IBM Think Family of offerings There s much to be said for raising your company s productivity and efficiency. IBM invations are designed to increase the good things in your company, like productivity and efficiency, and decrease the bad things like downtime, ownership costs and long phone calls with the help desk. The fact is, in today s on-demand world, you re challenged to do more, save more and get more. Start by getting the most out of your computers. Do that by starting here. The invations inside could make a significant impact on your business. What s even better, here s how to do it.
IBM recommends Microsoft Windows XP Professional for Business. Get so much business advantage, the competition may complain you re t playing fair. To beat your competitors, you must focus: On your strengths. On your opportunities. You shouldn t worry about whether your help desk has eugh staffers to handle all those calls from employees. That s where IBM can help, with invations that let you focus on the forest, t the trees. Invations designed to cut costs. Invations to cut idle hours. IBM ThinkPad T42 with integrated fingerprint reader The entire IBM Think Family offers you invations you can see, and from many different viewpoints: IBM ThinkVantage Design Combining form and function to deliver intuitive, easy to use, easy to maintain PCs. IBM ThinkVantage Techlogies Created to significantly lower the cost of computer ownership, as well as help improve your company s asset/data recovery, mobility and security. IBM ThinkPad tebooks Offering models with the strongest security available as a standard feature, the easiest connectivity 1 and outstanding wireless performance with Intel Centri TM Mobile Techlogy on select models. IBM ThinkCentre desktops Designed to protect your investment and increase uptime. Some even help you find more elbow room at your desk. IBM ThinkVision monitors Bringing reliability and ergomic design to the workspace for greater comfort and productivity. IBM Accessories and Upgrades Adding versatility, performance and cost-effectiveness with an array of products from IBM and other select manufacturers. IBM Service and Support Always there for you, wherever your there may be; on the phone, online 2, and in person whenever you need it. 2
ThinkVantage Design just might improve your productivity. Profoundly. Design with a purpose. Now that s a vel approach. Instead of making cases with unusual shapes, how about making the computer s outside as helpful as the inside? Want sturdy tebook displays? Need better security? Looking for maintenance simplicity? Look to ThinkVantage Design elements like these: Titanium composite covers On select ThinkPad tebooks for durability. Dual smart-latch and wide-set hinges For a sturdy tebook screen. HDD shock absorber Designed to provide up to 30% more protection than the system case alone (select models) 3. UltraConnect Antenna Dual antennae built into the display cover on Wi-Fi wireless tebook models 4, to help optimise frequency coverage and performance for wireless LAN connectivity. All-steel chassis On all ThinkCentre desktop models, to support today s large screen TFT flat-panel and CRT monitors, as well as protect your investment. Easy-to-service desktops With tool-less cover removal, tool-less slots, flip-up bays, pop-out parts and rail-riding components (select models). Tamper-alert switch To warn you when a desktop cover has been opened (select models). 3
You can t fit all the benefits of ThinkVantage Techlogies in one little headline or even a long one like this. Many have tried. But why jam greater security, increased mobility, enabled employees, and fewer help desk calls into one sentence? You re still missing the most important benefit of IBM ThinkVantage Techlogies: lowering your ownership costs. From deployment to software distribution, inventory management to disposal, these invations could fill a book with business advantages. Read about some of the most popular on the next page. Visit ibm.com/pc/europe/think to learn about all of them. 4
