Comments on: Lenovo ThinkPad Hard Drives http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/06/lenovo-thinkpad-hard-drives/ Shedding some light on topics of software development, Visual FoxPro, saving our planet, paying it forward, and anything else I find important enough to share. Sun, 13 Jan 2019 18:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Steve Bodnar http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/06/lenovo-thinkpad-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-829 Steve Bodnar Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:06:00 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/06/lenovo-thinkpad-hard-drives/#comment-829 I don't have a Lenovo and I don't think that what I'm about to say applies to you, however: I have seen some laptops and tablets that are using the 1.5 inch drives and they appear to have proprietary connections.<br /><br />Now, something that might apply to you - sometimes the machines will take larger capacity drives, but the machines were not spec'd to handle the potential additional heat. (Former employee Mike told me that the larger capacity drives can consume more power and create more heat than the machine was designed to handle.) I don’t have a Lenovo and I don’t think that what I’m about to say applies to you, however: I have seen some laptops and tablets that are using the 1.5 inch drives and they appear to have proprietary connections.

Now, something that might apply to you – sometimes the machines will take larger capacity drives, but the machines were not spec’d to handle the potential additional heat. (Former employee Mike told me that the larger capacity drives can consume more power and create more heat than the machine was designed to handle.)

]]> By: Ted Roche http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/06/lenovo-thinkpad-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-830 Ted Roche Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:56:00 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/06/lenovo-thinkpad-hard-drives/#comment-830 We have a T40, an X31p and an X21p and none have the original laptop HDD. These are commodity items and I doubt IBM makes drives not interchangeable with everyone else. <br /><br />Note, though, that ThinkPads are not manufactured by IBM, but by Lenovo. I think next year they have to stop using the IBM logo on the corner. They are great machines, in daily use (the 21p for 6.5 years!) and I hope Lenovo can maintain the quality. We have a T40, an X31p and an X21p and none have the original laptop HDD. These are commodity items and I doubt IBM makes drives not interchangeable with everyone else.

Note, though, that ThinkPads are not manufactured by IBM, but by Lenovo. I think next year they have to stop using the IBM logo on the corner. They are great machines, in daily use (the 21p for 6.5 years!) and I hope Lenovo can maintain the quality.

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