Boy, Lenovo just keeps pumping out these new ThinkPads, don't they? The company's Santa Rosa-based T61 might still be hot off the presses [1] but that hasn't stopped Lenovo from announcing its successor, the T61p. In addition to the already impressive specs that the T61 sports--Santa Rosa, magnesium alloy rollcage (photo [2]), Intel Turbo Memory, 802.11n/WLAN support--the upgraded T61p adds Ultrawideband (UWB) support for next-gen wireless connectivity with peripherals (100Mbps compared to Bluetooth's 2Mbps). What's more, the T61p is Lenovo's first laptop that comes Energy Star 4.0 certified--even though the EPA won't debut version 4.0 of the green computing standard until the 20th of this month. Still not satisfied? Lenovo also announced that all of its X-, T- and R-series computers with Santa Rosa will now come Energy Star 4.0 certified as well. Rocking an older, Santa Rosa-based ThinkPad? Worry not: Lenovo will offer a download on its site that will bring those up to the 4.0 standard too. The ThinkPad T61p will be available July 17th, for a base price of $1,814.

For more on the new ThinkPad:
- see this Crave article [3]

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