Opting for the T60 widescreen or staying with Z60m?

[ibmdell]

Anyone has an opinion on the merits of T60 WS Core 2 Duo vs Z60m Pentium M?

[pianowizard]

Do you already own a Z60m?

[ibmdell]

Yes currently own a Z60m

[christopher_wolf]

Depends on what you want. If you still want more of the media connectivity features, you might as well stick with the Z60m (although the T60 is technically a bump up in performance and the Z61 models would be a better comparison). Also, I think the T60 widescreens are thinner than the Z60m, last I checked the specs on the dimensions.

[ibmdell]

From the latest review over at Notebook Reviews, the T60 WS with 2.0GHz Core2Duo had very good performance against a T60 2.0GHz Pentium M, which is the same chip I have in the Z60m, so performance would be a big reason.

Secondly, having been used to T-series at work for a long time, I've always felt the Z-series didn't seem to be as sleek and solid, so this perceived quality is another reason. Don't know why this is so, although I read the Z-series is the 1st Lenovo driven product.

Thirdly, weight reduction, albeit somewhat slight, is another reason.

Lastly, despite the moniker of -m, I'm not sure what media related or connectivity related strengths the Z-series has other than the widescreen, which was the main reason I chose it more than a year ago.

[seeplus]

Z61p series: Firewire, S-Video, SD Card Reader, .1" thicker, .2 lbs heaver, plus the only 1920x1200 WUXGA lcd panel available in a thinkpad..

As far as I know, Lenovo has been making all thinkpads for quite some time.

I would have gone with the wide T60p if it had an IPS panel..