Lenovo Thinkpad T61 Is Here!
My thoughts on my Thinkpad T61
The Thinkpad T61 is still currently the flagship Thinkpad model on sale.
Here's some of the things they updated from the old T-Series. Thinkpad T61 is shipping with:
- Up to a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU "Santa Rosa" chip set. Really fast chip and great in laptops.
- 2GB of memory (and up to 4gb capacity)
- Better Graphics for movies, streaming video, all that good stuff.
A big downside to thinkpads up to the T61 has been the lack of a dedicated graphics card, which really bogged things if you were to play videos. ( I had an x31 previously.)
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Improved Wi-fi range. Better than Macbook Pro
And the tried and true feel of the thinkpad is still there. The great keyboard I've always been a fan of it because it makes touch typing so easy.
The case. No other laptop case I've ever had can take a beating like my X31 case could. Full of titanium and it looks great in the flat black color.
Battery life on my T61 is decent, 2-3 hours now that I've been using it for a year. But I have the 7-cell battery which was $20 more.
Prices
I bought mine in May of 2007 for $2150 shipped. It's still really solid and I use it 7 hours a day. But now I hear that Lenovo will release the new T-series sometime early next year, so right now new thinkpads have really dropped. If I bought my thinkpad new today is would be about $900.
Lenovo site/ Thinkpad Order Form
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March 17th, 2007
Word is out that your favorite family of business laptops is going to be releasing the next in the T Series around May 15th. The T61 launch coincides with that of the Intel Santa Rosa chipset core-duo-- So it's not much of a stretch to say it will be included in the spec. I'm sure we'll have more interesting details in the coming month, but, for the moment, here's a nice little blurb about the screen: Screen res will be up across the board and Lenovo will be putting in the option of a WSXGA+ resolution 14" widescreen where before you could only get 4:3. 4:3 will still be a choice (for all you old-school cats).
As for the case, expect the T61 to be wrapped in the T60 body.
- By ElGordo at 03/31/2007 - 05:59
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T61 price
In the above article from May 16th you said the average price out-the-door for UltimateNotebooks.com users has been $1250. I just joined up and wonder how to get a deal like that. I haven't been able to get it that low on the Lenovo website even with the discount they are giving for Memorial day. Is there some coupon code or somthing?
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hm, I took a quick spin on the site and was able to get to the checkout page for $1,060. That's with the default options including the slowest Core 2 Duo (T7100 1.8GHz 800MHz 2MBL2). So, I definitely think it's possible to get out the door cheaply. If I were going to buy one, I'd upgrade the processor to this one the "Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz 800MHz 4MBL2)" just to make it as future-proof as posisble. Then, I'd go to NewEgg and get another 1gb stick of memory for a lot cheaper than Lenovo has it for.