Looking at x61 tablet... some questions

I'm looking at getting a tablet laptop and am liking the X61T from Lenovo. For meetings I find it easier to write notes the old fashioned way with pen and paper, and decided that I wanted to go green and save a few trees. My MacBook Pro is awesome, but Apple doesn't believe in making a tablet MacBook. Anyway, here's my questions:

1. Can you rate the tablet screen's responsiveness when writing on it? (0 = Horrible, 10 = Awesome)
2. Does the fact that the X61T not have a touchpad bother you?
3. Is the screen brightness sufficient in an outdoor environment?
4. Do Lenovo machines come with a ton of bloat-ware? (Not really a problem for me, but it would save some headaches if it was virtually bloat-less)
5. Can you rate the overall performance? (A vague question, so can you say what you use it for?)
6. Is there an upcoming update for the laptop? The X61T was release sometime last year, so I'm wondering on if I should hold of a month or so...

Thanks in advance!

 

1. I give it a 9.
2. I don't like touchpads and much prefer TrackPoint.
3. I haven't really used it outdoors so I can't really say.
4. I think it's enough bloat to warrant a clean or selective factory restore. Things like Norton trials for example.

As for a new model -- it's being replaced by the X200 Tablet in the fall. If you don't mind paying more, you could wait for that since it may have a LED screen, better chipset, etc.

 

Have you seen the ModBook? It's not cheap, but neither is the X61t.

To some degree the answers to all your questions will be subjective, except question six of course.

I think most people either prefer the pointstick or they don't. I personally don't. It's not horrible, but I just like the touchpad better.

Sadly, ThinkPads are coming with bloatware which they never did in the past. My R60 only had Google Desktop while the T61 I saw recently had quite a bit more. You can use Rescue and Recovery to do a custom install thereby ridding yourself of the bloatware.

 

Can you rate the tablet screen's responsiveness when writing on it? (0 = Horrible, 10 = Awesome)

I have model with 1400 x 1050 screen with touch only on pen not hands
I find the screen super sentive lot more responsive the other laptop i seen

Does the fact that the X61T not have a touchpad bother you?

Not at all the take little time get used the trackpoint but it work execly don,nt miss the touchpad at all

Is the screen brightness sufficient in an outdoor environment?

I find the screen good indoor not so great out door in direct sun it get realy washed out and you have to max the brighness on it

Do Lenovo machines come with a ton of bloat-ware? (Not really a problem for me, but it would save some headaches if it was virtually bloat-less)

I have to say out the box the my x61t came with alot process run 90 +

and it run more now they is alot process need for diffent feature of notebook such finger printer read system update software tablet pc display

I wound say Max the ram on it like i did cause they a ton stuff that need to be load on boot

Can you rate the overall performance? (A vague question, so can you say what you use it for?)

Surfing the net msn listening to stream audio :> virtual pc

mine is low volltage cpu i find it lag out do some stuff nothing to badly


Is there an upcoming update for the laptop? The X61T was release sometime last year, so I'm wondering on if I should hold of a month or so...

I always here people wait for next best thing is but then you don,nt get use the use stuff inbetween I say if you want stuff get why wait you cound wait for every for something new computer out

plus the x61t is already santa rose

x61t run great for what it is small compact laptop light and great battery life

4 to 5 hours

also Ibm customer services is great I had hard disk die phone them up they ship me hard disk and recovery disk no problem at all


Well that my opion of the x61T tablet

Being my fristed tablet pc I realy have say am imipressed with it

I mean i used other tablet pc but never own one before

 

I looked at the ModBook... but the problem with it is that it's a slate-style tablet and therefore doesn't have a keyboard. I plan on wiping the factory install of the OS on it with the Rescue and Recovery, as several people have suggested.

Thanks for the info! What size battery do you have in yours, the 8-cell or 4-cell? If the X61T can get 4 hours on using the 4-cell battery, then that would be awesome.

 

I always wondered about the L7500 and how it compares to the T7X00 series. Is it still a good processor? I could never find any wprime or other cpu benchmarks comparing the two. I kind of wanted a X61t but the processor kinda put me off since I do need a lot of processing power for my work.

 

I am looking at X61tablet too, but, I might wait for X200 tablet..That would be more attactive..on the other hands, it would be more expensive!

 

like the current one isn't already waaaay to expensive. HP has several tablet models. much cheaper.

 

I have the 8 cell battery if you want i can run wprime for ya

just tell me winch one you want ran but i can,nt help you on comparsion unless you have reslut of of the other one

if you like see windows vista wei score it not that bad


cpu = 4.7
ram = 4.8 runing 4 gig ddr 800

graphic = 3.8 winch is not that bad for buiness machine
game graphics 3.5
hard disk 5.4 but i upgrade the hard disk to 200 gig 7200 rpm



the specs on the hp and dell tablet don,nt seem to compare that well from what i see