Hardware withdrawal: Selected ThinkPad notebook computers - Replacements available United States Withdrawal Announcement 905-219 September 27, 2005

Effective specified dates between October 1, 2005, to December 31, 2005, Lenovo(TM) will withdraw from marketing the products listed in the Product withdrawals section. After these dates, these products can be obtained on an as-available basis through authorized distributors and resellers, and from Direct Response Marketing while supplies last.

Replacement product information

Withdrawn product Replacement product ThinkPad(R) G Series ThinkPad G Series (new models) ThinkPad R Series ThinkPad R Series (new models) ThinkPad X Series ThinkPad X Series (new models) ThinkPad T Series ThinkPad T Series (new models)

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ThinkPad R Series The following models will be withdrawn on October 31, 2005:

Machine Part type/ number model 2888ESU 2888-ESU 2888ETU 2888-ETU 2888EUU 2888-EUU 2888FMU 2888-FMU 2888GRU 2888-GRU 2888GSU 2888-GSU 2888GTU 2888-GTU 2888M9U 2888-M9U 2889ESU 2889-ESU ThinkPad G Series The following models will be withdrawn on November 30, 2005:

Machine Part type/ number model 2881A6U 2881-A6U 2881AFU 2881-AFU 2881D2U 2881-D2U 2881D9U 2881-D9U 2882ASU 2882-ASU 2886AUU 2886-AUU 2886ATU 2886-ATU 2886DHU 2886-DHU 2886DGU 2886-DGU ThinkPad R Series The following models will be withdrawn on November 30, 2005:

Machine Part type/ number model 18308KU 1830-8KU 18308LU 1830-8LU 1830PUU 1830-PUU 2888EVU 2888-EVU 2888EWU 2888-EWU 2889EVU 2889-EVU 2889EWU 2889-EWU 1842HRU 1842-HRU 1834HRU 1834-HRU ThinkPad X Series The following models will be withdrawn on November 30, 2005:

Machine Part type/ number model 2370E8U 2370-E8U 2371E5U 2371-E5U 2371E8U 2371-E8U 2371E9U 2371-E9U 2371G4U 2371-G4U 2371GHU 2371-GHU 2371H8U 2371-H8U 2371H9U 2371-H9U 2372E8U 2372-E8U 2372GHU 2372-GHU 25256HU 2525-6HU 252755U 2527-55U 25275FU 2527-5FU 25276NU 2527-6NU 252855U 2528-55U 25285FU 2528-5FU 25286NU 2528-6NU 252731U 2527-31U 252741U 2527-41U 252831U 2528-31U 2884M2U 2884-M2U 2672A1U 2672-A1U 2884A3U 2884-A3U 2884K6U 2884-K6U 2885A4U 2885-A4U 2884K4U 2884-K4U 2884A2U 2884-A2U 252861U 2528-61U 252841U 2528-41U 2672KAU 2672-KAU 2885M2U 2885-M2U 2884M6U 2884-M6U 2885K4U 2885-K4U 2884M5U 2884-M5U 252811U 2528-11U 2371H1U 2371-H1U 2371G1U 2371-G1U 252851U 2528-51U 2885M6U 2885-M6U 2885K6U 2885-K6U 252761U 2527-61U 252711U 2527-11U 252751U 2527-51U 2672A3U 2672-A3U 26728BU 2672-8BU ThinkPad G Series The following models will be withdrawn on December 31, 2005:

Machine Part type/ number model 288122U 2881-22U 288127U 2881-27U 288128U 2881-28U 28812AU 2881-2AU 28812BU 2881-2BU 28812CU 2881-2CU 28812GU 2881-2GU 28812NU 2881-2NU 28812PU 2881-2PU 28812QU 2881-2QU 28812RU 2881-2RU 28812SU 2881-2SU 288132U 2881-32U 288138U 2881-38U 28813BU 2881-3BU 28813GU 2881-3GU 28813NU 2881-3NU 28813QU 2881-3QU 288142U 2881-42U 288147U 2881-47U 28814CU 2881-4CU 28814FU 2881-4FU 288157U 2881-57U 288158U 2881-58U 28815AU 2881-5AU 28815LU 2881-5LU 28815MU 2881-5MU 28815PU 2881-5PU 288165U 2881-65U 288167U 2881-67U 288168U 2881-68U 288169U 2881-69U 28816CU 2881-6CU 28816JU 2881-6JU 288173U 2881-73U 288187U 2881-87U 288188U 2881-88U 28818DU 2881-8DU 28818JU 2881-8JU 28818MU 2881-8MU 28818NU 2881-8NU 28818PU 2881-8PU 28818QU 2881-8QU 28822TU 2882-2TU 28823TU 2882-3TU 28824UU 2882-4UU 28828XU 2882-8XU 288623U 2886-23U 28862UU 2886-2UU 28862VU 2886-2VU 28862WU 2886-2WU 28863UU 2886-3UU 28865TU 2886-5TU 288678U 2886-78U 288679U 2886-79U 288692U 2886-92U 288693U 2886-93U 28862XU 2886-2XU 28863XU 2886-3XU 28863YU 2886-3YU 28863ZU 2886-3ZU 28864XU 2886-4XU 28865YU 2886-5YU Machine Part type/ number model 28867XU 2886-7XU 288698U 2886-98U 28869AU 2886-9AU 28869BU 2886-9BU 28869CU 2886-9CU 28862ZU 2886-2ZU 28862YU 2886-2YU 28866XU 2886-6XU 28864YU 2886-4YU 288699U 2886-99U 28865XU 2886-5XU 288697U 2886-97U 28867YU 2886-7YU 28866YU 2886-6YU ThinkPad R Series The following models will be withdrawn on December 31, 2005:

Machine Part type/ number model 185924U 1859-24U 185927U 1859-27U 185928U 1859-28U 185943U 1859-43U 185935U 1859-35U 18594AU 1859-4AU 18594ZU 1859-4ZU 185952U 1859-52U 18595RU 1859-5RU 185939U 1859-39U 18593AU 1859-3AU 18594BU 1859-4BU 18594HU 1859-4HU 18594PU 1859-4PU 185963U 1859-63U 185966U 1859-66U 18596LU 1859-6LU 19583GU 1958-3GU 19586QU 1958-6QU 18472FU 1847-2FU 18472GU 1847-2GU 18474BU 1847-4BU 18482FU 1848-2FU 18482GU 1848-2GU 18484BU 1848-4BU 1834KQU 1834-KQU 1834L4U 1834-L4U 1834LJU 1834-LJU 1834K5U 1834-K5U 1834L7U 1834-L7U 1834M4U 1834-M4U 1834R3U 1834-R3U 1842T5U 1842-T5U 1842T4U 1842-T4U 1842SSU 1842-SSU 1842SRU 1842-SRU 1842SNU 1842-SNU 1842SPU 1842-SPU 1842SQU 1842-SQU 1842SMU 1842-SMU 1842SLU 1842-SLU 1842SKU 1842-SKU ThinkPad T Series

Machine Part type/ number model 266876U 2668-76U

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