | | | | * Weight: 5. |
| computing devices such as phones, but it's never | | | | |