FCC Pics of the IBM ThinkPad X41 Tablet PC

jkendrick writes "jkOnTheRun has posted pics of the rumored IBM ThinkPad X41 Tablet PC pulled from the FCC filing. It looks as expected, a nice black ThinkPad with a major exception, the swivel screen and the Tablet OS."

Comments

Gah

[TripMaster Monkey]

At my workplace we use IBM laptops. I just got done instructing all the sales staff how to use the latest cute new feature (the fingerprint scanner), and now I'll have to instruct them how to use Tablet PCs as soon as these come out.

Blargh.

Re:Gah

[Ruprecht the Monkeyb]

Please tell me you told the users they had to remove their fingers to use the scanner?

Re:Gah

[macthulhu]

I feel your pain. I once got even with our Ad Execs by telling them their new laptops had Facial Attribute Recognition Technology Software (FARTS)... They had to put the tip of their nose on the middle of the screen after entering their passwords, and then hit 'enter'... After about two weeks, I told them that I disabled that feature because it was overkill. Sadly, for the gene pool anway, they had been following my instructions. The cave people should be nicer to the space people. I reeeeeeeeaaaaaaaalllllllly wish I had videotaped them logging on...

Re:With photoshop...

[ergo98]

So with photoshop and a blog, I can get on slashdot?

Sure, you just need to find a way to get your pictures hosted on an fcc.gov server as well. Good luck!

180 degrees?

[over_exposed]

Am I the only one here that passed basic math? I could have *sworn* that screen was only rotated 90 degrees in the picture...

Re:180 degrees?

[Anonymous Coward]

no, you're the only one. congratulations.

frankly, few of us have taken any course called "basic math".

Re:180 degrees?

[Anonymous Coward]

well, it's only rotated 90 degrees around a vertical axis... but it's also 90 degrees around a horizontal axis, too. I guess that makes 180 degrees in FCC-land, eh?

Re:180 degrees?

[Eyeball97]

Ah, but the picture was taken after it was rotated 90 degrees the other way

Re:180 degrees?

[rjelks]

Actually, I think they rotated it in the other direction...that would be -270 degrees.

Available OS es

[53cur!ty]

Can I get that with zVM installed?

Who is gonna use these Tablet thingies anyway?

[TripMaster Monkey]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I haven't written anything longhand since 1998.

:P

Re:Who is gonna use these Tablet thingies anyway?

[arnie_apesacrappin]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I haven't written anything longhand since 1998.

<OT Rant>

I went for an interview at company whose primary business was IT services. Before I was allowed to interview with the hiring manager, I had to fill out an application, longhand. On this application I had to list my high school in three separate places. Two of those places were on the same document. After not taking the job, I told my friend that recommended me:

1. For an IT services organization to ask me to fill out documents longhand is ass-backwards.
2. I've been in the industry for 10 years and have a Master's degree. Does it really matter where I went to high school?
3. If it does matter where I went to high school, why do I need to fill it out THREE TIMES?

It just pisses me off to no end when I have to fill out a form only for some admin to mis-type it into a computer. If HR is really worried about Larry the retarded janitor not being able to fill out an application on the computer print a copy for him. But for God's sake, don't make me write something that's going to be typed into a computer anyway.

</OT Rant>

Re:Don't you mean Lenovo

[Locutus]

Somebody mod the parent as 'funny'! This guy thinks Dell computers are "American made". LOL

LoB

Re:Still not a Slate

[Dink Paisy]

The slate form is very nice when taking notes or sitting in tight quarters, but it sucks for coding. Plus, I'm a C++ person, so I don't mind multiple inheritance.

Re:weird moderation

[Tibor the Hun]

mods don't know their ass from a flamebait recently.
uh-oh, here comes troll moderation for me, which is gonna get me suspended for the 4th time this week.

feel free to look at my other posts, to see just how many trolls or flamebaits i post.

Re:Linux?

[Anonymous Coward]

You were supposed to ask:

• But does it run Linux?

Enlarged pictures

[Anonymous Coward]

I really hate it when the "zoomed in" pictures are 1% bigger than the thumbnails. 1%!!!! What's the point?!

Re:Enlarged pictures

[El_Servas]

That's because that guy has reaaaaaaaally big thumbs. So you can see no improvement in the full-size picture.

Re:With photoshop...

[Speare]

you just need to find a way to get your pictures hosted on an fcc.gov server as well

And another story just a short time later discusses an increase in website attacks against government servers. Hm...