How you benefit IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0 (select models) Helps protect your business from costly data theft and confidentiality breaches. If a PC is stolen or hacked over the Internet, the information on your hard disk drive is less likely to be accessed. IBM Client Security Software Password Manager Part of the Embedded Security Subsystem, it makes passwords easier to manage. Helps reduce your help-desk expenses due to security password resets. IBM Rescue and Recovery Keeps work reliably backed up, so it s better protected. How it works Hardware- and software-based techlogy lets users lock data. Encrypts keys and digital certificates (from third parties) to help secure data and communications. Can work with wireless security protocols, such as 128-bit WEP encryption, Cisco LEAP and 802.1x authentication. Simplifies user access to applications and Web sites by replacing multiple passwords and Web sign-ons with one easy-to-remember passphrase 5. Recovers previously saved files, folders or even a system image including data, applications and operating system, even if the OS won t start. (Available preloaded on select models or as a free download.) IBM Embedded Security Subsystem Quickly restores previously saved information following a malicious virus or hacker attack. IBM System Migration Assistant Helps reduce IT resources and end-user time required to migrate user data and settings to a new PC. IBM Active Protection System (select models) Helps protect data from some crashes which may occur in everyday tebook accidents. Provides an efficient data and settings migration solution. Helps enable time and resource savings by migrating mass quantities of end-user specific data and settings 6. Detects sudden changes in motion. Airbag-like techlogy can sense a fall and park the hard disk drive within 500 milliseconds. IBM Active Protection System Provides up to four times greater impact protection than systems without this feature. IBM Access Connections Offers the easiest wired and wireless connectivity of any tebook brand. Connect to your network more easily in the office or on the road, wired or wireless, at home or in a hotel. Software automatically reconfigures PC and network settings to help users connect to the network. Like speed dial for multiple network connections. IBM Access Connections 5
A design for anyone. Anyone who wants a sleek, portable package filled with breakthroughs. With the new fingerprint reader on select ThinkPad T42/T43 tebooks, the most secure tebooks available just got even better. Select models offer Intel Centri Mobile Techlogy for outstanding wireless performance and extended battery life. All series feature ThinkVantage Techlogies for greater security, mobility and productivity. The only real challenge is which design to choose. IBM ThinkPad R Series Do you need a CD or DVD drive on the road? Do you need premium performance or is affordability most important? performance affordability Do you require intensive graphics capabilities? IBM ThinkPad R Series IBM ThinkPad Mobile Workstation IBM ThinkPad T Series Do you travel frequently for work? IBM ThinkPad X Series Do you require desktop processing power and/or an Integrated floppy disk drive? Do you require intensive graphics capabilities? IBM ThinkPad R Series IBM ThinkPad Mobile Workstation IBM ThinkPad G Series 6
X Series T Series R Series G Series Mobile Workstation Key benefits Ultralight and ultrathin for powerful computing to fit even the smallest carry-on. Intel Centri Mobile Techlogy (select models), full expansion capabilities and a full-size keyboard 7 provide an ideal all-day computing solution for business movers and shakers. When employees work in the office, on the road and everywhere in between, they need security and power. Select T42 and T43 tebooks offer an integrated fingerprint reader. This series also features modular bay, UltraConnect Wireless Antennae and Intel Centri Mobile Techlogy (select models). Powerful computing the accountants will love. This series suits frequently mobile users who want ready-to-run computing. It s designed to deliver the essential features they need for versatility, power and portability, including Intel Centri Mobile Techlogy (select models). All at an affordable price. Desktop power in a space-saving tebook. It s perfect for those who want the performance of a desktop computer, but occasionally need to take work with them. For engineers, designers and programmers who don t want to be chained to the office. Designed to conquer even the most daunting 3D graphics challenge, this workstation also features excellent performance and extended battery life for work in the field. Intel Centri Mobile Techlogy available on select models. Intel Processor options 8 Intel Pentium M Processor up to 1.70GHz Intel Pentium M Processor up to 2.10GHz Intel Pentium M