ThinkPad X61: The Subnotebook That Got a Second Chance

ThinkPad X61: The Subnotebook That Got a Second Chance

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To some, laptops should be as portable as possible. But in the case of this ThinkPad subnotebook from 2007, fans of its form factor went to extreme measures to keep the machine usable over a decade later.

Free Geek Twin Cities: https://www.freegeektwincities.org

Sources:
HWM, February 2008.
Middleton's BIOS: https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Middleton%27s_BIOS

ThinkPad X60 in docking station photo: https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/gabi2s/the_portable_thiccpad/
ThinkPad UltraBay hard drive module photo: https://www.carousell.sg/p/hdd-caddy-for-thinkpad-1005253205/
UltraBay adapter with hard drive: https://store.flagshiptech.com/ibm-lenovo-thinkpad-92p6557-60gb-4-2k-ultrabay-slim-2nd-hard-drive-assembly/
X61 display upgrade photos: https://geoff.greer.fm/photos/x62/
X61 display upgrade guide: https://ithinkpad.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/x6xipsguide/
X62 motherboard and left ports photos: https://imgur.com/gallery/2Ei3kMc
X62 motherboard in bottom case; closeup of mSATA drive: https://web.archive.org/web/20180314140017/https://forum.51nb.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1650395&extra=page=1
PCper X210 mod article: https://pcper.com/2018/07/51nb-thinkpad-x210-mod-review-from-an-alternate-reality/
ThinkPad X62 photo: http://mikejmoffitt.com/articles/0048-x62-sxga60.html
X61 Hackintosh: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thinkpad_X61_with_Mac_OS_X.jpg

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