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Sorry for the delay on this assessment, but I wanted to put the T60 Widescreen into action before offering up commentary.
Specs: (wsxga / t7200 / 1gb ram / gma 950 / cd-rw / fingerprint reader)
First thing is first. The build of the machine is first class. This is my first Lenovo/IBM; I've been working on a Toshiba s120 for 4 years, so you might see that I've overwhelmed a bit. I can pick up the laptop from any edge and any corner, and do not hear the slightest crack or stretch of plastic. The screen flips up and down with adequate pressure, and when fully closed, the machine is easily picked up with one hand. Also, I do not have to worry about pinching the screen against the keyboard anymore due to the strong build.
The keyboard was surprisingly plain and simple, which I think reveals the true beauty behind the design. There are no quirky keys or buttons, other than the ThinkVantage, and all keys are easily reachabe and strikable from the conventional resting position. I'm also noticing that I can hit a few numbers on the top row without looking now, just a few though.
Screen quality. I have to be honest, I couldn't see the 1680 by 1050 very well. I'm 28 years old and was squinting; I may have to 'try' and get used to it because you have a wealth of screen to throw any window upon. On the other hand, I am currently comfortably writing at the 1280 by 800. The screen is bright enough for me. I work at least 6 hours a day on this laptop, and I think a brighter screen would become painful to my eyes. Everyone, I feel, has a level of brightness to which they become accustomed, and Lenovo got this right. I'm sure the ips flexscreen is golden, but I couldn't ask for anything else now.
The job. I'm an IT Consultant that abuses laptops as IT Consultants can. I immediately installed Virtual PC and VMWARE to run some Virtual Machines. Wow! I ran XP Pro alongside Enterprise Server 2003 without a hiccup anywhere along the way. The XP Pro Virtual Machine will operate Microsoft Office 2007 as quickly as my host XP Pro machine; there is no noticable difference! Now I'm not going to be editing Adobe Premiere files in a virtual environment, but as any consultant can tell you, running virtual machines can be the most strenuous test on a laptop, much less a server. This little T60 rolled on through.
Having said that, I did purposely disable all startup programs, registry entries in the RUN key, and did disable system restore. I like to run my machines as clean as possible. When I want to lauch any feature of ThinkVantage, I will launch it manually. Disabling the forementioned startup programs will free up a significant amount of RAM. For example, out of the box, I was running 75 processes. I am currently running 52 with 2 remote desktop sessions open, Outlook 2007 open, along with the command prompt, and this thread. A few of the ThinkVantage programs that are a must have are the ThinkVantage Password Manager and the Access Control, as well as the Fingerprint Scanner. I've already saved loads of time 'not having' to enter passwords to log in to my machine, or enter passwords for CRM sites, SharePoint Sites, MSDN sites, my GMAIL account, and so on. Also, with the fingerprint security feature, I do not have to worry about someone snaking my password.
The T60 runs cool, and I rarely hear the fan. It is on some of the time, but it must be extremely quiet for you to hear it. The eraser pointer device will take some getting used to, if ever. Yet it is nice to know that it is available.
All in all; a wonderful purchase. And if productivity is what you are looking for, this machine is a shoe in.
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I have one on the way. 3 - 4 week estimated delivery time
. Great to hear you had a good experience though.
T60 wsxga assessment
Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by drew t, Jan 3, 2007.
