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Speed is one of these advantages.  In the 3 minute (or so) video below, I interview John and he demos a ThinkPad T400 with its BIOS replaced with UEFI.  Otherwise, the system is a stock T400 with a plain vanilla Windows 7 load from the Microsoft install DVD.  It cold boots to a fully functioning Windows desktop in about 11 seconds or so.

Way to go!

SquareTrade analyzed failure rates for over 30,000 new laptop computers covered by SquareTrade Laptop Warranty plans and found that one-third of all laptops will fail within 3 years. SquareTrade also found that netbooks are 20% more unreliable than other laptops, and that Asus and Toshiba are the most reliable laptop brands.

Interesting study. Check the PDF for stats.

A Russian rocket that arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) this summer delivered ThinkPads to space.

The ThinkPad T61p installed in the ISS provides faster, lighter and more energy efficient notebooks to perform a full range of tasks.

The delivery continues a long-standing relationship ThinkPad has with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), but these are the first ThinkPads created by Lenovo to be used at the space station. All earlier NASA ThinkPads came from IBM.

Eventually there will be more than 100 ThinkPads on the space station and in NASA’s Space Shuttles, which will help do everything from steering the Space Shuttle to running robotics to providing streaming video.

Also, for the first time this year, every astronaut on the ground will be utilizing a ThinkPad T500 in their daily work. This initiative lowers training costs by allowing astronauts to become proficient at utilizing the most critical piece of hardware equipment they use in space, while they are on the ground.

Check the rest of the article about absolute dominance of ThinkPads in outer space.

Check the rest of the story in the source article - looks very nice and it's a killer feature (and nice piece of software) for tablets, I'am not really getting it on the T400s.

Envy 13

Size: 32 cm x 21.5 cm x 2.05 cm mm
Weight: 1.7kg
Display: 13-inch
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo SL9400 1.6GHz
RAM: 3GB DDR3
Storage: 250GB hard drive + SuperMulti 8x DVD writer
Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 512MB dedicated
Battery: 4- or 6-cell
Connectivity: Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 a/g/n WLAN
Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

Envy 15

Size: 38 cm x 24.4 cm x 2.65 cm mm
Weight: 2.35kg
Display: 15.6-inch
Processor: Intel Core i7-720QM 1.6GHz (Nehalem powa!)
RAM: 4GB DDR3
Storage: 320GB 7200 RPM hard drive + SuperMulti 8x DVD writer
Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830 1GB dedicated
Battery: 6-cell
Connectivity: Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 a/g/n WLAN
Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

For the Envy 13/15 prices we'll just have to wait a bit more.

Nice specs and design - looking forward for the more detailed photos and reviews. The 15 inch with Nehalem could kick some serious ass performance wise :)