T61 Arrived! Comments and Review coming soon!

The order I placed from 6/7 arrived this evening... Im just getting around to opening it up now. I will provide comments and maybe a mini-review once Im all set up... especially on the display as most people seem to be curious about that. My config is as follows:

42V8191 INTEL CORE 2 DUO PRCESST7500
42V8012 SBB MS WIN VISTA HOME BASIC
42V9597 SBB MSWIN VHB32 US ENGLISH
42X1671 SBB 14.2"WXGA+TFT,W/ CAMERA
42X0906 NVIDIA QUADRO NVS 140M
41W2060 VBB 1GB PC2-5300 667MHZ 1DIMM
42V8195 SBB KEYBOARD US ENGLISH
42V9329 SBB UN(TRACKPOINT+TCHPD)
42V8705 SBB 100 GB HDD,7200RPM
42V8193 SBB INTEL TURBO MEMORY 1GB
42V8715 SBB DVDREC8XMAXDUALLAY,UBAYSLM
42X0903 SBB PC CARDSLOT ME CARDSLOT
42V8177 SBB INT.WIRE.WIFI/LINK4965AGN
62P6054 VBB INTEGR.BLUETOOTH PAN
42V9337 SBB 4 CELL LI-ION BATERRY
39T6442 SBB COUNTRY PACK NORTH AMERICA
27R1769 SBB PSTN CABLE
42V9391 SBB LANG.PACK US ENGLISH
42V9428 SBB PACKAGING US
42V9650 SBB 14.1WXGA+W/OWWAN,W/CABT11N
39T6440 SBB 56K V.92 DESIGNED MODEM
42V8646 SBB CL.PLATE T61WLANANDBLTOOTH
42V9665 SBB FCC, LABEL
42V9667 SBB GEO LABEL US, WLAN,BT
41W2300 SBB LOGO PLATE
42V9631 SBB INT WLAN ANT 14.1" 11ABGN
42V9658 SBB MT 7662 SYSTEM LABEL
42X0929 SBB MECH MISC PARTS
42V7973 SBB MS LABEL (VISTA BASIC)
42X1232 SBB NEWINTELLAB_DUALCORE/CEPRO
42X0914 SBB NO SIM MODEL
42X1354 SBB PC CARD SLOT MEDIACARDSLOT
42V9634 SBB STAND LCD C/B
42X0915 SBB WLAN MISC PARTS
42X0912 SBB WWAN MISC PARTS
42X0922 SBB NVID QUADRO NVS XXXX W/AMT
42X1482 SBB BLUETOOTH W/ ANTENNA
42X1702 SBB BLUETOOTH SCREW
42V8063 SBB MS WAU ENGLISH NA-U MODELS
42V9341 SBB 2GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SODIMMs

 

Mine came too! except I got xp instead

HAIII FAAIIIVE!!

 

Wow, amazing, T61s are actually shipping. Why is it listed as having a 14.2" screen though I wonder. 14.1" I think is what that should be

 

Hows the weight of your configurations? Manageable to carry around?

 

The sudden influx of reports of T61s shipping is indeed comforting, in a way...but at the same time it's grandly frustrating that all of these people who ordered in the first and second week of June are getting theirs, and those of us who ordered in early and mid May are still being told August by the order status page (and in some cases, the reps)!

 

I ordered in June 7th, still waiting for the shipment.

 

Been using mine all day (got it this morning). Overall very impressed with it.

The BS about Lenovo making the thinkpad cheap now is not true, dont feed into rumours! Mine is perfect all around and all the parts are fit together perfectly.

Screen seems plenty bright and no sparkle affect on mine at least. Bit of backlight bleed on the bottom but it is minimal and overall the colors look great.

Only thing I am not liking right now is how slow it is, but that is because I am running Vista on 512mb of RAM! My 2gbs come next tuesday so then I can really report on the speed

It is VERY quiet and not warm at all except for a tiny bit on the right palm rest (where the HDD is). It runs cool and super quiet so in that department Lenovo did an awesome job. (BTW, mine is the intel graphics with Thinkpad Wifi).

Size is perfect IMO. Not to big not too small. Weight is good as well with just enough to make it feel solid.

Reinstall has been a chore with 512mb of memory since things take a long time to install, but I am now finished with all the drivers and such and all is running well and quicker than the default load.

I will try to get some good pics up soon for all to see as I know when I was waiting I really wanted to see some more pictures!

 

Yes, pics would be great!

 

Congratulations, you're making me jealous to get a T61.lol, jk.

I'm waiting for the T61P.

I want to see the T61 from a customer's view. So as of what others say, yes, I agree, Pictures would be nice!

 

pics galore... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLAMTRJk1Hg and http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/maddmaddworld/?action=view&current=1181609501.pbw

 

The memory upgrade for 2gb was only 60 bucks.. (at least when i ordered) pictures would be great !

Hows the viewing angle on this ? is there a lot of color shift with a tiny movement of the head ? (that's why i returned a t60P)


Thanks.

 

You took better pics than lenovo.... kudos...

 

Which batt. do you own ? 4/6/7 cells ?
How long can it keep your T61 running ?

 

Its not TOO bad really. Laptops always will be not the greatest but the T61 does a decent job IMO. The colors are also very good...out of the box it is pretty close to my corrected monitor.

