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It will be interesting to see how accurate that date estimate is... I ordered my T61 on 5/28 and the estimated date remained at 8/30 but it actually shipped on 6/24. So it took about 4 weeks.

Out for delivery kids!!! too bad I'm here at work and needs signature!!! ARRGH

Note to all the peeps waiting out of their gord for their laptops. If you miss the initial delivery, they will attempt the next day. DUH, but if you can't make it then either and want to pick it up from the distribution center you have to call Lenovo and have them call UPS to allow for the shipment to be picked up from there. just an FYI! \

You cannot go directly to the distribution center to pick up without notice! BASTIDS!

cshbc wrote:Out for delivery kids!!! too bad I'm here at work and needs signature!!! ARRGH

ordered my t61 tonight and....

my EST is 8/17!

please tell me theyd rather be safe than sorry!

I am new to the international shipping game. Is this typical or am I in for another long delay to get my T61?

LOUISVILLE, KY, US 06/27/2007 8:48 A.M. THE SHIPMENT IS BEING HELD BY BROKERAGE FOR REASONS BEYOND UPS' CONTROL;BROKERAGE RELEASED SHIPMENT. SHIPMENT IS SUBMITTED TO CLEARING AGENCY FOR FURTHER CLEARANCE

LOUISVILLE, KY, US 06/26/2007 3:17 P.M. THE SHIPMENT IS BEING HELD BY BROKERAGE FOR REASONS BEYOND UPS' CONTROL

GUANGZHOU, CN 06/25/2007 7:39 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

brrmax wrote:Is this typical or am I in for another long delay to get my T61?

It's typical.

Mine went through the Customs delay in Kentucky within hours... and I am now the proud holder of a brand-new T61!!! I am loving it thus far... I'm really glad I went with the 14.1", as even though its not a major drop from the 15.4" screens, the laptop is noticably smaller and slimmer.

And no problems what-so-ever with the off-center screen. In fact, I only remembered when I logged onto the forums... its a beautiful machine.

I hope the rest of you get yours today as well!

Ordered a sample T61 by phone on 6/13. Delivered 6/25.
15.4 WSXGA+, Intel Graphics, T7500, 2GB, 160GB, Intel Turbo, Bluetooth, Intel AGBN, DVD/RW, Vista Business.
Updated everything except Bios.

No problems so far running ordinary office applications.

Pascal_TTH wrote:I order a T60p fully loaded from Thinkpad World right now !

Intel Centrino Core Duo T2500 2.0GHz Processor
2GB RAM
100GB 7200rpm HD
14.1in SXGA+ 1400x1050 LCD
256MB ATI FireGL V5200
CDRW/DVDRW Dual Layer DVD Burner
Intel 802.11abg wireless
Verizon WWAN
Bluetooth/Modem
1Gb Ethernet
UltraNav
Secure chip
Fingerprint reader
9c Li-Ion batt
WinXP Pro

For US $1,449.00 + $149.00 shipping to europe. Here, this kind of laptop is out of price and nearly impossible to find. Now, I have to wait...

Yesterday, I recieved my T60p from Thinkpad World. There was an issue with first one, they offer an other one with nearly the same specifications. Laptop is a perfect brand new one. I phone IBM/Lenovo to know about warranty. Mine is coverted world wide until june 20 2010. No need to deal with mack warranty. The register my T60p in their data base. Two ours after my call, an other guy from IBM phones me to confirm warranty...

So I'am very glad ! I paid 1188 € for a brand new T60p with 3 year world wide warranty. Sure I will have to pay VAT later and perhaps some other import taxes but no more then 300 €. Less then 1500 €, it's the half of European price.

OK, here is the full story on my T61 order: T7500, 2GB mem, 100 GB 7200 HD, 14.1ws with camera, integrated graphics, 1GB turbo cache, D/L DVD, bluetooth, 7 cell battery.

1) ordered on May 28
2) received Lenovo email saying shipped June 23
3) UPS actually got it moving on June 25
4) at my house on June 28

So the build took about 4 weeks but shipping time was only 4 days. Verify impressed with the shipping and it was expedited by Lenovo as I only specified standard shipping.

Ordered my T61 on 5/24 and I was still waiting. After 3 missed shipping promises, I canceled my order today when I was told the computer wouldn't ship until the 3rd week in July.

I ordered a T60p on 6/25/07 for scheduled deliviery on 8/26. It shipped 5 days later and arrived on my doorstep 7/2. Looks good.
T60p, 15" SXGA+, 2 MHz, 2 meg ram, 100 gig 7200 drive, + all the connectivity & security options.

ordered 6/26
EST: 8/17
shipped 7/05

Ordered 6/4/2007:
T61, T7300, 100 GB, 1GB, 15.4 WSXGA+, Vista, DVD+RW, 7 cell

Original Estimated ship date: 6/28/2007
New online estimated ship date: 7/31/2007

Called Lenovo for a shipping update on 6/29/2007, 7/2/2007, and 7/3/2007 and the response was that it would be shipped late this week.

