Tuesday, April 22nd 2008
Lenovo Quietly Axes Last 4:3 Ratio ThinkPad T Series
Electronista writes that Lenovo has decided to cease production of the 4:3 screen ratio Thinkpad T61, withdrawing units from stores. Lenovo now offers all its mid-size notebooks, including the 3000 and IdeaPad series, only in a widescreen ratio. The change represents the end to one of the last clear holdouts from IBM's notebook offerings, which used the taller but narrower screen ratio for virtually all its ThinkPad notebooks until the brand name was handed over to Lenovo in 2005. The X61 tablet and its conventional alternative are currently the only Lenovo notebooks to still depend on a standard ratio screen and may be replaced in the future by the X200 series as part of the China-based company's move to capitalize on the success of the X300.
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Electronista
14 Comments on Lenovo Quietly Axes Last 4:3 Ratio ThinkPad T Series
Or is it an admission that business users are just spending all their time watching movies these days?
Widescreen's smaller than 21" suck. The height on them is just attrocious for anything other than games and movies. I suppose in laptop form a wider screen is easier to carry though.
Like that ASUS laptop that allows you to interchange processor, graphics, ram, hard drives and lcd panels...awesome.
Here's what a laptop would look like if it were 1200x1920
but anyway...