T61 vs T60 Price comparison

T61:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz 800MHz 4MBL2)
Genuine Windows Vista Business 64
14.1 WXGA+ TFT, w/o Camera
Intel GMA X3100 GM965 w/ 1394
UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) with Fingerprint Reader
2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
100GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
Intel Turbo Memory 1GB
DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, Ultrabay Slim
Integrated Bluetooth PAN
PC Card Slot & Express Card Slot
ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter
6 cell Li-Ion Battery
1 Year Depot Warranty - Express
3 year depot 9x5 Next Business Day

Price: $1,510.95


T60:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7200 (2.0GHz, 4MB L2, 667MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista Business
14.1 SXGA+ TFT
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 64MB
2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
Integrated fingerprint reader
100GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, Ultrabay Slim
ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter
6 cell Li-Ion Battery
1 Year Limited Warranty
3 year depot 9x5 Next Business Day

Price: $1,666.75



The T61 is cheaper and I added some options that weren't available on the
t60. Should I be jumping on this deal? The IBM logo comes off and the prices are cheaper. Maybe the quality is cheaper too?

 

It must be the screen, widescreen is more abundant and cheaper.

 

I'm thinking I should have waited. If it were me, and I had not ordered my computer yet, I'd chance the T61 without hesitating.

BTW: how come the memory is not running at 800mhz?

 

800Mhz RAM is expensive and rare. There was no point on making 800Mhz RAM if there was nothing that could take advantage of it until now.

 

I don't think it's the screen either...I guess these santa rosa platforms are just cheaper. I configured a z61t with basically the same specs as above and that was like $100 more.

 

I just configured one T61 with almost the same specs as my T60, the price was just around $50 more. But turbo memory and web cam were included.

T61 seems even sweeter now. Will Lenovo give it a price increase on their 15'' T61?

 

T60 $1,333

2613CTO LENOVO THINKPAD T60 2613 - NO CPU
42R9190 VBB NO INT.WIFI WL 3RD ANTENNA
62P6054 VBB INTEGR.BLUETOOTH PAN
42R9315 SBB INTEL CORE 2DUO PROC T7200
62P4918 VBB MICROSOFT WINXP HOME
42R9281 SBB MS WINXP HOME US ENGLISH
42R9420 SBB 14.1/SXGA+ TFT
42R9322 SBB ATIRADEON X1400 128MB
41W2060 VBB 1GB PC2-5300 667MHZ 1DIMM
39T6476 SBB KEYBOARD US ENGLISH
41W1610 SBB ULTRANAV (TRACKPNT&TOUCHPA
41W5780 SBB 100GB HDD 7200RPM
41W5783 SBB DVD REC 8X DUAL LAYER UB
41W1501 SBB INTELPRO/WL3945ABGUSCNLAAP
39T6651 SBB 9 CELL LI-ION BATTERY
39T6442 SBB COUNTRY PACK NORTH AMERICA
27R1769 SBB PSTN CABLE
42R9212 SBB LANG.PACK US ENGLISH
41W1592 SBB PACKAGING US
27R1540 SBB ATI LABEL
39T6440 SBB 56K V.92 DESIGNED MODEM
41W1711 SBB CLEAR PLATE T60 WLAN+BT
41W1721 SBB FCC LABEL
41W1749 SBB GEO LABEL US WLAN BT
41W1774 SBB LOGO PLATE
41W2079 SBB INTEL LBL DUALC./CENTRINO
41W2083 SBB MS LBL INTELDUALC/CENTRINO
41W1738 SBB MT 2613 SYSTEM LABEL
42V7973 SBB MS LABEL (VISTA BASIC)
41W2071 SBB 1GB PC2-5300 667MHZ MEM.


T61 $1329

Processor: Intel� Core" 2 Duo T7100 (1.8GHz 800MHz 2MBL2)
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
Operating System Language: Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium - US English
Display type: 14.1 WXGA TFT, w/o Camera
System graphics: nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Total memory: 1 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (1DIMM) Keyboard: Keyboard US English �
Pointing device: UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad)
Hard drive: 100GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
Optical device: DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, Ultrabay Slim
System expansion slots: PC Card Slot & Express Card Slot
Wireless card: Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth PAN
Battery: 7 cell Li-Ion Battery
Power cord: Country Pack North America
Modem cable (RJ-11): PSTN cable
Language Pack: Language Pack US English

What to do?!?!?!? Cancel and go T61 or stick it out with the T60, can anyone compare the x1400 with the nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M

 

I think the deals are just real good right now...Free upgrade on the screens.(wxga to wxga+) 50% off upgrades on ram. It's not extra for the fingerprint reader. I configured mine through a student discount, and if i'm not mistaken I can get another 5% off through fatwallet. I'm actually waiting for a lenovo sales rep to call me back with some questions I asked him, but I might make this buy later on today. One thing he did say was that they wouldn't even start producing these for another 3 to 4 weeks so I might not get if for a while.

 

I compared the T61 vs my T60 purchase which I saved $633 and the T61 is slightly cheaper vs T60 i'm getting because I ordered the 15.4" WSXGA+ screen which is very important to me. I have a 14.1" Dell and I like the larger screen size.

To a previous post the ATi X1400 128 meg video card should offer better performance in games because if i'm not mistaken the nVidia Quadro is similar to the new integrated Intel graphics. They are both intregrated and use shared memory. The only advantage is that they are DX10 ready but big deal really because it probably won't handle graphic intensive games.

So in the end I decided to stay with the T60 I have on order.

 

I think the nVidia Quadro should be a discrete card.

 

how do u access the student discount?

 

you just search "ibm education" in google
the link title i think is ibm-education

 

is there tax if u order from lenovo online in CA?

 

I noticed something today.
Earlier this morning, when T61 was just up and the Thinkpad Notebook picture on the right wasn't displaying, the price of the T61 was very cheap, around $1238.00 for a nicely configured system.
However, now when I reconfigure with the same specs, the price is now $1318.00. I also noticed that the $1238.00 price for specs was placed on the R61 models.

It seemed when they setup the sales, apparently they mixed the pricing between the T61 and R61.

 

Dell has that too; when they plaze new promotion, the older are applies at the same time. (Only for a hour or something.)