Just received word from one of our sources that IBM is planning to launch their new ultralight 2.7 pound ThinkPad X40 in the US in February. The X40 won’t have an internal optical drive (you’ll need the docking bay for that), but it will have a 12.1-inch screen, a 1.0GHz processor, a 20GB hard drive, and be just 26.9mm thick.
