On Monday 27 July 2009 15:30:08 Michael Geary wrote: > The 7xx series took 17mm drives, although I vaguely recall a "slim" model > somewhere in the line that was limited to a 12.5mm drive. > > The 600 and other machines of that vintage took 12.5mm drives. > > All current ThinkPads that I'm aware of take 9.5mm drives. I just checked > the T400, T500, W500, and W700 in the tabook. (There may be a bit of > ambiguity in the tabook - it says the *drive* is 9.5mm high. Can anyone > confirm the height of the drive bay in the W700?) > > What current notebook/laptop takes a 12.5mm drive? Maybe some kind of > Alienware monster? Every manufacturer wants to offer slim machines these > days. > > -Mike
I just shut my W500 down to peer into the drive housing, and its a very snug fit for the current drive. I'm sure there is no way to get a 12.5mm drive in there. Depression. --STeve Andre' _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
