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Lenovo ThinkPad R61 (0769A7U) PC Notebook Review

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Specs & Features

Released

1 year ago

Hard Drive Capacity

1 GB

Installed RAM

1 GB

Processor Speed

1.8 MHz

Processor Type

Core 2 Duo

Family Line

Lenovo ThinkPad

Hard Drive

1000 MB

MPN

0769A7U

Processor

Core 2 Duo 1.8 MHz

Processor Manufacturer

Intel

UPC

00883609268954

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Everything worked fine, except the hidden restore partition that IBM puts on the drive. I was pleased with this purchase - for the price it couldn't be beat! from Tigerdirect.com The T42 I received had been ridden hard and put away wet. Intermittently wouldn't power on until finally it never powered on. CD burner was non-functional. Hard drive crashed. Fortunately I learned from Lenovo's web site that the unit was still under the factory warranty. Kudos to Lenovo service- easy to work with, prompt, and my T42 was returned fully functional and hasn't had a problem since. The 802.11b is Cisco mini-PCI. I had a few problems getting the right Linux drivers to load, but nothing insurmountable. from Tigerdirect.com Absolute junk. Would boot up and would crash when any application was launched. from Tigerdirect.com Efficient heat dissipation is the most important thing I like about this laptop. It never became hot under the computer. Had to bump up memory for better performance due to Vista OS. Great value for the money. from Buy.com Pros: Dependable for 3 years, no broken keys or pixals Cons: Not too flashy - little heavy, gets warm from Shopping.com Summary: I have 1 Acer and 1 Sony, all are 15.4". This laptop is lighter than the Acer and same weight as the Sony. Same screen size but this laptop is smaller. It does not come with lots of trial or factory softwares which is good because we actually don't need all of them. Keyboard layout is easy to use. I bought it with 4GB RAM and install them before 1st boot (because I need to run heavy softwares) so I don't know how fast it is with 1GB RAM. I think 1GB is enough for normal usage. The laptop so far seems very good. For the price this is a good deal for Lenovo brand with these specifications. Just a quick hint to increase the battery life that you should charge the laptop 24 hours before 1st use. from Datavis.com Summary: I have 1 Acer and 1 Sony, all are 15.4". This laptop is lighter than the Acer and same weight as the Sony. Same screen size but this laptop is smaller. It does not come with lots of trial or factory softwares which is good because we actually don't need all of them. Keyboard layout is easy to use. I bought it with 4GB RAM and install them before 1st boot (because I need to run heavy softwares) so I don't know how fast it is with 1GB RAM. I think 1GB is enough for normal usage. The laptop so far seems very good. For the price this is a good deal for Lenovo brand with these specifications. Just a quick hint to increase the battery life that you should charge the laptop 24 hours before 1st use. from Buydig.com Summary: This is a great laptop for the price. I've had Dells and Toshiba before, so I am only able to compare to those brands. The computer is reasonably fast( I hope another 1 gig of memory will help even more). Nice sized hard drive and customer service is great. The customer service line leads to IBM in Atlanta , and I could actually understand what was said. I do wish though that customer service could be reached via chat, but this is at an additional cost. from Datavis.com Summary: This is a great laptop for the price. I've had Dells and Toshiba before, so I am only able to compare to those brands. The computer is reasonably fast( I hope another 1 gig of memory will help even more). Nice sized hard drive and customer service is great. The customer service line leads to IBM in Atlanta , and I could actually understand what was said. I do wish though that customer service could be reached via chat, but this is at an additional cost. from Buydig.com