[Thinkpad] Which Lenovo Computers, if any, Use the 1.8" Hard Drive besides the X-40 and X-41

[Haudy Kazemi]

Well, if one follows the list archive link it mentions a PDF hardware 
maintenance manual as having this info.  The PDF link was broken, but I 
re-found it here:
http://cskb.lenovo.com:81/data/2007-08-02/28072/ThinkPad%20X60,%20X60s,%20X61,%20X61s.pdf

On page 41 it clearly mentions 30, 40, and 60 GB 1.8" PATA drives in X60 
laptops.  All the rest of the listed drives are 2.5" SATA drives.

Do note that an 'X60s' is a particular model.  Unfortunately it is easy 
to confuse with the plural of X60.  Here is info about X60s and X60 side 
by side:
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2701

Main difference was thickness (X60s was 0.28" thinner), and weight (X60s 
started at 2.54 lbs vs 3.22 lbs).

The 1.8" option is also described in the review here:
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/x60.ars
and in the forum discussion:
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/174096756/m/778009828731/r/778009828731

Also note that the lightest model was a Japanese version, and that may 
be the version that actually used the 1.8" drives.  It'd probably be 
pretty rare to find one of those state-side, possibly imported by 
Dynamism or a similar company.

RayBay wrote:
> I don't think so. When you look up the type numbers and then the specs 
> for those three listings, it is very clear that they are all 2.5" disc 
> drives.  And Lenovo Houston reported none of the X60's.  If anybody 
> has one, or by type number, that would be interesting.
>
> What is possible is the X-60 tablets, due to the configuration of the 
> schematics of those units. Because I didn't check every single 
> Tablet.   But I did check all the others listed.  That list had those 
> drives down as Toshiba drive.  Toshiba says they never made any SSD 
> 1.8 drives... only ZIF.
>
> But none of the type numbers for the X60 check out, when you look up 
> the specs.
>
> As of now, it boils down to X40, X41, X41 Tablet, and X300...  for 
> which the average price of an 1.8' hard drive is $240, with some 
> selling for $300.
>
> Thanks for an interesting post, otherwise.  I have never seen all the 
> "official" hard drives listed in one place before.
>
>
>
> I have consistently found the Think-Wiki references to  be flawed,
>
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Haudy Kazemi <kaze0010 at umn.edu 
> <mailto:kaze0010 at umn.edu>> wrote:
>
>     This Thinkwiki page (http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Harddisk_Drives
>     ) and the list archive page at
>     (http://martigny.ai.mit.edu/hypermail/thinkpad/2007-05/0202.html )
>     says some X60s also used them.
>
>     RayBay wrote:
>
>         A seller on eBay is selling 1.8" solid state drives for the
>         Thinkpad,
>         arguing that a lot of Thinkpads use the 1.8"
>
>         Do any others beside the X-40, X-41 and the X-41 Tablet use a
>         1.8 inch
>         drive?
>
>
>         Ray
>
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