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Article: Big features bundled in an ultraportable design: IBM Thinkpad x31 (2672RHU).(International Business Machines Corp)
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- Computer Shopper
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- April 1, 2004
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WE TRIED HARD TO FIND A CRACK IN THE IBM ThinkPad X31's armor, but this ultraportable is virtually flawless. True, the design is old-school ThinkPad--black and boxy--but the laptop is both functional and versatile.
Coming with almost every conceivable feature, the $2,324 X31 model we tested, the 2672RHU, included a 1.6GHz Pentium M, 512MB of PC2700 DDR memory, and a 5,400rpm 40GB hard drive. Like most ultraportables, the X31 lacks an internal optical drive. Our test system, however, had an optional $199 X3 UltraBase media slice (shown here), holding an add on $199 DVD/CD RW combo drive. Powered by an ATI Mobility Radeon graphics chip with 16MB of RAM, the ...