Old news, blues, and reviews on my new T61p

Quick Overview:
As my first Lenovo laptop, I have to say that this bad boy is built like a tank, a tad heavier, but it gives me that 'feeling of security' so I can put my mitts all over it without any hesitation. Yeah, it's loaded with junk - 87 processes when I turned it on. Definately a clean insta..

The battery came at 60% charged so that was helpful.

Upgrade Ya!:
The RAM install was a bit too easy.

Upgrade Blues:
It came with Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit and I'm moving up to 64-bit. The clean install is a lot of damn work. Downloading all of those drivers is time consuming. Installing VISTA took less time.

Now its' time to install some apps.

More to come.

 

Update:
Most of the driver's are installing fine except for the Bluetooth. I followed the guide and installed the Lenovo Connections Software but I cannot get it to install. When I hit the F5 plus Fn, nothing happens. I also noticed that I don't get any on screen prompts from the various Fn+key combinations, but the others work (sleep, brightness, and lock).

Any ideas?

 

Check to make sure that you have the Lenovo System Interface Driver installed..

This is why I install the Thinkvantage System Update software, that some people choose to leave out of a clean install. It provides an easy way to check through which software tools you might need to add to get some of the functionality of the factory install.

 

I'll try that. I did notice that when I go to the Device Manager I don't see anything with an exclamation next to it. I wonder if they even installed it.

Frak!

 

How do you like the screen and the resolution?

 

I what people mean when they say the screen looks grainy. The resolution is great.

Anyone know where and what to look for when I crack the bad boy open to see if there is a Bluetooth module?

Thanks.

 

Why do you want to crack it open just to look for a bluetooth module? Just turn it on.

 

Say what?

 

Ha! Yeah, I have no idea what the frak I was talking about. Let me try again. what I was trying to say before my fingers though a coup was that I can related to others that have posted in regard to the screen being grainy. From laptop to laptop its not that bad unless you're coming from a super-liqui-uber gloss monitor. I've had Tablet PC's in the past so the screen is always a bit marred by low screen resolution and hella fingerprints on the digitizer.

No success on the Bluetooth issue.