ThinkPad Best Engineered Design Tour

Covering 2007 Announcements

Matthew Kohut
mkohut@us.lenovo.com
May 2007

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ThinkPad Best Engineered Tour – Introduction

If customers want to know where the industry will be two years from now, they only need look at Lenovo
ThinkPad notebooks today. But building the industry's Best Engineered PC means setting the bar
continually higher.
This year Lenovo doesn't just refresh existing designs with the latest core commodities and processors.
We redefine design excellence and introduce new levels of protection, ease of use, and performance
undreamed of by anyone else in the industry. 2007 will be remembered as a great year of ThinkPad
innovation.
This presentation highlights features found in ThinkPad T61, R61, X61, and X61 Tablet families.

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 Best Engineered Design Philosophy: Layers of Protection
When Lenovo’s Active Protection System sensor (select
models) senses certain falls that could damage the hard disk, it
protects the drive by automatically parking the read/write head.
When the system is stable, it will resume normal operation.

A protection plate over

the PCIe and PCMCIA
card slots helps prevent
hand pressure on the
palm rest from damaging
the expansion cards.

A metal protection plate on

every hard disk drive helps
protect against physical shock
as well as static electricity and
dirt that can damage the drive
electronics.

A Hard Disk Drive Protection Pack helps protect

hard disk drive from the many common types of
shock events and helps reduce hard disk failure
from operational shock.

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 Outer Cover Materials – Top and Bottom

To protect removable device as well as the system, ThinkPad

notebooks feature a metal plate In the device bay.

A ThinkPad top cover has different requirements.

It needs stiffness so that any flex in the top cover
A ThinkPad bottom cover needs these attributes:
does not damage the display and strength to
 strength to help protect against damage
withstand pressure from the top. In addition to
 low thermal conductivity to help keep the user this, ThinkPad design principles specify that a top
comfortable cover must also be thin and light.
 the capability to absorb shock to help reduce
operating stress on internal components
 the ability to be molded into the complex shapes
necessary to form a bottom cover.
ThinkPad notebooks use various materials like Magnesium,
Titanium Carbon Fiber, and PC-ABS plastic that meet all of
these requirements and are thick enough to provide excellent
protection.

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Cooler and Quieter Than Ever Before
Lenovo designs its own thermal solutions for ThinkPad notebooks.
As a result, Lenovo can better control the temperature and flow of
heat as compared to competitors who buy generic thermal solutions
that have not been optimized for their specific systems.
This helps keep reliability high because Lenovo can optimize each
ThinkPad's design characteristics to help keep system components
running cooler. It also enhances user comfort by keeping critical
points like the bottom of the system, keyboard, and palm rest cool.
The ThinkPad T61 and R61 families feature improved thermal
management capability over previous designs. They are also
Lenovo's quietest running systems ever too – up to 3dB less than
before.
Typical Competitor Typical ThinkPad

New features for 2007:

Add air vents on bottom Add air vents at front edge
New processor heat sink design

Upper
Heatsink 2
Upper
Heatsink 1

Add air vents under PCMCIA Enlarge exit air vents

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 Lenovo Exclusive – Roll Cage

Lenovo’s Roll Cage* consists of a one piece magnesium-

alloy* frame that has numerous system design benefits over
ThinkPad systems without this frame. These include:
 Reduced system board flex to help increase durability
 An extra layer of HDD armor for added shock
protection
 Added thermal protection for a more comfortable
system
 Added protection for the optical disk drive
As shown in the diagram below, adding a Roll Cage to a
ThinkPad reduces strain by up to 4X on the system
components compared to ThinkPad systems without a Roll
Cage.

Previous Generation ThinkPad ThinkPad with Roll Cage

0 PSI 1600 PSI

Depth

1600 PSI Zero Strain

*Roll Cage feature not available on ThinkPad X series or ThinkPad Tablet notebooks.
*According to the International Magnesium Association, Mg alloys have the best strength-to-weight ratio of any of the commonly used structural metals.

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 Lenovo Exclusive – Display Roll Cage

ThinkPad T61 (all) and R61 (14.1" Wide) feature Lenovo's

new Display Roll Cage. Similar in function to the system
Roll Cage, the Display Roll Cage provides the following
benefits over ThinkPad notebooks without this protection:
 Extra impact resistance for the LCD display panel
 Acts as a noise shield for better wireless antenna
performance
 Dedicated locations for each antenna type – build
consistency makes for easier service by technicians
 No cosmetic impact to system

Before LCD Roll Cage ThinkPad With New Display Roll Cage

Up to 4X improvement
in transmitted stress
compared to ThinkPad
notebooks without
Display Roll Cage

*According to the International Magnesium Association, Mg alloys have the best strength-to-weight ratio of any of the commonly used structural metals.

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Excellent Display Protection
Dual latches help keep ThinkPad systems closed and prevent
foreign objects from getting between keyboard and display which
can scratch screen.

Structural arch on
crown of display acts
to stiffen the top cover
and help prevent
damage.
Full contact display
Full-contact display protection frame helps take
protection frame pressure from the top of the
display and transfers it to
the sides, helping to protect
it from pressure on top.
Thick stainless steel
hinges firmly anchor
display to base for
more strength and to
minimize torsion of
display.