Processor up to 1.70GHz or Intel Celeron M Processor up to 1.50GHz Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Techlogy up to 3.33GHz or Intel Celeron M Processor up to 2.60GHz (select models) Intel Pentium M Processor up to 2.10GHz (select models) Display 12.1" screen 14.1" or 15" screen 14.1" or 15" screen 14.1" or 15" screen 14.1" screen (T41p/T42p) 15" screen (R50p/T42p) Travel weight 9 Starting at 1.23kg (2.7 lb) Starting at 2.05kg (4.5 lb) Starting at 2.6kg (5.6 lb) Starting at 3.5kg (7.7 lb) Starting at 2.05kg (4.5 lb) T41p/T42p, 3kg (6.6 lb) R50p Minimum thinness 10 Starting at 2.1cm (.81") thin Starting at 2.6cm (1") thin Starting at 3.4cm (1.35") thin Starting at 3.7cm (1.5") thin Starting at 2.6cm (1") thin T41p/ T42p, 3.7cm (1.5") thin R50p Maximum battery life 11 (requires optional battery and/or components) Up to 11hr (select models; based on system battery and the required, optional extended life battery) Up to 9.5hr (select models) Up to 8.5hr (select models) N/A Up to 9.5hr (select models) IBM Rescue and Recovery Preloaded or free download Preloaded or free download Preloaded or free download Preloaded or free download Preloaded IBM Embedded Security Included Included Select models Included Subsystem 2.0 5 IBM Active Protection System Select models Included Select models Included IBM Access Connections Included Included Included Included Included Visit ibm.com/pc/europe/thinkpad for current information on IBM ThinkPad features and specifications. 7
For 23 years, a leader in the PC industry. And still counting. Every IBM ThinkCentre desktop features time-saving, productivity-enhancing techlogy. Select models include Intel Pentium 4 Processors with HT Techlogy for outstanding multitasking and responsiveness. Choose from among seven connection techlogies. Want simplified systems management? How about flip-open steel chassis, slide-out bays, and snap-out components? Speed up rollouts by reducing deployment-related tests on select workhorse models with stable platforms for up to 18 months after general availability. Visit ibm.com/pc/europe/thinkcentre for the latest specifications. Do you plan to roll out new systems with your own software image? Are space constraints an issue? Are space constraints an issue or do you need system expandability? space expandability IBM ThinkCentre S Series IBM ThinkCentre M Series IBM ThinkCentre A Series (small, ultra small desktops) IBM ThinkCentre A Series (tower, desktop) IBM ThinkCentre S Series M Series S Series A Series Key benefits Deploy. Manage. Relax. It s never been so easy. With the new open-access and downloadable manageability tools, you re prepared to handle future needs as well as today s. Bigger than a phonebook? Not anymore. Enjoy industry-leading manageability and security features (select models), and a choice of optical drives all with more room on the desktop. Priced to fit your budget. It offers valuable manageability and security tools on select models, and more. Intel Processor options Intel Pentium 4 Processor up to 3.20GHz Intel Pentium 4 Processor, up to 3.20GHz Intel Celeron Processor, up to 2.80GHz Intel Pentium 4 Processor, up to 3.60GHz (A51p) Intel Celeron Processor, up to 2.80GHz (A50) Chassis (Desktop or Tower) 4x5 Tower, 4x4 Desktop 2x3 Small Form Factor, 1x2 Ultra Small Form Factor 2x3 Small Form Factor, 3x4 Desktop, 4x4 Desktop, 3x5 Tower, 4x5 Tower, 1x2 Ultra Small Form Factor Memory (std/max) 12 256MB or 512MB/4GB 256MB or 512MB/4GB 128MB/2GB or 4GB Graphics Intel Extreme Graphics 2 or up to 128MB dedicated ATI AGP graphics (M50), Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 or up to 128MB dedicated ATI PCI Express graphics (M51) Intel Extreme Graphics 2 (S50) or Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 (S51) Intel Extreme Graphics 2 or up to 128MB dedicated ATI AGP graphics (A50), Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 or up to 128MB dedicated ATI PCI Express graphics (A51p) Hard disk drive 13 Up to 80GB Up to 80GB Up to 80GB (A50) Up to 160GB (A51p) IBM Rescue and Recovery Preloaded Preloaded Preloaded IBM Embedded Security Select models Select models Select models Subsystem 2.0 5 System Migration Assistant Free download Free download Free download 8
