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Posted: **Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:26 pm**

My T60, which had been scheduled to ship today, inexplicably had its ship date kicked back a week. I called and changed my order to a T60P (8744-J2U), which actually had a slightly better configuration for me and appeared to be more readily available. The price difference was only $100 or so, plus Vista was preinstalled on this model, so it made sense to do it. Hopefully I haven't doomed myself to more weeks of waiting by doing this, but the rep seemed to think that the impact would be minimal. Plus two-day shipping was a lot less than I expected, so that should make up any difference in configuration.

Posted: **Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:03 pm**

bigfoot,

actually i placed my order late at night after 12 local time. it was actually 1st march here in austin, but the ordered registered as on 28th feb on the lenovo site.

Posted: **Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:30 pm**

My computer was shipped yesterday and the serial number on the invoice is not the computer I ordered. I live in the US and the computer was built for someone that lives in Germany and is a less powerful machine. I have the worst luck.

Posted: **Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:50 pm**

I ordered a 8744-J2U on 2/25 the order confirmation indicated it was going to ship on 3/13 instead it shipped on the 7th and they sent it Express and I got it on the 9th. I only paid for standard shipping so I was pleased all around.

Posted: **Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:58 pm**

Yay! I finally got my T60. Only used it for a couple of hours now, but I love it

The 15.4" screen is great.

Posted: **Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:01 am**

Well, here's the story of my minor saga:

3/4: Order a T60 (8544-5BU) to replace my T42. The ship date given at that point is 3/15. I get a good price, and I'm happy. I check the order status page religiously.

3/13 or so: I happen to come across a pretty great sale for a T60p model (8744-J2U). I curse briefly, but come to terms with it because the total cost is slightly more than the budget I set for myself.

3/14: I check the order status for my original order. Pushed back to 3/21. D'oh. I start thinking back to that T60p I happened to see (in stock no less!) and start justifying how the extra $80 or so can easily be recouped.

I call IBM, place the order for the T60p, and cancel the order for the T60. The rep warns me that the T60 might well be shipping out on the original estimated date of shipping (3/15) and that at that point it might be too late to cancel the order, but if so, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Ship date for the T60p is 3/19.

3/15: Naturally the T60 was not cancelled and ships out today. I have one Thinkpad on its way to me.

3/16: The T60p ships out as well. I now have two Thinkpads on their way to me. Now it's a race!

I'll update you on 3/19 or 3/20 as to who wins.

There's not much point to this post except my recommendation for preconfigured systems. Much, much faster to ship -- I'm just glad I found one with my desired specs while I could still (try to) cancel my original order in good conscience.

Posted: **Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:15 pm**

I finally made the trigger for T60P, 15.4. WSXGA+, v5250. 1GB Ram, 80GB. thinkpad 11a/b/g, 6 cell. 1 yr warranty.

Order made: 3/18/07
Estimated ship: 3/30/07.

PS: It's really hard to resist for Lenovo's St. Patrick's Day Sale (T60P, MSRP -380) + Amex TaylorMade Discount (15% for over 1500).

Posted: **Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:49 pm**

Does anyone know how long customs typically takes to let Thinkpads through? UPS used to say that the estimated arrival date was tomorrow, but now it doesn't even mention an arrival date.

Thanks,
Matt

Type: Package
Status: In Transit
Shipped to: REDMOND, WA, US
Shipped or Billed on: 03/16/2007
Service Type: EXPRESS
Weight: 4.20 Kgs

Package Progress
Location Date Local Time Description
LOUISVILLE,
KY, US 03/18/2007 10:45 A.M. PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE
LOUISVILLE,
KY, US 03/17/2007 3:06 P.M. A SPECIAL CUSTOMS DELAY IS REQUIRED FOR THIS LIVE ENTRY;BROKERAGE RELEASED SHIPMENT. SHIPMENT IS SUBMITTED TO CLEARING AGENCY FOR FURTHER CLEARANCE
03/17/2007 1:16 P.M. A SPECIAL CUSTOMS DELAY IS REQUIRED FOR THIS LIVE ENTRY
KOWLOON BAY,
HK 03/16/2007 8:08 P.M. PICKUP SCAN
HK 03/16/2007 4:46 A.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

Posted: **Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:08 am**

it will be like that and then suddenly the doorbell will ring and there it will be..

there is no way to know for sure..

if it was shipped with a number of other machines the tracking number could change and you will not know it..

Posted: **Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:38 am**

jscw wrote:I finally made the trigger for T60P, 15.4. WSXGA+, v5250. 1GB Ram, 80GB. thinkpad 11a/b/g, 6 cell. 1 yr warranty.

Order made: 3/18/07
Estimated ship: 3/30/07.

PS: It's really hard to resist for Lenovo's St. Patrick's Day Sale (T60P, MSRP -380) + Amex TaylorMade Discount (15% for over 1500).

For some unknown reason, my shipping date is pushed to 4/5/07, one more week.

