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ok, I just got my T61 with NVIDIA chip and a 6 cell battery.

I also have WinXP pro.

Question - how do I turn off the passoword protection 'feature' that is a part of thinkvantage?

Question no. 2 - is it recommended that I update all of my drivers, utilities, etc... as recommended by ThinkVantage? I started the update yesterday, then came back to my computer and noticed that there were some wireless card errors.

Question no. 3 - is there a free software support from Lenovo? I thought they allowed a certain period where one could call in, just not sure how long that period is.

Also, as a note, my T61 feels and looks VERY solid. Screen has no flexing whatsoever. I 've got the WXGA version (14 in). Not too impressed by speakers, but overall, a great notebook. Beats the R40 I had previously.

Congrats on the new laptop. I just upgraded from an R40 as well... not by choice unfortunately. The screen on my R40 has a bad connection somewhere and it shuts off randomly now. Hope you enjoy your new T61!

That's funny, I have a T61P 15.4" and I think the speakers are quite good for the size. I wonder if the speakers are different because it's the T61P or because it's the larger 15.4" size?

Hellbore wrote:That's funny, I have a T61P 15.4" and I think the speakers are quite good for the size. I wonder if the speakers are different because it's the T61P or because it's the larger 15.4" size?

I think we may have a different ideas about what a 'good' speaker for laptop is.

I would prefer to have speakers similar to T23

Well I dunno, I don't know if the speakers are even the same in your laptop as in mine. I haven't owned many laptops, I just have noticed that my T61P speakers are louder and sound better than any of my friends' laptops, except 1 friend who has a 17" laptop.

Hellbore wrote:snip.....I wonder if the speakers are different because it's the T61P or because it's the larger 15.4" size?

Or else the location is infact different. Next to the screen Vs. beside the keyboard.