Net Reviews: IBM ThinkPad X40

IBM's X31 has been the pinnacle of ultraportable design for quite some time. So how does one go about improving one of the best designs around? PC Magazine today has a review of the IBM ThinkPad X40.

Don't forget to check out the other reviews from around the Net.

Laptops

• IBM ThinkPad X40 @ PC Magazine

Cases and Mods

• Raidmax ATX-278WSP Case @ Creative Mods
• Xoxide Storm Case @ Guru of 3D

Cooling

• DangerDen Maze4 Athlon64 Water Block @ ipKonfig
• GlobalWin Silent Stream Water Cooler @ Spode's Abode
• Koolance EXOS Aluminum Water Cooling @ Pimprig

CPUs

• Comparison of CPUs with Linux @ Linux Hardware

Motherboards

• Albatron K8X800 Pro II K8T800 @ Hardware Avenue
• Albatron KX600S Pro KT600 @ Viper Lair
• AOpen AK86-L K8T800 @ Anandtech
• AOpen XC Cube EZ65 SFF i865G @ Hardware Zone
• ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe nForce2 @ HotHardware
• ASUS K8V Deluxe K8T800 @ HEXUS
• MSI KM2M Combo-L mATX VIA KM266 @ Ohls-Place

Optical Drives

• Optorite DD0401 8x DVD+/-RW @ CDRLabs
• Sony DRU-530A 8x DVD+/-RW @ CDR-Info

Video Cards

• Abit Radeon 9800XT @ Rage3D
• HIS Excalibur Radeon 9600XT Turbo @ MektuMods
• MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256 @ PC Stats