T61p To be released July 10th

Thats what the sales guy said.

 

Which year?

 

obviously 2008

 

Bull. My Lenovo guy says this week. My army of Lenovo talking heads is bigger than yours!

 

Well, if the sales guy said it, it HAS to be true....

 

but why they delay orders so much?!

 

Wrong thread.

 

lol i give up...letz rush lenovo like zombies so they cant take anymore t61 orders..eh views?(werent you the one who had a surprize 4th option? lol)

 

Yup. I still like that option too.

 

just talked to another guy said by the end of next week!

 

oh yeah? my army of teletubbies says it comes out july 2009!

lenovo- we hate you. bring out the t61p already, cuz the t61 suuuucks! =)

 

the sales guys dont know what they are talking about, because they too are often misled, which in turn, misleads the customer. i doubt lenovo would leak this kinda info to a sales techie

for the t61p i heard dates from june 4, 5,6 9,11.... god knows when it will come out

ask 3 different techies, and u will get 3 different dates.... its a shame

 

I predict the 14th

 

Why don't you like the t61? Historically the p models have not been all that different, they just include a workstation graphics card and that's about the only difference. If you don't like the t61 now, unless it's the graphics card option holding you back, then you aren't likely to like the t61p.

 

This is true. Let's do this carefully. Alleged dates:

4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 14

Let's apply a transformation to simplify the calculations:

1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11

This is like a modified Fibonacci sequence (don't think too hard; just trust me). I predict the next date will be... 41 - which, surprise surprise, is July 11.

How good am I? I swear I didn't just read the previous posts, make up some half-ass formula, and come up with the new posted date.

 

wow, u need to spend more time on.... life lol

 

lol i think we all do...this waiting and guessing is getting to the point of stupidity..im losing IQ by the hour...or minute

 

Ugh, I swear the orange juice I just drank was laced...

 

doesnt lenovo realize that they suck? lol

 

apparently not!!!

 

That's exactly it, a nerfed graphics card. Getting a nerfed graphics card is like getting a Supra Twin Turbo, without the turbos. Or like getting a Nissan Skyline GT-R Vspec2, without the GT-R Vspec2.

IMO they shouldn't make computers with nerfed graphics cards. Then you're basically buying something that could have been truly great, but you were too cheap to spend the extra 150.00 to get the extraordinary. Its a distinction that sets the Connoisseurs from the proletariat. From the ones who recognize true value, to the ones that will buy a Hyundai, and say its an Accord or Camry.

If I wanted to be cheap and just slightly above average, I woulda bought a Dell.

I want the video card, 4gb, and the 64bit 20% performance increase.

1 1 2 3 5 8 13 24 37.

I've never seen 37 of ANYthing in nature.

 

Stop talking out of your ass. "Connoisseurs from the proletariat" wtf? It's not even the right comparison. It would be "bourgeois from the proletariat". Either way proletariat is not suppose to be a demeaning term the way you use it.

I can't figure out whether you're bashing anything but lenovo or anything that has a crappy graphics card.

About the graphics card, I'll give the very obvious response: Some people don't need a powerful graphics card. To use your analogy that would be like my grandma (who only uses her car driving to the store) buying a Supra Twin Turbo. In other words it would be stupid and a waste of money.

Secondly I agree there is a distinction between people who care about the quality of their laptop and those who don't. I think most of who are on this board fall into the former. I don't disagree but you sound like an elitist.

Anyway I think the biggest hope is that random site someone posted that showed ETA for the T61p to be the 14th. But that's not really solid either. That site could have just been pulling dates out of their ass. Why would that site know and Lenovo reps not know?

 

Probably because some sales rep at Lenovo pulled a date out of thin air and told them that... seems to be the routine.

 

I don't know what reps people have talked to in the past, but both of the reps I talked to (today and yesterday) said they didn't know. I bet the reps get a kick out of telling people incorrect dates.

Rep #1: Haha dude I just told some customer the T61p was coming out June 12th.
Rep #2: ROFL
Rep #1: Ya the dumb customers will believe anything you tell them!
Rep #2: Dude try telling them that it'll come out in july 2012 see what happens!

 

What's the random site?

 

Not random, norwegian.

http://www.pc-express.no/CBC.aspx?q=c:100764

ETA doesn't mean much though.

 

Ya that's the site.

 

Oh, I thought maybe somebody found a US site. I've already seen that.

 

as mentioned before, is it worth all the hassle, the only difference is the gfx card right?

how long do you think the current sale on the lenovo site will be hanging around for?

you think that the prices may stay the same after the rls of the t61p? as noone can confirm pricing as yet, id rather get in now whilst the sale is on, then find out i cant afford the P edition and end up having to pay more for the T61

ah the dilemma

 

Some of us just want dedicated video in a 15". For some people like myself a dedicated video card is worth waiting for. If that or the T61p doesn't get released this week I'm going to call HP and ask when their new business notebooks are going to be released. They look pretty nice.

 

Today is promising for a release. I guess we'll see in a few hours.

 

boo!

Did anyone else get really excited when they noticed that they changed the intro graphic and thinkpad graphic promo, and then get really sad when they noticed that that is the only new thing on the site...

*edit*
SCREW AT&T

 

Rep #3: Heck, guys! Tell them that it came out 3 hours ago. That'll drive them nuts searching for it online! Imagine the guy thinking "but the rep told me it was out, why can't I find it?"

 

Maybe we sould start a game: Everybody has to guess a date and time and whoever is closest wins ... uhm ... honor?!

 

I contacted lenovo because I am on the verge of bailing on a thinkpad and going with the updated macbook pro. The guy was very helpful; sent out numerous emails to people he thought were in the know and then called me back. He said it may show up on the website at any time but it is unlikely that it will be ready for shipping until July 10th.

 

anytime meaning when typhoon?

 

Are they playing games with us?
Why is it such a secret?

 

Eskimo,

Anytime means anytime. It is quite evident that the lenovo sales team is not well informed. I am actually beginning to believe the beginning of production being around July10th as it is still a month away and the T61 issues should be resolved.

 

He doesn't know when it's going to be released but he knew that production would start July 10th? How does that make sense?

 

Wow I just called HP and got someone in less than a minute. They said the HP 8510p will be released monday if anyone is tired of waiting for the T61p.

 

that sounds good, but the 8510p doesn't have an ExpressCard slot which is a drawback in my opinion.

 

for goodness sakes folks, it is not a difficult concept. They are going to release the specs before production of the machines actually begin. Or put another way, you should see a T61p option on the lenovo web site at some time in the near future (your guess is as good as mine). Should you choose this option it will likely say that shipping is something like 4 to 6 weeks away.

At this point, we really can't believe the lenovo sales team because they do not seem to have the needed information. I am willing to bet that if you want the T61p, it will not hit your doorstep before August 1st.

 

I guess we'll see when it gets released.

 

I just spoke with a sales rep who actually seemed to know what she was talking about, and she said the expected release date for the T61p is June 26th. She said initially it will be available with 14" 4:3 SXGA/SXGA+ or 15.4" WSXGA/WSXGA+. WUXGA will not be available until July 10th.

 

I am with you xnviews, we just have to wait and see.

 

June 26th.....

well that makes it official......i think we have every day of the month covered for a release date which came straight out of the mouth of a lenovo CSR.....LOL

 

I bet if you call again, the next rep will give a completely different info.
Simply ridiculous.

 

Id say letz call the owner of lenovo..maybe he would know...but i doubt it

 

Everyone should call in tomorrow and post what dates the reps give them.

 

lol..sounds like its time to go gambling or somethin...