ThinkVision monitors Designed to be easy on the e. Easy all round, too. Enjoy crisp, clear screen images comfortably, thanks to IBM adherence to strict safety and ergomic standards. ThinkVantage Design elements, like intuitive onscreen display and one-button auto-adjust, make image setup simple. There s a ThinkVision monitor that s right for your applications, from general business to high-end graphics, even multi-monitoring 14. Visit ibm.com/pc/europe/monitors for the full range and up-to-date specifications. Ergomic stand swivels, tilts and adjusts for height. Analogue or digital system attachment for flexibility and investment protection. Is desk space an issue? Do you need premium performance or is affordability most important? performance affordability IBM Flat Panel: Performance IBM Flat Panel: Essential Convenient direct-access buttons for auto image setup and frequently used functions. Wide viewing angles on 17 (432 mm), up to 20.1" (511mm) screens. Dual input for concurrent attachment to two systems. Analogue models with 15" (381mm) and 17" (432mm) screens with multimedia options. Wide range of tilt for optimum viewing comfort. Convenient direct-access buttons for auto image setup and frequently used functions. Do you need premium performance or is affordability most important? performance affordability IBM CRT: Performance IBM CRT: Essential Flat-screen aperture grille designed with high resolution, fine lines, for accurate text and images; 20" (508mm) VIS screen. High refresh rates for flicker-free viewing and less eye strain. Good choice for running basic applications such as e-mail, spreadsheets, word processing and Web browsing. Available with 16" (406mm) and 18" (457mm) VIS screens. 9
Accessories from IBM: Tested. Reliable. And many, quite brilliant. To help you build a total solution, IBM offers a wide selection of accessories and upgrades to suit just about every business IBM M400 projector need. You can even purchase other brand-name accessories from IBM to complement your IBM systems and enjoy one-stop shopping. IBM accessories are tested for compatibility with IBM PCs and provide a reliable, working solution quickly and simply. Visit ibm.com/pc/europe/accessories for more information on these and many other upgrades. Docking solutions: places to call home. IBM ThinkPad Port Replicator II IBM ThinkPad Mini Dock IBM ThinkPad X4 UltraBase Dock IBM Projectors light up your ideas. IBM M400 projector Extra light. Extra small IBM E400 projector Short on cost. Feature-rich IBM C400 projector From conference to client and back Simple data storage and transfer. IBM 128 MB USB 2.0 Memory Key IBM 256 MB USB 2.0 Memory Key IBM 512 MB USB 2.0 Memory Key Power to keep the juices flowing. IBM ThinkPad 72W AC/DC Combo Adapter Spare or replacement ThinkPad Battery IBM ThinkPad Multiple Battery Charger II Carrying cases add protection and prestige. IBM ThinkPad Carrying Case Organiser IBM ThinkPad Carrying Case Leather Attaché IBM ThinkPad Carrying Case Backpack Optical drives for data archiving. IBM USB 2.0 Portable Multi-Burner Drive IBM Multi-Burner Plus Ultrabay Enhanced Drive IBM Multi-Burner Plus (for desktops) 10
You have the power of service and support, when and where you need it. Even in your little finger. You don t have time to stop, let alone wait around to get going again. That s why IBM is always there for you: whether you need self-help tools or a major assist 15. Wherever and whenever you might need it, IBM offers award-winning service and support. Visit ibm.compc/europe/services and ibm.com/pc/support for more details. On the System On-system tools such as Access IBM and Rescue and Recovery offer tebook and desktop users handy expertise that starts with the push of a button. Access data protection and restoration, support information, system diagstics and automated solutions right at a user s desk. On the Web Any hour. Any day. Extensive esupport, including online 2 technical documentation, multiple file download capabilities and automated solutions, is ready when you need it. On the Phone IBM leads the industry in on-the-phone service. In January, 2005, IBM scored higher than any other leading tebook brand in phone support 16. With IBM phone service, you receive quick diagsis and repair, saving you precious minutes, money and peace of mind. On the Way IBM offers a complete set of services, the widest spectrum of skills and experience, and an even wider array of flexible warranty and maintenance services in more than 160 countries 17. The extensive IBM Business Partner network can bring the global power of IBM to any business large or small. 11