Posted: **Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:18 pm**

T60 2613HK, 2.0ghz T7200, Bluetooth 2.0, 512meg, DVD-RW, 80gb 5400rpm, Thinkpad Wifi ABG, 14.1 SXGA+ TFT, ATI x1400 128mb, 6 cell battery

Order Date - 3/6/07
Original Est. Ship Date - 3/23/07

LAST MINUTE UPDATE!

SHIPPING CHANGED FROM GROUND TO EXPRESS!!!

OUT FOR DELIVERY!!!

Status: In Transit
Rescheduled Delivery: 03/20/2007
Shipped or Billed on: 03/18/2007
Service Type: EXPRESS
Weight: 5.00 Kgs

REDMOND,
WA, US 03/20/2007 7:13 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY
03/20/2007 6:01 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

SEATTLE,
WA, US 03/20/2007 5:30 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
03/20/2007 4:17 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY
03/20/2007 4:14 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

ONTARIO,
CA, US 03/20/2007 1:53 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
03/20/2007 12:42 A.M. IMPORT SCAN

CHEK LAP KOK, HK
03/19/2007 2:20 P.M. EXPORT SCAN
03/19/2007 2:19 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN

HK
03/18/2007 2:01 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

Posted: **Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:43 pm**

heyzeus123 wrote:
Also, how's the quality of the recently received 14.1" TFT SXGA+ screens, i.e. 1400x1050 pixels, in terms of brightness, contrast, and dead pixels?

I got mine almost two weeks ago. This is my first T60/laptop.
The quality is good. Solid. Except for some places where minor flexing is present, such as the place near Esc key and left hand rest. Not a big problem for me.
The only thing I don't like about this machine is the screen. I got TDM screen. Bad viewing angle and too much of blue color. I've heard Samsung screen is good. However TDM is sharp and bright. No dead pixels.

Posted: **Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:50 pm**

I ordered through Lenovo Canada and received the confirmation e-mail on Friday afternoon (March 16 2007). Order consisted of:

TP T60 1.83G 1GB 80GB XPP
1GB PC2-5300 CL5 DDR2 SODIMM
TP SERIAL ATA H DR BAY ADAPTE
THINKPAD ADVANCED MINI DOCK
TP 11A/B/G LAN MINIPCI EXPADA
THINKPAD 90W AC ADAPTER
TP EXTERNAL BATTERY CHARGER
2 x TP Z60M/T60 9 CELL LI-ION BAT

Much to my surprise, three boxes showed up on my doorstep this morning, Tuesday, March 20 2007.

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:32 pm**

ordered march 15 - custom t60 WS 2.0 ggz; 512 ram.

ship date 4/3, suddenly changed to yesterday, delivery expected (through express not ground which i paid for) tomorrow.

Pretty fast!

Posted: **Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:09 pm**

Here is my sad tale, hopefully soon to be happy. I ordered a T60 8743CT on 3/16. I promptly received a confirmation email which indicated the estimated ship date would be 4/4. I was disappointed, but after reading these posts and calling Sales, I was very confident the date would move up.

I was very pleasantly surprised to get my status updated to reflect my T60 was shipped on 3/21. As some of you also do, I began to check the UPS tracking number every day. Since 3/22, the status has been unchanged:

INCHEON,
KR 03/22/2007 10:23 P.M. THE AIRLINE OFF-LOADED PACKAGES CAUSING A DELAY

CHEK LAP KOK,
HK 03/21/2007 10:52 P.M. EXPORT SCAN

03/21/2007 10:51 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN

HK 03/21/2007 6:16 A.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

Tracking results provided by UPS: 03/25/2007 5:00 P.M. EST (USA)

Is my poor T60 sitting on the tarmac in Incheon? Will it ever safely get to South Carolina?

Posted: **Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:46 pm**

it might be that the north koreans are holding it hostage..?

Posted: **Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:09 pm**

Dear American Laptop Purchaser,

Please send more Courvoisier.

Yours truly,

Kim Jong Il

P.S. More uranium plz ^o^

Posted: **Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:37 am**

Ordered March 23, Possible ship date April 9th
My first Thinkpad, its a T60P

ThinkPad T60 Series - 1 Year Carry-in Warranty
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7200 (2.0GHz, 4MB L2, 667MHz FSB
Operating system: Genuine Windows XP Home Edition
Display type: 15.4 WSXGA+ TFT
System graphics: ATI Mobility Fire GL V5250 256MB
Total memory: 2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
Fingerprint reader: Integrated fingerprint reader
Hard drive: 100GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
Optical device: DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, Ultrabay Slim
Wireless cards: ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter
Battery: 9 cell Li-Ion Battery

Posted: **Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:21 pm**

Well, my saga has a very happy ending. See my post above. Suddenly on Monday, March 26, my UPS tracking changed to show my T60 had departed Kentucky! Today, March 27, at about 3:00pm it arrived! I love it!

Ubuntu Edgy linux was installed on a 7K100 within 20 minutes of it's arrival.

Posted: **Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:10 am**

First time Thinkpadder here as well!!

