ThinkPad T500

This pages gives an overview of all ThinkPad T500 related topics.

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Standard Features

• One of the following Intel Core 2 Duo (Penryn) processors:
  • Intel® Core™2 Duo processor P8400 (2.26GHz, 3MB L2, 1066MHz FSB, TDP 25W)
  • Intel® Core™2 Duo processor P8600 (2.40GHz, 3MB L2, 1066MHz FSB, TDP 25W)
  • Intel® Core™2 Duo processor P8700 (2.53GHz, 3MB L2, 1066MHz FSB, TDP 25W)
  • Intel® Core™2 Duo processor P9500 (2.53GHz, 6MB L2, 1066MHz FSB, TDP 25W)
  • Intel® Core™2 Duo processor T9550 (2.67GHz, 6MB L2, 1066MHz FSB, TDP 35W)
  • Intel® Core™2 Duo processor T9400 (2.53GHz, 6MB L2, 1066MHz FSB, TDP 35W)
  • Intel® Core™2 Duo processor T9600 (2.80GHz, 6MB L2, 1066MHz FSB, TDP 35W)
• One of the following graphics adapters option:
  • Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
  • ATI Mobility Radeon 3650 (256 MB) at the same time (so called "Switchable Graphics")
• 15.4" widescreen TFT display:
  • 1280x800 (WXGA) or 1440x900 (WSXGA) or 1680x1050 (WSXGA+) resolution
  • WXGA available with LED backlight in some regions
• 1GB PC3-8500 memory standard, upgradable to 8GB
• One of the following disk drives:
  • 80, 160, 250 or 320GB 5400rpm 2.5" SATA HDD
  • 200GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA HDD (available with full disk encryption)
  • 100 or 160GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA HDD
  • 128GB SATA Solid-State Drive
• Intel Gigabit Ethernet Controller
• Serial Ultrabay Slim with one of the following:
  • Serial Ultrabay Slim DVD-ROM Drive
  • Serial Ultrabay Slim CD-RW/DVD combo Drive
  • Serial Ultrabay Slim DVD Multi III Drive (8x Dual Layer)
  • Serial Ultrabay Slim Blu Ray Drive
• MiniPCI Express slot 1 with one of the following:
  • ThinkPad 11b/g WLAN III controller
  • ThinkPad 11b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter II
  • Intel WiFi Link 5100/5300 WLAN controller
  • Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150/5350 WiFi/WiMAX controller
• MiniPCI Express slot 2 with one of the following:
  • None (empty)
  • Verizon 1xEV-DO WWAN (It seems to be a Sierra Wireless MC5720 Modem) (In germany this is a "Vodafone Modem" but as with Verizon, this is not the hardware vendor nor chipset manufacturer.)
  • Cingular HSDPA WWAN (Sierra Wireless MC8775)
  • Ericsson F3507g Mobile Broadband Module
  • Intel® Turbo Memory hard drive cache up to 2GB
• 1 CardBus slot (Type 2)
• 1 Slot with one of the following:
  • ExpressCard/54 slot
  • Lenovo Integrated Smart Card Reader
• 4-in-1 Memory reader
• IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0
• IBM Active Protection System
• Integrated Fingerprint Reader on select models
• Integrated camera on selected models
• Bluetooth on select models
• ThinkPad Modem (MDC-3.0, 56kbps HDA)
• UltraNav (TrackPoint / Touchpad combo)
• IEEE1394 Firewire
• DisplayPort
• Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) on select models