Lenovo will release in May the “Santa Rosa” platform based ThinkPad T61 and R61 14.1-inch widescreen notebooks, according to IBM’s web site. Both next-generation Intel Centrino laptops feature new 64-bit Core 2 Duo processors (T7100, T7300, T7500, and T7700) and will come with 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista.
ThinkPad T61 and ThinkPad R61 are both built on Intel GM/PM965 chipsets with 800MHz front side bus, and have Wireless N (IEEE 802.11n draft) and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 IGP, while select models incorporate dedicated NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M graphics, Intel Turbo Memory technology for faster boot-up and application loading, and broadband wireless connectivity options. These “Santa Rosa” ThinkPads support up to 4GB of main DDR2 memory.
Lenovo ThinkPad R61 line-up will also feature models with Blu-Ray drive, according to product pages.