I have the 7 Cell and was on battery for about 2.5 hours tonight. By the end of 2.5 hours or so it was sitting at a supposed 3% left and only 2 minutes to go. I then set it on the counter and have been watching it still at 3% but bounce between 2 and 8 minutes for the last half hour. I am now running the battery gauge reset because I think the gauge is just inaccurate right now right out of the box.

BTW, I was running with Wifi on, about half screen brightness, and tons of HDD and Processor action (I was reinstalling drivers and a bunch of programs).

 

Nice Vid! Great soundtrack!

 

Congrrats on receiving your system!

Do you plan on running any games on that system?

I'm interested in seeing some actual performance #'s instead of benchmarks

 

I have a 7 cell batt w/ nvidia, and mine ran for about 3hr 10 min

 

what was your estimated ship date?

 

!!! I see an IBM sticker!!! Did you replace the Thinkpad sticker or did it come this way?

 

The music in the youtube video was fitting:

" I drive the very latest hover car,
I don't know where you are - but I miss you so much till then,
I met someone who looks alot like youm
She does the things you do, but she is an IBM

She's only programmed to be very nice,
But she's as cold as ice, whenever I get to near,
She tells me that she likes me very much,
But when I try to touch, she makes it all to clear.

She is the latest in technology,
Almost mythology, but she has a heart of stone,
She has an IQ of 1,001,
She has a jump suit on, and she's also a telephone."

 

The models not ordered through business bulk orders still come with the IBM logo.

 

So...if I custom-configure an X61 tablet, it will come with the IBM logo? =D

 

is it really as thick as people say it is? at least in pictures it does not look as thick as past T series models.

 

The video and pics I posted are not mine. If you wan the person that took them to hear you comments... I found them here... http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=44235

 

You are not so unlucky. I ordered in June 1st, now nothings happens.

 

To me it seems pretty thin.

 

It is, see the dimensions from NBR review:

 

Still it is not bad at all, much thinner than most of my prior laptops and ones I work on

 

I got my yesterday and compared to my sisters inspiron 1100..this thing is like a pancake..perfectly thin enough for me

 

pancake!
LOL

ps. i should have mine early next week

 

Compared to my sisters Inspiron 1100...take off the screen completely on it and ull just about get thickness of the T61 with screen ...id review it right now but i dont feel like...any questions for me?..i got it right in front of meh(actually im on it but shhh..you didnt hear me say that)

 

Some pictures I took of mine

No Idea why it says Vista Basic as supposedly the intel integrated can still run aero (currenty not running aero but probably because I have 512mb of RAM and vista is struggling to run as it is )





Heat is well controlled and very cool:

Right Palm Rest (usually hotter than left, but with no HDD access for awhile it is cooler by a few degrees)


Left Palm rest:


Hottest place I could find (where the CPU is on the under side):

 

Looks very nice. I like the clean cut look.

 

Why doesnt your CPU sticker say Centrino Duo likes its supposed to?

 

It depends on what components that you select whether you get the Centrino Pro sticker....have you ever tried to configure a laptop on the HP website...the incorrect sticker for your components can prevent you from placing an order!!

 

which cpu did he choose?

 

I think the Vista sticker is whatever your laptop shipped with and not what it's actually capable of. Is Vista Home Basic what you got on yours?

 

Centrino is not the processor, it is the combination of processor, chipset, and wireless card. To qualify for Centrino all have to be made by Intel and of a certain lineup.

Now, on mine I choose the Thinkpad Wifi Card, this means it is not the Centrino Setup (since no intel wifi) and thus I get the Core 2 Duo sticker. Same processor, same chipset, but Thinkpad vs. Intel Wifi.

True but I did not get home basic, I got home premium which can support aero. I think the other guy got the standard vista sticker since he had the nvidia card. When I get more memory I will have to see if the intel integrated does run aero...although it should since intel said it does....

 

I hear that Vista Basic DOES have aero skin, sort of.
All you need to do is edit two registry entries:

Navigate to the key Hkey_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ DWM \ and change the value of the entry Composition to 1 and the value of CompositionPolicy to 2

 

So when would it say Duo and when would it say Pro?

 

Ya, but I dont have Basic I just have the basic sticker

 

Duo are consumer laptops, Pro are the business grade ones and have a few extra security and management features in them for business use (such as AMT)

Duo:
http://www.intel.com/products/centrino/duo/index.htm

Pro:
http://www.intel.com/business/centrinopro/index.htm


Both can use the same processor.

 

How are the speakers? Are they loud enough? Sound quality? I read somewhere some Thinkpads speakers can barely be heard.

 

Actually not too bad. Obviously not going to be the best quality, but they get pretty loud and are not overly crackly.

I was watching some TV on mine (with a external tv tuner) and I was sitting about 4 feet away and could hear the audio clearly without having to crank it all the way to its max.

 

The screen, at lowest brightness, is still bright enough to see. The speakers are pretty good too. I tried working with the max batt savings, lowest brightness, muted, and I got up to 3hrs and 40 min on that bad boy

 

both of your links are to the same page.

 

Sorry, the one did not copy correctly. Here is the correct page for Pro: http://www.intel.com/business/centrinopro/index.htm

 

is anyone seeing if the turbo memory was worth getting? any diff?

 

For now it's broken and looks like a gimmick.
BTW, HP and Sony have refused to include it in their product line.

 

it's broken?? Meaning useless??