Kensington Lock slot is integral to the

Tabs around display interlock with hinge and has a reinforced metal
slots in the base providing a more collar so that it is more secure than
secure closure. many other vendors’ implementations.

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 Legendary Keyboard and User Interface
Easy to use volume and mute
keys on the keyboard User has a choice
of three different
TrackPoint caps to
customize feel.

Robust key attachment

mechanism for better key
attachment and durability

ThinkPad notebook
keyboards and pointing
device buttons follow ISO
guidelines for key size,
key shape, and also
provide legendary touch
and feel.*
Forward and Back web navigation
keys provide for a better user
Center scroll button ThinkPad notebook palm rest experience
allows easy navigation, follows ISO guidelines for palm
unlike many competitors rest length.*
* Full-size keyboard: As defined by ISO/IEC 15412

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Spill Resistance
All ThinkPad notebook keyboards are sealed and sit
inside of a tray to be spill resistant. A drainage
channel funnels spills to the bottom of the system,
lessening the chance for damage should a spill occur.

ThinkPad Roll Cage features reservoirs to

help manage liquid drainage.

Dual Drainage
Holes

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Excellent Battery Life
Temporary settings for extreme battery life
ThinkPad Power Manager allows users to set processor speed,
monitor brightness, refresh rate, and device timers. As each Apply the settings below to achieve extreme battery life. Previous settings will be restored
when you next supply AC power or resume, restart or boot your computer.
attribute is changed, the program clearly shows how each setting
will affect system performance, temperature, fan sound level and These settings will disable features. Modify settings if you wish to use those features.

battery life. Settings to change

Enable temporary settings

Display settings

Minimize display brightness

Turn off display after 30 seconds of idle time

Minimize display refresh rate

Wireless radio settings

Disable wireless LAN radios

Disable wireless WAN radios

Disable Bluetooth and Ultra-Wideband radios

Other settings

Disable CDRW device (optical drive)

Mute audio

Current battery life estimate: 0:29 min

All ThinkPad notebooks Estimated increase in battery life: +0:13 min

feature multiple standard

and extended battery Quick access tips... OK Cancel Apply

choices so users can work

longer without plugging in.
ThinkPad Power Manager provides additional ways for
users to gain extra battery life. A user can temporarily
disable unneeded devices and the system will let them
know how much additional battery life they can expect to
get.

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Excellent Wireless Performance

New UltraConnect II
antenna design plus
ThinkPad Display Roll
Cage remarkably improve
system wireless
performance by
eliminating the signal Internal location of wireless WWAN
shielding effect of the top antenna means that ThinkPad
cover and by blocking systems no longer need "bump"
electromagnetic noise antenna – improving aesthetics.
from the LCD display.

Wireless on/off switch makes

it easy to disable all wireless
radios in the system.
ThinkVantage Access
Connections allows user to
create profiles which store
network and Internet connection
settings for both wired and
wireless connections. The user
can easily switch connections
without having to reconfigure the
computer manually.

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 Best Security
Optional integrated fingerprint readers and
smart card readers provide both security and
convenience for the user

ThinkPad features BIOS level hardware disable for

various I/O options to give IT more control over
information leaks from the PC.

Enhanced ThinkPad BIOS provides advanced

protection for the HDD password and is more
TPM security chip (select models) with
tolerant against potential HDD / controller
downloadable Client Security Software
attacks
can encrypt data on hard disk and help
provide for secure access to the system.
Optional full disk
encryption hard
disk drives provide Rescue and Recovery is designed to
for secure data help provide data security due to
protection without software crashes. If activated by the
the overhead of user, the software backs up the
software data user’s system to a protected area can
encryption. restore it at the touch of a button,
even when the system cannot boot.

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 Finishing Touches UltraConnect Wi-Fi and WAN* (select
models) antenna design supports
most commonly used frequency
One button latch makes requirements across the world.
opening system easier
Lenovo ThinkLight
(except Tablet)
illuminates the System is designed
keyboard in low light with fewer screws than
environments. previous generation of
ThinkPads to make it
easier to service.
ThinkVantage button and quick
Fn button combinations lets user
access functions for configuring
ThinkPad, system tools, and help
using the system.
System Migration Assistant
software makes it easy to
migrate data to a new PC.

To protect card slots, instead of

plastic blanks that are easily lost, Presentation Director software makes it easy to
many ThinkPads feature a spring configure ThinkPad notebooks for use with
loaded door. The door projector, monitor, or television with appropriate
automatically moves out of the resolution and color settings. User can also
way when a card is inserted and disable screen saver, instant message pop ups,
closes when the card is removed. and power management.
*WWAN Service Providers: Requires separate agreement with select third party service provider, and is subject to credit approval and applicable service agreement/terms, rate plan and
coverage maps of the provider. Service is available in select metropolitan markets, not available in all areas. Service provider, not Lenovo, is solely responsible for service. Lenovo
customers may be contacted
| © after
2007purchase
Lenovo to activate service. A network connection, third-party software and/or additional hardware may be required. Additional restrictions may apply.