Net Reviews: IBM ThinkPad R50

Recently IBM announced a new technology for mobile notebook computers that they referred to as "airbags" for a hard drive. Essentially, they designed a sensor that would detect sudden movement (such as a fall) and automatically park the heads of the drive in a notebook to prevent data loss. While not available on any ThinkPad notebooks yet, PC Magazine has a preview of the IBM ThinkPad R50 that features this new technology.

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Laptops

• IBM ThinkPad R50 Preview @ PC Magazine
• Voodoo Envy M:855 @ Anandtech

Cases and Mods

• Ahanix Blu III Case @ PimpRig
• Allied AL-B500E 500W Power Supply @ Voided Warranty
• Antec LANBOY Case @ CyberCPU
• Silverstone Lascala SST-LC01 HTPC Case @ MODTHEBOX

Cooling

• Asetek WaterChill Water Cooling Kit @ 3DVelocity
• Danger Den RBX CPU Water Block @ The ModFathers
• Panaflo "M" Series Fans @ System Cooling

CPUs

• Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition @ Trusted Reviews

Memory

• Mushkin EMS DDR500 PC4000 @ OC Tools

Monitors

• Comparison of 4 17" LCDs @ Tom's Hardware
• Samsung SyncMaster 957MB 19" CRT @ ByteSector

Motherboards

• Abit DigiDice i865G SFF @ SFF Tech
• Biostar iDEQ 200T i865G SFF @ Bjorn3D
• Shuttle SB65G2 i865G SFF @ HEXUS
• VIA EPIA M1000 mini-ITX @ TweakTown

Optical Drives

• Memorex Dual-X 4x DVD+/-RW @ CDRLabs

Sound Cards

• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS @ digit-life

Video Cards

• ATI Radeon 9600XT vs. NVIDIA GeForceFX 5700 Ultra @ X-bit Labs
• Comparison of ATI 9600XT v. NVIDIA 5700 Ultra and ATI 9800XT v. NVIDIA 5950 Ultra @ GameSpy