Called today (7/5/2007) and the response was it will be shipped around mid July.

I also complained that the computer is now cheaper than it was when I ordered it. They are going to credit me the difference.

This thing better be worth the wait.

I don't understand why there are shipping problems...because I ordered my laptop today (T60P) and I will get it tomorrow or max monday.

In Toronto(Canada), there a big distribution center...so no problem in Canada.

So, I live in Québec City..there is no problem at all for my concern.

sylvain wrote:I don't understand why there are shipping problems...because I ordered my laptop today (T60P) and I will get it tomorrow or max monday.

In Canada you cannot customize your thinkpad and only pre-configured systems (easily available) are there for you to choose, hence no shipping delays.

ryengineer wrote:In Canada you cannot customize your thinkpad

What do you mean with cannot customize in Canada ?

What other options can we choose if we are in Europe or in the US ?

sylvain wrote:What other options can we choose if we are in Europe or in the US ?

In only US, you can build your own Thinkpad notebook. Your choice(from a available list) of cpu, memory, hdd, optical drive, wireless card, bluetooth or no bluetooth, WWAN or turbo memory, battery, warranty etc etc....

These are called CTO (customize to order models).

You should visit lenovo US website to see how it works.

So I finally ordered my T61, which I'm planning on having as my main computer for the next 3 years (at least.) As such, I splurged a little bit . Unfortunately, it looks like I'll be waiting until late August to actually get my hands on the machine.

Specs/details are as follows:

Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz
Windows XP Pro
14.1 wxga screen w/ camera
Intel x3100 w/ firewire
2 x 1 GB Ram
Fingerprint reader
160 GB HDD
DVD R/W Dual-Layer burner
Intel 4965 Wireless (A/B/G/N)
7 Cell Battery
Bluetooth

I ordered the system on June 30th, and the estimated ship date is August 23rd. I'm hoping it will ship earlier than that because the 23rd is the day I have to be at college for orientation, but I guess I'll just have to play it by year.

hey guys, I ordered my T61 on July 3rd, the estimate ship date was July 20th. Today, July 7th, I got an email saying it shipped out via UPS!

1 7658CT CONFIGURED SYSTEM
7658CTO CTO THINKPAD T61 WITH INTEGRATED GRAPHICS 1 Y
42V8190 SBB INTEL CORE 2 DUO PRCESST7300
42V8010 VBB MS WIN VISTA BUSINESS
42V9533 SBB MSWIN VBUS32 US ENGLISH
42V9324 SBB 14.1WXGA +TFT,W/OCAM
42X0905 SBB INTELGMA960W/1394, SMARTCARD
41W2057 VBB 512MB PC2-5300 667MHZ1DIMM
42V8195 SBB KEYBOARD US ENGLISH
42V9330 SBB UN(TRACKPOINT+TCHPD)+ FING.R
42V8705 SBB 100 GB HDD,7200RPM
42V8715 SBB DVDREC8XMAXDUALLAY,UBAYSLM
42X0805 SBB PC CARDSLOT EX CARDSLOT
41W1685 SBB 11ABGWIFI WL LAN USEULAANZ
62P6054 VBB INTEGR.BLUETOOTH PAN
42V9339 SBB 7 CELL LI-ION BATERRY
41W1787 SBB CPK NORTH AMERICA
27R1769 SBB PSTN CABLE
42V9391 SBB LANG.PACK US ENGLISH
42V9428 SBB PACKAGING US
42V9646 SBB 14.1WXGA+W/OCAWWAN11N,W/BT
39T6440 SBB 56K V.92 DESIGNED MODEM
42V8646 SBB CL.PLATE T61WLANANDBLTOOTH
42V9665 SBB FCC, LABEL
42V9667 SBB GEO LABEL US, WLAN,BT
41W2300 SBB LOGO PLATE
42V9632 SBB INTEGRWWAN ANT:14.1" 11ABG
42X0920 SBB INTELGMA 960 W/1394,W/AMT
42V9651 SBB MT 7658 SYSTEM LABEL
42X0929 SBB MECH MISC PARTS
42V7973 SBB MS LABEL (VISTA BASIC)
42T7135 SBB INTEL LABEL CORE-2
42X0914 SBB NO SIM MODEL
42X1352 SBB PC CARDSLOT EXPRESCARDSLOT
42V9633 SBB STAND LCD C/B:14.1"W/O CAM
42X0915 SBB WLAN MISC PARTS
42X1482 SBB BLUETOOTH W/ ANTENNA
42X1702 SBB BLUETOOTH SCREW
42V8063 SBB MS WAU ENGLISH NA-U MODELS
42V9340 SBB 512MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SODIMM
41C9166 LENOVO THINKPLUS EXTENDED SERVICE AGREEMENT - 1 YEAR - ON-SITE

