hi... R52 user reporting in...
model: R52 1858A11 ( bought it in last year )
RAM : 512 DDR2
HD : 40GB ( not enough... )

Top up with:
Seagate Barracuda 200GB hard disk ( unlimited usage~)
Edifier S4.1 ( sounds so sweet but unfortunately no surround sound because lack of sound card)

the look is not a issue for me.. jz hope the future thinkpad have better graphic card and clearer lcd( clear view technology) ... should improve at the weight issue also....

1 speaker? but mine r52 have 2 speakers...

one more thing that r52 lack of is the shortcut button to turn on/ off wireless and bluetooth... quite troublesome everytime when i wanna online... need to press Fn + F5, then click at the icon again

yeah... it takes a lot of times to load in and shut down the windows... luckily i found the software that accelerate this process... now it is quite fast...

Dachshund Integrator

this programme contains 4 parts:
anti crash - recover the error before it happens ( damn good)
battery doubler - extend battery life ( not tested yet )
other 2 i am not sure about the fuction

but this software really speed up when u hibernate or shutdown
if u want to speed up startup process, dont use norton anti virus...
that's all i know.. hope it helps

download form internet... some kinda chinese forum... then have to crack it...( they provided)
my roommate gave it to me...

"cic, any URL that can be provided, btw? Seems to be interesting, this nifty piece of application...

If it can at least reduce the waiting time during bootup and shutdown of IBM ThinkPads, then the app should be worth it..."

u have yahoo mail? mayb i can send the software to ur mail directly...
sorry because i dunno how to upload to those easy-sharing website..
pm me ok?