Category:T500

ThinkPad T500

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

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Standard Features

• One of the following processors:
  • Intel® Core™2 Duo processor P8400 (2.26GHz, 3MB L2, 1066MHz FSB, TDP 25W)
  • Intel® Core™2 Duo processor P8600 (2.4GHz, 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 T9400 (2.53GHz, 6MB L2, 1066MHz FSB, TDP 35W)
  • Intel® Core™2 Duo processor T9600 (2.8GHz, 6MB L2, 1066MHz FSB, TDP 35W)
• Two of the following Graphic Memory Chips¹:
  • Intel Integrated Graphics 4500MHD
  • And an aditional AMD Chipset:
    • AMD M86 256 MB
    • AMD M86GL-M 512 MB
• One of the following graphics adapters (please reference sources):
  • Intel GMA X4500HD
  • ATI Mobility Radeon HD3650 (switchable hybrid) (256 MB)

Why are the above marked this way as broken? Please explain!

• 15.4" TFT widescreen display
  • 1280x800 (WXGA) or 1440x900 (WSXGA) or 1680x1050 (WSXGA+) resolution
  • WXGA available with LED backlight in some regions
• 1 GB PC3-8500 memory standard upgradable to 8 GB
• One of the following disk drives:
  • 80, 160, 250, or 320 GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA HDD
  • 200 GB 7200 RPM 2.5" SATA HDD (available with full disk encryption)
  • 100 or 160GB 7200 RPM 2.5" SATA HDD
  • 64GB SATA Solid-State Drive
• Intel Gigabit Ethernet Controller
• Serial UltraBay Slim with one of the following:
  • DVD Recordable 8x max dual-layer drive
  • CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive
  • Blu-ray recordable drive
• MiniPCI Express slot 1 with one of the following:
  • ThinkPad 11b/g WLAN III controller
  • 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)
  • Intel® Turbo Memory hard drive cache up to 2GB
• 1 CardBus slot (Type 2)
• 1 Slot with one of the following:
  • ExpressCard/54 slot
  • SmartCard 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