Lenovo ThinkPad R60e

I bought this laptop on insurance, as my previous ThinkPad was stolen and I loved it so much that I couldn't bear to buy a different brand. In my opinion, the Lenovo ThinkPad is the best laptop you could possibly buy for all-round performance, reliability, and features, but I will endeavour to make this review as unbiased as possible, and I will split it into different sections for easy reading. LOOKS/DESIGN We all know looks do matter, and the ThinkPad is nothing if not distinctive in design. Unusually amongst modern laptops, the ThinkPad does not have sleek silver curves everywhere. Instead ... more

The best thing about this laptop is its battery life. Regardless of what the spec says (as battery life is often different from that written on a spec, as most people use more than the minimum amount of battery whilst running their laptop), I find that the battery in my laptop lasts a good three and a half hours from being 100% charged. For a laptop, I find this fantastic. I paid just under £500 when I bought it in October 2006 from dabs.com. The main thing that I found a disadvantage when I originally bought the laptop is the lack of a touchpad cursor- this struck me as odd and I hadn't ... more