ThinkPad T60 goes widescreen

Lenovo today announced the ThinkPad T60 widescreen notebook PC, the company's first 15.4-inch widescreen T Series notebook. Starting at only 5.1 pounds, the ThinkPad T60 widescreen is comparable to the current ThinkPads.

The 15.4-inch ThinkPad T60 widescreen display is shorter in height than a 15-inch ThinkPad T60 standard display, but still allows 30 percent more data on the screen than either today's current 14.1-inch or 15-inch ThinkPad T60 XGA displays.  A choice of Intel integrated graphics or ATI discrete graphics provide the input for the optional WSXGA+ screen.

The ThinkPad T60 widescreen also packs in performance, offering customers wireless connectivity options including integrated 3G WWAN3 on Cingular or Verizon networks, an embedded WLAN card based on 802.11n technology, Bluetooth Wireless Technology and Infrared. The ThinkPad T60 widescreen notebook comes loaded with Access Connections, a ThinkVantage Technology that helps users easily connect to the Internet through their service provider as they switch between wired and wireless networks.

The new notebook provides up to eight hours of battery life with a nine-cell battery (select models), and its thin form factor starts at 1.1-inch. The ThinkPad T60 widescreen notebook is equipped with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, and customers will be ready for the next operating system with the option of Microsoft Windows Vista Capable or Vista Premium Ready models.

Prices for the ThinkPad T60 widescreen start at $1,399. Models will be available for purchase beginning November 28, 2006.