6465CTO CTO THINKPAD T61 WIDESCREEN-3Y
42V8191 INTEL CORE 2 DUO PRCESST7500
42V8010 VBB MS WIN VISTA BUSINESS
42V8504 SBB MS WIN VISTA BUSS.32 US EN
42V8287 SBB 15.4 WSXGA+ TFT
42X0817 SBB INT GMAX3100 GM965W/WWAN
41W2063 VBB 2GB PC2-5300 667MHZ 2DIMM
42V8195 SBB KEYBOARD US ENGLISH
42V8297 SBB UN(TRCKP TOUCHPAD)FINGERRE
42V8169 SBB 100GB HDD,7200RPM
42V8193 SBB INTEL TURBO MEMORY 1GB
42V8172 SBB DVD REC.8XMAXDUAL LAY UB-S
42X0805 SBB PC CARDSLOT EX CARDSLOT
42V8177 SBB INT.WIRE.WIFI/LINK4965AGN
62P6054 VBB INTEGR.BLUETOOTH PAN
39T6651 SBB 9 CELL LI-ION BATTERY
41W1787 SBB CPK NORTH AMERICA
27R1769 SBB PSTN CABLE
42V8339 SBB LPACK US ENGLISH
42V8063 SBB MS WAU ENGLISH NA-U MODELS
42X1232 SBB NEWINTELLAB_DUALCORE/CEPRO
42V9665 SBB FCC, LABEL
42X1482 SBB BLUETOOTH W/ ANTENNA
42X1483 SBB BLUETOOTH SCREW
42V8631 SBB 15WSXGAW/BTW/OWWANW/OUWB
39T6440 SBB 56K V.92 DESIGNED MODEM
42V8654 SBB CL.PLATE T61WLAN BLTOOTH
41W1749 SBB GEO LABEL US WLAN BT
41W2300 SBB LOGO PLATE
42V8607 SBB INT.WLAN ANTENNA 15.4"
42X0838 SBB INTEL GMA960W/WWAN,W/AMT
42X0884 SBB MT 6465 SYSTEM LABEL
42X0850 SBB MECH MISC PARTS
42V7972 SBB MS LABEL (VISTA PREMIUM)
42V8605 SBB NO INT.WWAN ANTENNA 15.4"R
42V8601 SBB NO UWB ANTENNA
42X0995 SBB PC CARD SLOT EXP.CARD SLOT
42V8612 SBB ST LCD COVER/BEZEL 15.4"
42V8300 SBB 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 667MHZ
42T6638 SBB PACK. US, 15.4"
41C9170 LENOVO THINKPLUS EXTENDED SERVICE AGREEMENT - 3 YEARS - PICK-UP AND RETURN

I had to cancel my first order that included WWAN card and added bluetooth/turbo memory. My est. shipping is earlier this time and should come 7/25/07. But, with all the talk about fast shipments coming recently I might have to post again on here on Monday...

ryengineer wrote: In only US, you can build your own Thinkpad notebook. Your choice(from a available list) of cpu, memory, hdd, optical drive, wireless card, bluetooth or no bluetooth, WWAN or turbo memory, battery, warranty etc etc....

These are called CTO (customize to order models).

You should visit lenovo US website to see how it works.

Ok, now I know what you mean

7662CTO - T61

Ordered July 5th.

Projected Ship Date: July 24th

Currently Enroute to Louisville, KY as of 8:46 this morning.

Looks like my "gift" battery just shipped today too.. The one nice thing about this whole situation is that I NEVER received the "gift e-mail", but I pushed and prodded my way to getting one!

I ordered a T61p today (July 11, 2007) it has an estimated ship date of July 24, 2007 ( hopefully it will ship on time ).

Here are the specs:


Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz 800MHz 4MBL2)
Genuine Windows Vista Business
15.4 WUXGA TFT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M (256MB)
2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad)
100GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo 24X/24X/24X/8X Max, Ultrabay Slim
Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
6 cell Li-Ion Battery


I would've liked ThinkPad wireless instead of Intel, but the ThinkPad wireless was only a/b/g (no n).

-- Danny

I ordered my T61p July 12th. It's estimated ship date is July 31st. I bet I have it in hand by then.

T61 arrived yesterday. Let me tell ya. I am very very impressed. This is a decent machine. Light, robust and powerful.

6 days from the day that I ordered to the day it was delivered.

Order today (07/16/2007) but
Est. Ship Date 09/06/07 .............

Why it takes so long time?.....


(7662CT ) CPU 2G /Ram 1Gb/1G turbo mem./ 14.1"WXGA+TFT,W/ CAMERA/NVIDIA QUADRO NVS 140M /Fing.R./BT/6Cell battery/Vista Ultimate.

merlin wrote:Order today (07/16/2007) but
Est. Ship Date 09/06/07 .............

Why it takes so long time?.....


(7662CT ) CPU 2G /Ram 1Gb/1G turbo mem./ 14.1"WXGA+TFT,W/ CAMERA/NVIDIA QUADRO NVS 140M /Fing.R./BT/6Cell battery/Vista Ultimate.

They said because of 14'1 WXGA+ with Webcam........

Does anyone have the same problem?

ordered mines jul 13 estimated delivery time 8/01 i was hoping to get it by the 24th but umm i doubt it =[