Review: Lenvro Thinkpad T61p

A heavy weight, this notebook is probably one of the more expensive notebooks i have seen so far. At 2.8kg, this 15.4" Lenovo T61p is all about size. Power this pictured model is the Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 @ 2.1Ghz. It has 1x1GB DDR2-667 (got another spare slot) and 160Gb hard disk. Its graphics card is the 256MB Nvidia Quadro FX570M. It is one of the models equipped with the Intel 4965 802.11a/g/n wireless adapter.

A DVD+-RW DL optical drive provides the user to record up to 8GB worth of data onto a single piece of DVD DL disc. For expansion, it has VGA out, 3 USB ports, bluetooth and a express card slot. For its price of nearly S$3,300, this overpriced notebook simply does not cut as it does not even have a webcam or firewire slot. Lenovo Thinkpad are known to be very reliable and rugged and this model continued the internal roll cage design. It does have a TPM chip and fingerprint reader. However unless your domain allows/uses biometric, the fingerprint is as good as useless. It was supposed to provide easier access to notebook without the usual username/password combo used in others. For a standalone, it will work great.

It comes with Vista business with option to downgrade to XP pro. It's thinkpad vantage software is one of the best i used so far with the ability to create specific network profile when moving between offices, home and public area. Standard warranty is 3 years labour/parts international. With the dedicated graphics and memory, its vista point is at 4. The keyboard is well spaced and like all lenovo thinkpads, comes with a trackpad and dualpoint mouse

There are better models are there and cheaper on the wallet too. But if you are a IBM thinkpad die heart with lots of $ to spare, you cannot go wrong with this model.