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That's why I like these thinkpads so much. I also have a t60p and the dvd drive bays are interchangable with my t42p.

Look into it. I know for the thinkpad's at least, there is a sata option.

This is the point of my post really. I had a the previous version and it was really bad. The newer version makes my laptop fly. I really haven't looked back since this upgrade.

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This sorta validates that an "everyday" machine (i.e. email, internet, word, etc.) ... really doesn't need a ton of hard drive space to be very useful!

Well in the t-series laptops from IBM, there are after-market sata hard drive caddies available that conveniently fit in the cd-rom bay. I really never use a cd/dvd rom anyway. If by chance I need one, I have an external usb. So, in my main setup I have the 16 gb pata ssd drive as my boot...

The models that I bought are as follows: Transcend TS16GSSD25-S 2.5" 16GB PATA SLC Internal Solid State Drive Transcend TS8GSSD25-S 2.5" 8GB PATA SLC Internal Solid State Drive

Well the 8gb I might have overpaid for, but it was just the curiosity that drove that purchase. Based on the outcome I think it's still good considering for the performance boost it gave. I got that one at Newegg for $90 at the time. The 16gb I purchased on FleaBay for about the same price. The...

A few months ago I found myself in the market for a SSD that would fit the bill for my IBM/Lenovo my two T42P Thinkpads. Anyone with an older laptop probably knows that there are next to no choices in this catagory. I did a bit of research and landed on the Transcend PATA SSD, first in the 8gb...