T61p first impressions

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Mithrandir · #1 Post by **Mithrandir** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:32 pm

I've been using my new T61p almost non-stop since Tuesday when I first received it. My specs are:

C2D T8300 2.4Ghz 3MB L2 Cache
Nvidia Quadro FX 570m
1GB RAM (will upgrade to 2GB or 4GB soon)
Windows XP Pro
15.4" WSXGA+ 1680x1050
Intel AGN wireless card

First impressions have been stellar. One of the first things I noticed was how nice the keyboard is. It is absolutely fantastic to type on. Based on the posts and pictures I have seen, along with the FRU, it seems I lucked out and got a NMB keyboard, and not the rebranded Chicony either.

I haven't fully tested battery life and such, but I have used it on battery with wireless on for about 1 and a half hours or so, and the battery hasn't gone under 55% yet. Not too shabby considering the components this 6 cell battery is powering.

I also am highly impressed with the fingerprint reader. It works reliably and easily. Very nice.

I've done some light casual gaming and benchmarking and I must say this thinkpad peforms as well or better than my desktop PC with an Athlon X2 2.6GHZ and a 8600GTS and 2 GB of RAM. At stock speeds with the updated Lenovo video drivers, I got 4451 3DMarks. Not bad.

If I have one subpar thing to say it's the display. For the most part the display is fine. Mine is a Samsung, and maybe I'm not particular to the problems that others are having on it, but the only problem I have is that the very bottom right hand corner, by the clock is dimmer then the rest of the screen slightly. it's only the space about the radius of a dime or so, but it is there and noticeable but not terrible. The rest is fantastic.

All in all it's a fantastic laptop and I would buy it again in a heartbeat. Totally worth it.

#2 Post by **gator** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:54 pm

Welcome to the forum, and congrats on your T61p!

SHoTTa35 · #3 Post by **SHoTTa35** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:26 pm

Makes me jealous sometimes

Congrats on the sweet machine.

wswartzendruber · #4 Post by **wswartzendruber** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:44 pm

SHoTTa35 wrote:Makes me jealous sometimes

Congrats on the sweet machine.

Meh. I've got a T60 as well, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. We'll just hold out for a T400.

#5 Post by **carbon_unit** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:03 pm

I've got a T60 too and ther is nothing wrong with it either, but it sure would be nice to have a "P" unit.

Estrogen Kid · #6 Post by **Estrogen Kid** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:12 pm

I've got a T61p too, join the club

now that you pointed it out, i have a samsung screen too and there is a small dark spot in the bottom right corner. i haven't really noticed it. also didn't notice the screen was off-center at first until a friend pointed it out to me. these are just minor gripes though and even though the t61p isn't perfect it's still a cut above other laptops.

GIFF · #7 Post by **GIFF** » Fri May 30, 2008 10:59 pm

Glad your happy with yours. I love mine!

Pascal_TTH · #8 Post by **Pascal_TTH** » Sat May 31, 2008 1:57 pm

I also got a T61p. It's my favorite Thinkpad since A21p.

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