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Impetus

Lenovo T61pMy work provided me with a Lenovo T61p laptop in April of 2008. This is my experience with it to date.

Ordering

I started by checking out the pre-configured machines at newegg.com but ended up ordering it at lenovo.com. Add your ideal configuration to the cart since, at the time, there were some amazing "The more you buy the more you save"-branded discounts that I only saw once it was added Lenovo if by some miracle you read this, that is bad).

Shipping

"UPS Ground"* from mainland China which surprised me since I figured it would be assembled in the US.. It flew by way of Alaska and ended up in my hands on a Monday morning exactly 2 weeks after I ordered it. Before it left China the tracking info noted that it was rerouted because it was sorted incorrectly.

* Not much ground between the US and China... but, whatever

Hardware & Software Configuration

Plays With Computers (PWC) Style
  • Intel core 2 duo 2.5Ghz 6MB cache T9300
  • 4GB ram
  • 15.4" widescreen LCD with 1920x1200 pixel resolution
  • nVidia Quadro FX 570M — 256MB video card
  • 160GB 7200rpm hard drive
  • DVD burner
  • Intel a/g/n wireless
  • integrated Bluetooth PAN
  • track point & track pad
  • fingerprint reader
  • windows vista business 64 bit
Packing List Style

  • 6459cto thinkpad t61 widescreen-1y
  • 42v8173 vbb ms win vista bussiness 64
  • 42v8472 sbb ms win vista buss.64 us en
  • 42v8288 sbb 15.4 wuxga tft
  • 41w2068 vbb 4gb pc2-5300 667mhz 2dimm
  • 42v8195 sbb keyboard us english
  • 42v8297 sbb un(trckp touchpad)fingerre
  • 42v8193 sbb intel turbo memory 1gb
  • 42v8172 sbb dvd rec.8xmaxdual lay ub-s
  • 42x0805 vbb pc cardslot ex cardslot
  • 42v8177 sbb int.wire.wifi/link4965agn
  • 62p6054 vbb integr.bluetooth pan
  • 39t6651 sbb 9 cell li-ion battery
  • 39t6442 sbb country pack north america
  • 42x1524 sbb lp-us english
  • 42v8607 sbb int.wlan antenna 15.4"
  • 42x1333 sbb wau englishna-u mod 64bit
  • 42x1232 sbb newintellab_dualcore/cepro
  • 42v9665 sbb fcc, label
  • 42x1482 sbb bluetooth w/ antenna
  • 42x1483 sbb bluetooth screw
  • 42v8639 sbb 15"wuxgaw/btw/owwanw/ouwb
  • 39t6440 sbb 56k v.92 designed mode
  • 42v8658 sbb cl.plate t61p wl blth
  • 41w1749 sbb geo label us wlan bt
  • 93p7250 sbb thinkpad logoplatet-series
  • 42x0877 sbb mt 6459 system label
  • 42x0850 sbb mech misc parts
  • 42v7972 sbb ms label (vista premium)
  • 42v8605 sbb no int.wwan antenna 15.4"r
  • 42v8601 sbb no uwb antenna
  • 42x0995 sbb pc card slot exp.card slot
  • 42v8612 sbb st lcd cover/bezel 15.4"
  • 42v8301 sbb 2gb pc2-5300 ddr2 667mhz
  • 42t6638 sbb pack. us, 15.4"
  • 41c9334 3 year thinkpad protection
  • 40y9134 tpp terms and conditions 1
  • 40y7659 thinkpad 90w ac adapter

Comments

I've been using this laptop for over a year now and overall its been great. Because of the large screen the battery life is only a couple of hours. Granted I always run it with max performance and the screen brightness turned all the way up. It does lock up hard about once a month for some reason or another. Most computers bought "off the shelf" are packed with tons of bloat-ware and this model is no different. I did not wipe the drive and do a clean install. Coming up on a year I figure it's time for a re-install. One change to the order would be a larger hard drive. I am also suprised at how much I use the pointing stick. It makes so much sense even on a desktop since you don't have to reach for the mouse all the time.