IBM Middle East has unveiled the new ThinkPad R50 notebook computer which is equipped with the world’s first automatic hard drive protection technology and has an extended battery life of up to 10 hours. The new ThinkPad R50 is available in 14 and 15 inch models, has a travel weight of less than six pounds and measures 3.3 cm in thickness.
The Hard Disk Active Protection System is a patented hardware and software solution from IBM that dramatically reduces hard drive failures by avoiding fully-induced system damage. It incorporates a motion detector, or “accelerometer,” on the system board that senses movements that could potentially cause system damage, interprets signals from the accelerometer and signals the hard drive to temporarily park the drive head when motion or vibration of the notebook is detected.
Select ThinkPad R50 models are available with Intel Centrino Mobile Technology or with integrated IBM 802.11 a/b/g wireless, as well as the IBM Embedded Security Subsystem which when used with industry-standard wireless encryption, provide the most secure wireless computing environment in the world.
