<s>
IBM	B-Device
ThinkPad	I-Device
240	I-Device
is	O
an	O
ultra-portable	O
laptop	B-Device
computer	I-Device
designed	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
IBM	O
from	O
June	O
1999	O
to	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
ThinkPad	B-Operating_System
200	O
series	O
models	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
America	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
smallest	O
and	O
lightest	O
ThinkPad	B-Operating_System
model	O
produced	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
240	O
series	O
was	O
discontinued	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
570	O
series	O
)	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
the	O
ThinkPad	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
series	I-Operating_System
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
240	O
series	O
models	O
included	O
the	O
300MHz	O
Mobile	B-Device
Celeron	I-Device
processor	O
,	O
64MB	O
built-in	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
one	O
slot	O
for	O
memory	O
expansion	O
(	O
maximum	O
320	O
MB	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
laptop	B-Device
also	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
feature	O
the	O
Mini	O
PCI	O
card	O
slot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
External	O
drive	O
access	O
was	O
via	O
a	O
USB	B-Protocol
1.0	O
port	O
and/or	O
the	O
IBM	O
external	O
floppy	O
drive	O
connector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unit	O
shipped	O
either	O
with	O
a	O
standard	O
6GB	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
or	O
with	O
the	O
12GB	O
upgrade	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
240	O
series	O
models	O
feature	O
a	O
10.4	O
TFT	B-Device
display	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
models	O
featured	O
NeoMagic	O
MagicGraph128XD	O
graphics	O
chips	O
with	O
2MB	O
of	O
video	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
240	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
displaying	O
up	O
to	O
SVGA	O
(	O
800x600	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
TFT	B-Device
display	I-Device
,	O
with	O
XGA	B-Device
output	O
available	O
to	O
an	O
external	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
240s	O
also	O
have	O
audio	O
controllers	O
and	O
VGA	B-Protocol
ports	I-Protocol
to	O
connect	O
to	O
external	O
display	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
240	O
240X	O
240Z	O
i-Series	O
1124CPU	O
Celeron	B-Device
300	O
,	O
366	O
or	O
400	O
MHz	O
Celeron	B-Device
450	O
MHz	O
or	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
III	I-General_Concept
500	O
MHz	O
Celeron	B-Device
500	O
MHz	O
or	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
III	I-General_Concept
600	O
MHz	O
Celeron	B-Device
450	O
or	O
500	O
MHz	O
,	O
or	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
III	I-General_Concept
500	O
MHzRAM96MB	O
,	O
max	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
320MB	O
SDRAM	O
SODIMM	O
(	O
PC-66	O
)	O
64	O
MB	O
or	O
128	O
MB	O
(	O
soldered	O
)	O
,	O
+	O
32MB	O
,	O
64MB	O
or	O
128MB	O
SDRAM	O
SODIMM	O
(	O
PC-100	O
)	O
Graphics	O
chipNeomagic	O
MagicGraph128XD	O
with	O
2MB	O
SMI	O
LynxEM+	O
with	O
2MBSMI	O
LynxEM+	O
with	O
2MB	O
(	O
SVGA-model	O
)	O
or	O
SMI	O
LynxEM4+	O
SM712	O
with	O
4MB	O
(	O
XGA-model	O
)	O
Display10.4	O
"	O
TFT	B-Device
Display	I-Device
with	O
800x600	O
,	O
max	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
24-bit	O
colordepth	O
(	O
SVGA	O
)	O
10.4	O
"	O
TFT	B-Device
Display	I-Device
with	O
800x600	O
(	O
SVGA	O
)	O
or	O
1024x768	O
(	O
XGA	B-Device
)	O
,	O
max	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joseph	O
Leung	O
from	O
the	O
South	O
China	O
Morning	O
Post	O
in	O
December	O
1999	O
appreciated	O
the	O
compactness	O
and	O
portability	O
of	O
the	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
240	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
noted	O
the	O
short	O
battery	O
life	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
only	O
has	O
a	O
single	O
Type	O
II	O
PC	B-Architecture
Card	I-Architecture
slot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
June	O
2000	O
PC	O
Expo	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
,	O
IBM	O
demonstrated	O
a	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
240	I-Device
with	O
a	O
Transmeta	B-General_Concept
Crusoe	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
