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    Core Duo ThinkPad R60, ThinkPad Z61m and Z61t Revealed

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Andrew Baxter, Mar 23, 2006.

  1. Andrew Baxter

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    College Bookstore websites listing laptops students can purchase for the 2006 - 2007 school year have revealed that the Lenovo ThinkPad R60, ThinkPad Z61m and ThinkPad Z61t Core Duo based notebooks should be arriving to us fairly soon.

    The University of Tennessee kindly lists the yet to be announced ThinkPad R60 with the following configuration:

    • Intel Core Duo T2400
    • 14" XGA display
    • 512MB RAM
    • 60GB HD
    • CDRW/DVD
    • Win XP Pro
    • Release Date: April/May
    • Price: $1,299

    The Thinkpad R60 will be the update to the existing R52. The R-series of ThinkPads is basically a budget version of the flagship T-series of ThinkPads which were recently refreshed to the T60.

    The Z60 widescreen series of ThinkPadswere releasedlast fall, although shipping was much delayed and theyhave only been available in any volume in the last couple of months. Nonetheless, the refresh of the Z60m (15.4" screen) and Z60t (14" screen) in the form of the Z61m and Z61t are on theUniversity of Tennessee bookstorewebsite and configurations are marked as follows:

    ThinkPad Z61m

    • Intel Core Duo T2500
    • 15.4" WXGA+ display
    • 1GB RAM
    • 100GB
    • DVD RW,
    • ATI X1400Graphics with 128MB
    • Fingerprint reader
    • Release Date: May 16th?
    • Price: $1,929

    ThinkPad Z61t

    • Intel Core Duo T2500
    • 14" WXGA display
    • 1GB RAM
    • 100GB,
    • DVD RW
    • Fingerprint Reader
    • Win XP Pro
    • Release Date: May 16th?
    • Price: $1,999

    According to forum member Asics who called the University of Tennessee bookstore to inquire about purchase, the representative indicated May 16th as the for sale and release date of the Z61m and it's almost certain the Z61t would be released about that date too.

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    Link to UT bookstore website: http://bookstore.asa.utk.edu/uccs/pdffiles/lenovo.pdf

    As further confirmation of the R60, the University of North Carolina Greensboro lists this notebook on their site as well.:

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    Link to UNC Greensboro website: http://its.uncg.edu/Laptop/About/

     
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    Andrew Baxter, Mar 23, 2006
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  2. unr1

    unr1 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm excited to see this new Z lineup launch
    widescreen and dual core :cool:
     
    unr1, Mar 24, 2006
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  3. monksorlo

    monksorlo Notebook Guru

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    u gotta be kidding me, the 14 wxga still doesn't have a discrete video card
    and weighs 6.2 pound
     
    monksorlo, Mar 24, 2006
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  4. ccbr01

    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    Hahahaha, it's very nice to see my school on top of the notebook news. Go rock top!!! :)
     
    ccbr01, Mar 24, 2006
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  5. jimmycrickets

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    Put a dang x1600 in there. My goodness.
     
    jimmycrickets, Mar 24, 2006
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  6. Andrew Baxter

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    the 6.2lbs weight is likely a typo/wrong because a lot of the other laptops on that list as such and can't possibly be such a weight.
     
    Andrew Baxter, Mar 24, 2006
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    Smith2688 Notebook Evangelist

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    Any speculation on when the Z61 series is coming out?

    I would like dual-core for college, if possible, but can't wing the price of a T60 (they don't get discounted much through the Education section at IBM).
     
    Smith2688, Mar 26, 2006
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