Article: Solid, swift workhorse with extreme endurance: IBM ThinkPad R40.(Mobile)(Product/Service Evaluation)

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THE MIDPRICED, MAINSTREAM IBM THINKPAD R40 notebook is getting a major revamp that gives the notebook a big blast of power, stretches its battery life enough to accomodate your workday routine, and expands configuration options to include Intel's full Centrino technology.

IBM's all-black matte plastic shell gives the $1,664 ThinkPad a stern, sober look that hides its practical, friendly design. Our test unit came with the slower 1.3GHz Pentium M, 512MB of RAM, a 40GB hard drive, and the smaller 14.1-inch (diagonal) 1,024x768 screen powered by an ATI Mobility Radeon-based graphics subsystem with 16MB of memory.

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