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Just received a mint (less than year old) T60 to replace my T42 (sold) and X41 (sold). It is a bit heavier and bulkier, but I am retired and don't haul it around a lot. I do a lot of surfing on it so the desktop is free for the wife.

It has the following:
core duo 1.8ghz (not core 2 duo)
X1300 video
15" SXGA+ flexview LCD
60 GB 7200 RPM main drive
3 GB memory
160 GB 5400 RPM drive in ultra bay caddy
CDRW-DVD drive in ultra bay caddy
bluetooth and wi-fi, NIC and modem
new 9-cell and 6-cell batteries (4 cycles on 9-cell, haven't checked 6-cell)
XP Pro and Office XP preload
still has recov partition
2+ years warranty left

I am impressed, thus far. The screen is great. My wife commented on how she could read everything off axis with this laptop, where she hasn't been able to on others I have had.

She has already commandeered it to play Kyodai Mahjongg. Usually plays on the desktop, but I put it on the laptop so she can use it when I am not.

I will be reviewing this forum, now that I have a T60. In the past, spent my time in the X4 and T4 forums.

Hello,
That's a very nice T60 - congrats!
With two harddrives, 3 GB of memory and an extra and large battery that looks like a pretty upgraded system.

Great spec - and you've got that wonderful FlexView LCD too - Of course should you wish to upgrade your current CPU in the future, your good to go right up to a Core-2-DUO T7600 2.33GHz Merom

... and welcome to the ThinkPad T6x Series forum as well

I don't know that surfing and Mahjong needs a CPU upgrade.

Peak2Peak wrote:Great spec - and you've got that wonderful FlexView LCD too - Of course should you wish to upgrade your current CPU in the future, your good to go right up to a Core-2-DUO T7600 2.33GHz Merom

... and welcome to the ThinkPad T6x Series forum as well

How hard to upgrade the CPU? What else is involved

The are still some brand new T60p units out there and I remember how nice the 15" SVGA+ screen was! They only have 2Ghx T7200 processors.

Greg Gebhardt wrote:How hard to upgrade the CPU? What else is involved

With Reference to a T60p - Have a look at this Post: Thinkpad T60p - CPU Upgrade to Core 2 Duo T7600 from mid 2007 - it's a good place to start with forum member's experiences etc.

FredGarvin wrote:I don't know that surfing and Mahjong needs a CPU upgrade.

YES, I am aware a CPU upgrade is not necessary for surfing and Kyodai Mahjong - Just wanted make forum member: carl3 aware should he WISH to upgrade his current CPU the option is available - It's nice to have options

Once again NICE SPEC

Thankd for the welcome and comments. I do use it for other things including various tasks for our church, and even do some picture editing on a small scale.

Nice to know there are options and a lot of "how to" information on this site.

I also just bought a T60 with the 15' SXGA 4:3 (non widescreen). I"m really happy with it, except for one dead pixel at the bottom of the screen.

Are you using a sleeve for your computer? I went searching on the weekend and I couldn't find a slim laptop sleeve that would fit. All the 15' Macbook Pro sleeves were just a bit too small as the 15' 4:3 screen must be a bit deeper than the 15' macbook.

Thanks
James

Haven't looked for a sleeve, as yet. I have a small bag with room for the computer and a outside pocket for adapter and other small items, or folder of papers. I just used that for the time being.