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On Fri, 17 Oct 1997 15:12:45 -0400, richard wrote: >sorry for the formatting, but: > >IBM will introduce a ThinkPad 560 "thin-and-light" notebook next > month that features Intel Corp.'s new mobile 233MHz Pentium > processor with MMX Technology, industry sources said. > > Analysts said IBM would be the first vendor to ship a >thin-and-light > notebook that uses the processor. Such notebooks are generally >defined > as being 1.25-inches or less thick and weighing under 5 pounds. > > The ThinkPad 560 is 1.2-inches thick and weighs about 4 pounds. > > "As far as thin-and-light notebooks go, the 560 is the winner >as far as > market share," said Katrina Dahlquist, an analyst at >International Data > Corp., in Framingham, Mass. "[IBM] likes to be first with new > technology." > > The new ThinkPad 560 will be available in early November. >Pricing > should not exceed IBM's current $4,399 sticker for its >top-of-the-line > notebook, sources said. > I just hope that they will have drivers for the graphics chipset for those of us with other operating systems NOT from Microsoft. Also, does anybody know if any ThinkPads have the Universal Serial Bus (USB)? Is it true that only Windows can use it? What's the purpose besides cameras? Paul