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    R60 - What's it worth?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by millermagic, Mar 20, 2012.

  1. millermagic

    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    I may have an option to pick up a Thinkpad R60 that someone is getting rid of because it's slow and old. Trying to figure out what would be a good offer.

    I'm trying to decide if I want to fix and sell, fix and gift or fix and keep for myself

    Here's the specs from what I can tell:
    T2300
    1GB RAM
    Vista Home Premium
    80GB HD

    The battery on it is currently dead and does not work.
     
    millermagic, Mar 20, 2012
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  2. lead_org

    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    around 50 to 100 dollars depending on condition, and what of LCD it has, i.e. 14.1 inch or 15 inch IPS.
     
    lead_org, Mar 20, 2012
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  3. millermagic

    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    It's a 16:10 I believe ... were the R60s available in a 16:10?
     
    millermagic, Mar 20, 2012
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    formerglory Notebook Evangelist

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    You may be able to upgrade the CPU to a Core 2 Duo, either a T7200, T7400, or a T7600. The 7200 is the best value (2.0 GHz) and you can get them off of eBay for around $30-35 (OEM part, not QS/ES).

    Max RAM on those things is probably 2GB. The system is similar to a Z61t & Mac mini I fixed up, both had T2500 CPUs. I upgraded them to T7200 CPUs and maxed the RAM at 2GB.
     
    formerglory, Mar 20, 2012
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  5. ibmthink

    ibmthink Notebookcheck Deity

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    No, there were no R60s with widescreen.
     
    ibmthink, Mar 20, 2012
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    turqoisegirl08 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi OP. I have an R60 and my max ram is 3gb. I'd say the bottleneck in the system you are looking at is the OS combined with the RAM. The hard drive, CPU, and perhaps loads of programs that the current owners have installed. It could be many things. I'm not sure how significant the gain will be with a T7200 but if you want a 64-bit system then the Core2Duo T7200 would be appropriate. If you do get the machine and you have an extra W7 or Linux do a clean install so the machine starts out somewhat fresh. Also get another stick of RAM.
     
    turqoisegirl08, Mar 20, 2012
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  7. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    My R60e is the fastest computer I have right now, though it is the oldest. For general usage, the performance bottleneck is almost always the hard drive. It runs Linux, which is much more light weight than Windows, making it seem the fastest. It's very snappy and boots in seven seconds as compared to around 20 on my Windows machines.
     
    ZaZ, Mar 21, 2012
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    Ookamo Notebook Guru

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    On a 64-bit OS? 3GB seems an odd limit; I'd think 4GB might be the max, but I don't have one.
     
    Ookamo, Mar 23, 2012
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    PatchySan Om Noms Kit Kat

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    Due to hardware limitations on the chipset, the R60 and T60 can only see up to 3GB RAM max regardless of OS type.
     
    PatchySan, Mar 23, 2012
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  10. turqoisegirl08

    turqoisegirl08 Notebook Evangelist

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    ^^^ Hearst is correct. The limit is 3gb on all variants of OS on T/R60 machines regardless of 32 or 64-bit OS builds. It is a hardware limitation. Knowing that would be a factor in my R60 I installed 2gb + 1gb sticks of RAM.
     
    turqoisegirl08, Mar 23, 2012
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  11. lead_org

    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    Some R60e with the Core Solo CPU (i think with GL940 chipset) can only handle 2 gigs of ram. i got one of these.
     
    lead_org, Mar 23, 2012
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