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    ThinkPad Z61m: business grade or consumer grade?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by blackthinkpad, Oct 16, 2010.

  1. blackthinkpad

    blackthinkpad Notebook Consultant

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    It has the metal hinges but the plastic feels flimsy and flexes when you press on it. Any idea?
     
    blackthinkpad, Oct 16, 2010
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    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    The Z-class is a business-grade Thinkpad. Which plastic parts are you talking about?
     
    MidnightSun, Oct 16, 2010
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    blackthinkpad Notebook Consultant

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    I'm talking about the lid.
     
    blackthinkpad, Oct 16, 2010
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  4. lead_org

    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    Z61m is a widescreen desktop replacement business grade machine... a cross between the T60 widescreen and R60. The lid for the case is either Titanium or Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic. It flexes a little bit, but not by much.
     
    lead_org, Oct 16, 2010
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    I was lucky enough to get to write the review for the Z61m. It was a tank as far as I could tell, but I only had it for a month or so.
     
    ZaZ, Oct 16, 2010
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    menos Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    It is a tank. I use a titanium lid version which once was left on a car roof (in an ordinary laptop bag).
    It fell down at 25mph and survived with only a scratch on a lid corner.
    I can say it was a business grade baptism
    Only an amber ThinkLight and a tank-like weight testify to its consumer grade roots...
    :wink:
     
    menos, Oct 18, 2010
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    Z61m is basically a widescreen desktop replacement laptop, there is nothing consumer about it.... everything about it, is well thought out and engineered. If you look at the consumer laptop range of those years, you would understand what i mean.
     
    lead_org, Oct 18, 2010
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