Check the Web ThinkVantage Techlogies ThinkPad ThinkCentre ThinkVision Accessories and Upgrades PC Services esupport ibm.com/pc/europe/think ibm.com/pc/europe/thinkpad ibm.com/pc/europe/thinkcentre ibm.com/pc/europe/monitors ibm.com/pc/europe/accessories ibm.com/pc/europe/services ibm.com/pc/support Read more Download product literature February 2005 ibm.com/pc/europe/literature IBM United Kingdom Limited emea marketing and publishing services (emaps) Normandy House PO Box 32 Bunnian Place Basingstoke RG21 7EJ United Kingdom The IBM home page can be found at ibm.com IBM, the IBM logo, ibm.com, Rescue and Recovery, ThinkCentre, ThinkPad, ThinkVantage, ThinkVision, Ultrabay and UltraConnect are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Intel, Intel Inside, the Intel Inside logo, Intel Centri, the Intel Centri logo, Celeron and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Other company, product and service names may be trademarks, or service marks of others. Foottes: 1 Most secure and easiest connectivity: Models with IBM Embedded Security Subsystem and IBM Access Connections. 2 Internet access t included. 3 Claims based on IBM operating tilt-drop tests. 4 Wireless upgradable models: can be wireless with the addition of optional wireless LAN Mini PCI Card. Designed to operate only with IBM options. 5 Client Security Software: download required. 6 Included in the cost of a new IBM PC: download available at additional charge. 7 Full-size keyboard: as defined by ISO/IEC 15412. 8 Mobile processors: Power management reduces processor speed when in battery mode. 9 Travel weight: includes battery and optional travel bezel instead of standard optical drive in Ultrabay drive, if applicable; weight may vary due to vendor components, manufacturing process and options. 10 Thinness: may vary at certain points on the system. 11 Battery: These model numbers achieved the Ziff Davis Media, Inc. s Business Winstone 2002 BatteryMark Version 1.0, Battery Rundown Time of at least the time shown. This test was performed without independent verification by the VeriTest testing division of Lionbridge Techlogies, Inc. ( VeriTest ) or Ziff Davis Media, Inc.; neither Ziff Davis Media, Inc. r VeriTest makes any representations or warranties as to these test results. Winstone is a registered trademark and BatteryMark is a trademark of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings, Inc. in the US and other countries. A description of the environment under which the test was performed is available at ibm.com/pc/ww/thinkpad/batterylife.html Battery life (and recharge times) will vary based on many factors including screen brightness, applications, features, power management, battery conditioning and other customer preferences. 12 Memory: For PCs without a separate video card, memory supports both system and video. Accessible system memory is up to 64MB less than the amount stated, depending on video mode. 13 Hard disk drive: GB = billion bytes. Accessible capacity is less; up to 4GB is service partition. 14 Multi-monitoring: Optional video cards required to support multi-monitoring for ThinkCentre desktops. 15 Limited warranty: Support unrelated to a warranty issue may be subject to additional charges. 16 Source: PC World, Readers Rate the Manufacturers, January 2005. 17 International Warranty Services: is available in any country in which this product is sold and serviced. Service delivery methods and parts availability vary by country, may be different from that in the country of purchase, and are subject to change without tice. Fees and restrictions may apply in some countries. References in this publication to IBM products, programs or services do t imply that IBM intends to make these available in all countries in which IBM operates. Any reference to an IBM product, program or service is t intended to imply that only IBM products, programs or services may be used. Any functionally equivalent product, program or service may be used instead. IBM hardware products are manufactured from new parts, or new and used parts. In some cases, the hardware product may t be new and may have been previously installed. Regardless, IBM warranty terms apply. This publication is for general guidance only. Information is subject to change without tice. Please contact your local IBM sales office or reseller for latest information on IBM products and services. Photographs may show design models. Copyright IBM Corporation 2005 All Rights Reserved. 05-PCD-000089 (01/05) JT