Hmm.. could there very well be a Lenovo ThinkPad netbook coming out shortly? A Whirlpool forum member from the land down under spotted several new systems being set up at his school. Here’s what he wrote:

“I saw yesterday at school some guys setting up a whole bunch of Lenovo Thinkpad Mini 10’s. Then I realised, I’ve never heard of it before. It certainly wasn’t an X100e, and had a very thick bezel around the screen (thicker than my X200T) and had a "Mini 10" logo on it (where the Thinkpad model numbers are). However, it also had island/chiclet keys and a trackpad/trackpoint combo. Looked quite nice overall.”

Given that other major PC vendors have already released business-oriented netbooks, it’s not far fetched to imagine Lenovo releasing a ThinkPad-branded netbook.

Just imagine the possibilities. Could a ThinkPad branded netbook feature the legendary ThinkPad keyboard? How about a netbook with both a touchpad AND a trackpoint? How about the incredible build quality of a ThinkPad found in a netbook form factor?

Sounds delicious.. let’s hope it’s real.

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