Gizmodo: thinkpad reserve

Thinkpad Reserve Official, With Details

Brian Lam — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:00:55 EDT

The Thinkpad reserve's website just went live, and the $5000 limited edition PC's details have just become clear. It basically sounds like an X series, wrapped in leather, and bundled with an hyper-active executive service plan.

The main selling points of the plan being 24/7 executive customer service, available by phone, email, and by IM with one touch of a hard button. They'll provide on site service within 4 hours, or the next day if you're too far from a service center. And can help lazy, technophobe CEOs back up their machines. Or replace the whole thing if they accidentally squish it while jumping into their private jets within the 3 year warranty. (Much of this, I suspect, is available with some insane service plan, anyhow.)

The idea behind the leather casing is that it breaks in, rather than breaks down like traditional PC materials. (It also retain tons of heat, but the website doesn't mention this.)

•160GB HDD 5400RPM SATA, with hardware encryption
•12.1-inch display
•2GB of RAM
•7 Hours of Battery life (Sure.)
•Intel Centrino Pro, Core 2 Duo L7500 CPU

–Brian Lam
Thinkpad Reserve [Lenovo]

Thinkpad Reserve Close Up

Brian Lam — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:30:30 EDT

Here's what looks like a press shot of the Thinkpad Reserve. It looks different from the earlier shots we saw. I could tell you where I got this photo, but I'd have to beat you to death with a magnesium alloy rollcage. – Brian Lam

Thinkpad Reserve: $5000, June 15th

Brian Lam — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:38:07 EDT

A reliable source just gave us some more details on the leather-bound Thinkpad Reserve.
•The Limited Edition run will go for $5000
•is being made to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Thinkpad
•more will be revealed on June 15th.

Right now, all you can do is click around the website, thinkpadreserve.com, which is heavy with images of leather, but nothing else. The password protected flash program has been taken apart by readers, and they've only found a mail-to form to the Razorfish ad agency. – Brian Lam

[Thanks Tipster]