Replacement/Upgrade for High End T60p

Anyone have any advice for a replacement or upgrade to my T60p?  My T60p, T7600 15.4" Wide UXGA is getting a little long in the tooth. I have not kept up with the Lenovo line, and don't know where to start.
T60p 8743-CTO, 8742-W7W, 8741-C4U
All T7600, 3GB, 15.4" UXGA, XP Pro SP3

If money is no object the x300's with a docking base is key since you're sacrificing the unltrabay in an X system.
OR if you mean your T60 is old and beaten but you still love it, you can buy a certified preowned model from IBM and I think Lenovo but IBM sells returned leased systems typically spent the last three years inside a company maintained by an IT group since ThinkPad's premium price is recognized by affluent and staffed companies qualified to maintain them.
Their warranties are just as good as a new one and their tech support calls are answered by the same group in Atlanta that handles the newest W series.
ORRRRRR, if you just want more power you can spend less than $500 and upgrade the HDD into an SSD, but do so only if you don't have any thermal issues with your T60 since SSD's execute instructions literally 10x faster than a spindle and will throttle your CPU to 100% like an athlete.
The CPU doesn't slug, but it just won't be challenged so  briskly and it runs like an athlete at peak pulse, Thinkpads are terribly accepting of SSD's and become mini monsters regardless of the age and T60's are very SSD friendly.
The OCZ drives are better bang for your buck, the Intel's have reputation behind them, we use both and can't tell the difference and an OCZ isn't a bad choice at all.
TIP;'''' Avoid buying a super drive like an Intel X25E because the T60 technically has an encumbered SATA controller and it won't take advantage of an X25M's splazing speed !  Even the encumbered controller is hard to notice but it has the community in an uproar since it takes two seconds to boot than the x200 and that means your T60 will take a whole 28 seconds to cold start instead of 26 seconds.....poor you.
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