More OEMs are finally supporting Microsoft’s Tablet PC software… by this I mean that IBM is finally releasing a Tablet PC called the X41. IBM makes absolutely bomber notebooks, so hopefully the X41 will continue in this tradition. Some details on the X41 include:

The ThinkPad X41 offers a 1.14-inch writable slate and full-size keyboard weighing in at only 3.5 pounds.

�ThinkPad X41 Tablet is nearly 20 percent lighter than its closest competitor and delivers the longest standard battery life of any 12-inch convertible tablet,� promises the company.

Users can either use the tablet with a digital pen, or as a traditional notebook PC.

�Equipped with the ThinkPad signature full-size keyboard, the ThinkPad X41 Tablet provides 170-degree viewing, an optional integrated fingerprint reader for unsurpassed security, the latest ThinkVantage Technologies for reliability and convenient wireless connectivity, and flexible one-step expandability through the optional new ThinkPad X4 Dock,� states Lenovo.

ThinkPad X41 Tablet PCs will start at $1,900.

You can read more about the X41 at TabletPCBuzz or TabletPCTalk, and here’s a video podcast from TechEd that demonstrates the IBM as well as a couple of other Tablet PCs.

Hum… my old Compaq laptop is getting a bit slow lately. Perhaps it is getting time to upgrade?