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    Z60m Rules!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by miguelius, Feb 17, 2006.

  1. miguelius

    miguelius Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'd say a resounding yes to the z60m! I just got mine after the long wait, and it's well worth the wait. (Ordered 12-5, sent 2-9, received 2-13.) Mine has the MaxBright screen, and it's so bright, I gotta wear shades. Seriously, when it's plugged in, I don't even need all of the brightness in home lighting. I usually take the brightness down a notch or two. The visibility angles are also very good, both vertically and horizontally.

    Mine is model no. 252902U from the Lenovo website, which has the MaxBright screen (WXGA, 1280 x 800), 740 Pentium M at 1.73 Mhz, 512MB of RAM (with extra 512MB to be added by the owner), 80 GB hard drive, ATI Mobility Radeon X300 with 64MB memory, DVD-RW/CD-RW. Price was $1399 plus $63 for the extra 512MB of memory.

    The keyboard lives up to IBM/Lenovo's reputation for a great keyboard, with excellent touch and a quality feel. The machine is solid, with the matte-finish titanium cover adding a very elegant touch (sorry, Thinkpad purists, but I think the titanium is an improvement over basic black, plus it makes the lid stouter). The combination of the deep cowling around the screen plus the titanium makes for a very rigid top with no flex.

    Although I have not done a precise test yet, the battery life with the stock 6 cell battery is impressive. I am seeing around 3.5 hours or maybe more with typical mixed use, e.g., websurfing, typing, and access to data on the CD/DVD drive. I thought the MaxBright might take a big toll on battery life, but it seems pretty darned good. Go Lenovo; Go Centrino!

    I will try to do a fuller review after I add my extra 512MB of memory and run a few tests, but for now, great job, Lenovo!
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    miguelius, Feb 17, 2006
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  2. dr_st

    dr_st Notebook Deity

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    The Z60m does seem like a kickass machine. Have fun with your new friend! :)
     
    dr_st, Feb 17, 2006
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  3. vkyr

    vkyr Notebook Consultant

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    The Z60m with the MaxBright screen is (no doubt here) the superstar among the new Thinkpad widescreen Z-series. It has a very good, contrast rich, bright/luminant widescreen TFT-panel and offers awesome battery runtimes. It's in many aspects the most powerful Thinkpad so far.

    I wished the Z60t series would be equally good in it's 14" widescreen domain, but the Z60t TFT-panel series suffers from dim and uneven light distributed screens. Further there are problems with Lenovos final inspection related to this lines assembling quality. All in all the Z60t would sure benefit from some reworking here.

    However, the Z60m series instead is really good and the MaxBright model is the best of all of them.
     
    vkyr, Feb 17, 2006
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