Ordered a t60p on 3/27 est ship on 4/13: 2ghz, 2GB, 100GB 72k, 15.4 wsxga+, etc.

Although this is a 8743cto which from lurking around seems to have a tendency to delay the shipping. Keeping my fingers crossed.

The fun part is that the mini-dock already shipped so I'll have that sitting there for ~15 days as a teaser for what's to come.

-r

Posted: **Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:20 pm**

T60 - 6371CTO ordered 19 March frin Lenovo's web site, shipped 21 March and arrived in St Louis 27 March. Shipping costs were 0. The unit works beautifully.

Posted: **Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:38 pm**

T60 15.4 WS 87445BU.

Ordered on line with Levono Canada late evening of Thur 22nd March, spoke to a sales associated the next morning, he confirms a shipment of 100 units came in and he allocated an unit for me.

Received courier shipment info on morning of Monday 26th March, unit was delivered Tuesday 27th March.

2.5 business days from ordering to receiving the unit, I am IMPRESSED!

and have been happily using this new toy, uh, tool over the past few days.

Posted: **Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:41 am**

Ok so people who ordered same config as me on the day but before or after me started to receive their systems, so I call to see why my order is still "Processing" and no changes.
On hold for about 30 minutes and then I give my reason and my order number, rep says I just called in 10 mins ago and cancel my order. WTF?? I tell her I've been on hold for last 30 mins, so she checks my order number and instead of 0 she typed in o. LOL

then she tells me my Thinkpad is ready for shipping and it could be shipped out today and if not it will be shipped out by Wednesday.
what am I supposed to do till then?? HURRY UP

what have you guys done to it OS wise?
VISTA? XP Pro? Linux (which distro)?
I can get vista and xp for free from school so I picked XP home
I dont know if I wanna go linux, XP or Vista yet.

Posted: **Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:37 am**

Yoguess wrote: what have you guys done to it OS wise?
VISTA? XP Pro? Linux (which distro)?
I can get vista and xp for free from school so I picked XP home
I dont know if I wanna go linux, XP or Vista yet.

I have run XP Pro, and Fedora Core 6 x86_64.

Everything works well, didn't have a problem with installing either operating system. In Fedora Core 6 x86_64 (which I use most of the time) you have to download the Intel Pro wireless (IPW) daemon and driver for linux before it will work. Also, if you use a lot of pages that use flash, Adobe doesn't have a x86_64 version of flash, so you have to do without (this isn't an issue if you use the 32bit version of Core 6).

I have used Vista on another test machine. It is okay, but there are enough compatibility issues and other random annoyances that keeps me from installing it over my windows XP partition.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:51 am**

T60p 15.4" Widescreen, Intel Core2Duo T7200, 2 x 1GB PC2-5300, 100GB 7200rpm HDD

Ordered: 03/31/07
Expected ship date: 04/19/07

Will let you folks know if any changes come about.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:59 pm**

dexta wrote:T60p 15.4" Widescreen, Intel Core2Duo T7200, 2 x 1GB PC2-5300, 100GB 7200rpm HDD

Ordered: 03/31/07
Expected ship date: 04/19/07

Will let you folks know if any changes come about.

Looks like we ordered just about the same thing.. I have good news though - mine shipped today!!

- Ordered 3/27 in the afternoon.
- Their system didn't let me enter my real zip so billing was fubared.
- Confirmed billing first thing on 3/28 and order was released.

So I'm counting about 7 business days.. Hopefully yours will ship on the 10th if it follows the same time line.

-r

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:51 pm**

Shipped today. 2 buisness days, so I am guessing I'll be spanking my new T60p next Monday.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:24 pm**

My 2nd order has become ridiculous.
T60P, T7200, 1GB RAM, 80GB.
Order Date: 3/19
Original Ship Date: 4/5
New Ship Date: 4/24 !!!

They just silently changed the ship date. Now I need to wait over ONE MONTH, that's really ridiculous. T60P might be good, but probably not that good for waiting over one month.
Lenovo got to have a very good explanation, otherwise canceling the order is the 1st thing I want to do tomorrow.

JSCW

idxman01 wrote:
dexta wrote:T60p 15.4" Widescreen, Intel Core2Duo T7200, 2 x 1GB PC2-5300, 100GB 7200rpm HDD

Ordered: 03/31/07
Expected ship date: 04/19/07

Will let you folks know if any changes come about.
Looks like we ordered just about the same thing.. I have good news though - mine shipped today!!

- Ordered 3/27 in the afternoon.
- Their system didn't let me enter my real zip so billing was fubared.
- Confirmed billing first thing on 3/28 and order was released.

So I'm counting about 7 business days.. Hopefully yours will ship on the 10th if it follows the same time line.

-r

Posted: **Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:30 am**

T60p, 15.4" WSXGA+, T7200, 2GB (2 Dimms), 100GB 7200rpm HDD

Ordered: 3/23
Estimated Ship Date: 4/11
Actual Ship: 4/5 (didn't update until it had already shipped)

Posted: **Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:53 pm**

Got my T60p! Weee!

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