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ThinkPad G series
Series of laptops made by IBM From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The ThinkPad G series was a line of desktop replacement ThinkPad laptops developed by IBM and Lenovo as partial successors to the ThinkPad A series. Positioned as a budget friendly alternative to the desktop replacement models of the T and R series with suffix 'p', the short-lived series was and still is the only ThinkPad series to use a desktop CPU (except G50). Three generations were released from when it was released in 2003 to when it was succeeded in 2006 by the ThinkPad R series.
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G40 and G41
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The G40 and G41 were based on an Intel Pentium 4[1][2][3] and were released as low-end, affordable and massive successors[4] of Pentium 4-M-equipped 15" ThinkPad A31 and 14" ThinkPad T30.
Critical Reception
In a review by CNET in 2004,[2] the G40 was given a 7.3 stating that while the laptop was big and heavy with a mediocre screen, the ThinkPad G40 "proves you can get a capable desktop replacement at an affordable price without sacrificing battery life and performance."
In another review by ZDNet in 2003,[1] recommending the G40 to people who want the capabilities of a desktop but not the clutter, the author stated that the G40's "keyboard is comfortable, the screen easy to read, and the specifications, features and performance about right for a typical home/home office PC."
In their review of the G40 in 2003,[4] The Register commented on the laptops 3.5kg weight contradicting "IBMs talk of the mobile worker, and not sacrificing power for portability." They also expressed concerns of the Access IBM button being a "scarily Big Brother single button access to Big Blue" but did ease the concern by explaining the actual reason as making the G40 easier to deploy in a corporate environment. The Register concluded that the G40's ideal user was the "migrant": "Working in a flexible office environment, and occasionally from home."
Features
As a sign of their low cost placement, the G40 and G41 did not include a ThinkLight, docking connector, nor stereo speakers. Though they have both a floppy drive and an optical drive, both do not have eject mechanisms and the optical drive bay is not an Ultrabay. They also were not optionable with IPS screens nor trackpad. While they both use desktop CPUs, they also used anemic Intel integrated graphics with only some G41's optioned with NVIDIA Geforce FX Go5200 graphics.[5][6]
Both models have the option of either 15" or 14.1" screens with same case.[2] For the 14.1" screen option, both the G40 and the G41 were offered with XGA(1024x768). For the 15" screen option, both models were offered with either XGA(1024x768) or SXGA+(1400x1050) displays.[5][6]
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G50
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The G50 was released in 2006. It retained the overall design of G40 and G41 but was based on the new Intel Core architecture which consumes less power than previous Pentium 4 processors. With the shift to the new architecture, the G50 now used SATA instead of IDE hard drives and used DDR2 instead of DDR SDRAM.[7]
The G50 is only available in 15" screen size with either XGA(1024x768) or SXGA+(1400x1050) resolutions and was only sold in Japan.[8]
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Specifications[5][6]
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