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    T61 Problems?: CTO vs. OTS

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by AbercrombieJMBoy, Oct 26, 2007.

  1. AbercrombieJMBoy

    AbercrombieJMBoy Notebook Enthusiast

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    There’s a theory that many of T61s having (non-driver related) problems are the CTO models. From the posts here, I get the feeling that the reliability can vary drastically between systems. I have an OTS (Off-The-Shelf/pre-configured) T61 with no issues, so I had to ask:

    Between the OTS & CTO owners, who’s had more problems?
     
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    braddd Notebook Deity

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    8891CTO here. No problems, running original factory install.
     
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    We have both CTO and OTS models here. I use an X61CTO and a T61OTS with no problems with either. I suspect perhaps the early adopters of turbo memory were CTO models? Kind of the dog chasing the tail on this one. I doubt if there is a drastic difference between the two other then my theory that CTO models are early adopters of new tech?
     
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