'Build quality is relatively solid, if a little plasticky overall, and not helped in our experience by the unusual Scrabble-piece keyboard style - now copied by Apple - with its large spaces between keys.'
'We may be more manly than Metallica, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Chippendales put together, but the phrase that popped into mind while testing the WinBook X610 was "little black dress."'
'a wonderfully well-balanced system that melds portability with great features, like a 1.8-GHz Pentium M processor for power, 802.11a/g for wireless connectivity, TPM for security, and outstanding battery life.'
'bright 14-inch display, versatile MultiBay, and up to 5 hours of battery life with the standard 6-cell battery'
'My T42 has a 15" screen and weighs a little over six pounds which is very light for its screen size class'
'Durable system'
'The IBM ThinkPad T42 is a versatile laptop for business users who are highly mobile and need a machine to handle their demanding, ever-changing business'
'The ThinkPad T42 also comes preloaded with IBM's new Rescue and Recovery platform, a secondary operating system that lets you recover data on your hard drive and access the Internet even when your primary operating system won't boot.'