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    Yay, my r61 is here!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by pinkwabbit, Mar 7, 2008.

  1. pinkwabbit

    pinkwabbit Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wow, I woke up this morning to the sound of the doorbell ringing and it was the Thinkpad! UPS was blazing fast, it left Anchorage, Alaska around 1:30 or 2 am and at 9:00 am, it was in my hands (I live on the very East Cost, btw). Total time it took to get here from Hong Kong was three days (I paid nothing for shipping).

    I opened the box, and My God, what a beautiful machine :)
    I am just blown away by Lenovo's attention to detail, their amazingly small and powerful machine. Build quality is amazing, nothing feels cheap or wobbly. Everything is exactly as I ordered (as well it should).

    As someone coming from a Dell Inspiron 1150, the R61 is just light years ahead in terms of weight (7.3 lbs vs <5.5), speed (Pentium 4 2.8ghz factory underclocked to 1.6ghz vs T8100 2.1 ghz dual core).

    I am like a child on Christmas morning, this is so great.

    Specs:

    14" WXGA+
    T8100
    2gb ram
    120gb hard drive
    vista basic
    x3100 integrated graphics
    4 cell battery
    dvd burner

    I am now sold on Thinkpads for life.
     
    pinkwabbit, Mar 7, 2008
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    Congrats, my T61p arrived on Wednesday, also in 3 days from time of ordering, UPS is really fast at shipping from Asia.
     
    Novastinger, Mar 7, 2008
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    gamemint Notebook Evangelist

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    COngrats and enjoy it
     
    gamemint, Mar 7, 2008
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    Xirurg ORLY???

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    3rd congratulation from me,enjoy your new toy...eee...notebook!
     
    Xirurg, Mar 7, 2008
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    Thanks everybody! :)
     
    pinkwabbit, Mar 7, 2008
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    Grats! What do you plan on using it for?
     
    TRHeck3, Mar 7, 2008
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    I am going to use it for schoolwork mostly and maybe some programming.
     
    pinkwabbit, Mar 7, 2008
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Soooo sick! :D
     
    pixelot, Mar 7, 2008
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    SpacemanSpiff Everything in Moderation

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    Yeah, I was truly amazed at the build quality of my Thinkpad. Other notebooks (well, maybe not all other notebooks) feel like junk in comparison.

    Congratulations.
     
    SpacemanSpiff, Mar 7, 2008
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