United States Announcement 907-196, dated September 25, 2007

Hardware withdrawal: Selected ThinkPad notebook computers — Replacements available

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On the effective withdrawal date, Lenovo™ will withdraw from marketing the products listed in the Withdrawn products section. After that date, 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Withdrawn product Replacement product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) R Series ThinkPad R Series (New models) Lenovo 3000 Series Lenovo 3000 Series (New models) ThinkPad X Series ThinkPad X Series (New models)

Withdrawn products

ThinkPad R Series

The following models will be withdrawn on October 31, 2007. U.S. English machines

Part Machine number type/model

77324BU 7732-4BU 77324CU 7732-4CU 77331DU 7733-1DU 77351DU 7735-1DU

Lenovo 3000 Series

The following models will be withdrawn on October 31, 2007. U.S. Machines

Part Machine number type/model

8922A1U 8922-A1U 8922A2U 8922-A2U 0768EHU 0768-EHU

ThinkPad X Series

The following models will be withdrawn on November 30, 2007. U.S. Machines

Lenovo United States 907-196 Lenovo is a trademark of Lenovo 1 Part Machine number type/model

63632AU 6363-2AU 636338U 6363-38U 63634JU 6363-4JU 63635AU 6363-5AU 63639CU 6363-9CU 6363C7U 6363-C7U 6363J3U 6363-J3U 6363P3U 6363-P3U 63642AU 6364-2AU 636438U 6364-38U 63644JU 6364-4JU 63645AU 6364-5AU 63649CU 6364-9CU 6364C7U 6364-C7U 6364J3U 6364-J3U 6364P3U 6364-P3U 636346U 6363-46U 636354U 6363-54U 636364U 6363-64U 6363A7U 6363-A7U 636446U 6364-46U 636464U 6364-64U 636485U 6364-85U 6364A7U 6364-A7U

Direct customer support

The question submission function under IBMLink™ Ask Question-Support for this product is being withdrawn. New questions will be accepted until September 25, 2007. The IBMLink SupportLink library of answered questions and other technical information for the product remains available. Trademarks

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Lenovo is a trademark of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both

ThinkPad is a registered trademark of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both

Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your Lenovo representative, call 866-96THINK, or visit the Lenovo home page at: http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/

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