A small notebook for a system administrator

The ten-inch Panasonic Let's Note has 16:10. No trackpoint though.

A small notebook for a system administrator

C-Fu, tripod doesn't need to be a built-in feature. For any ThinkPad that supports an Ultrabase, it should just be a matter of making a tripod adapter that fits to the four hook points (two docking connector, two front-edge).

A small notebook for a system administrator

Don't know, but the OLPC shows that unconventional things can be done with a mic port. On the OLPC, you can read a voltage straight off the jack…