Think Thinkpad

Advantages: Speedy, Robust, Good graphics card, Connectivity
Disadvantages: Not the prettiest of designs, Annoying keyboard layout w/ no Windows key and Fn/Ctrl key placement

...INTRODUCTION I bought myself a used IBM / Lenovo Thinkpad T41 for £129 and although it's a pretty old machine (probably from 2004) and fairly low spec by today's standards, I still feel it was a bargain. This was from Cash Converters. DESIGN The machine, like all IBM (now made by Lenovo) notebooks are intended for business users and so the design is not particularly sleek but instead, have a very 'professional' look to them. They all seem to be black with a little bit of red on the button and either a red or blue knob for controlling the mouse pointer. Some people think they're on the ugly side but I actually quite like the look of the Thinkpads. I've noticed that all IBM / Lenovo Thinkpads look alike and have the same body, keyboard and use the same smooth black matte material rather than plastic that most other...

Deru 01.01.1970 · Read review
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The Lenovo ThinkPad T500 - The Ugly Duckling of the Laptop World

Advantages: extremely fast, stays cool, works with any OS, almost futureproof, upgradeable, robust and durable
Disadvantages: isn't the most beautiful

...The Lenovo T500 is, at first glance, a horrible laptop. I have never been fond of the ThinkPad series as their ugly looks always seem to become degrading and almost make the product seem old, even when it's brand new! However, around six months ago I did choose to buy one, as the specification was outstanding. The laptop comes with 4GB of RAM(although there is a cheaper 2GB model) which essentially allows you to run as many programs at the same time as you would ever need to(unless you're doing hard-core stuff). It also comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 2.8GHz processor which seems to run smoothly and efficiently, not once in my six months of (excessive) use have I managed to crash or overheat the processor. The 15.4 inch screen is crystal clear and certainly compliments the ATI Mobility Radeon 3650 256MB (or Intel X4500 integrated...

DizzyEwok 01.01.1970 · Read review
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Lenovo ThinkPad R60e

Advantages: easy to use, long battery life
Disadvantages: no mouse touchpad, slow due to security software

...found harddrive space no problem at all- I store music and work and photos on it, but very few and short videos, and haven't installed many games. The 512Mb RAM is possibly a little low- Lenovo automatically install software that regularly reminds you to back up your hard drive and defragment, etc- which is good, as it means you are more likely to do so, which is good for your machine, however bad as it obviously slows down the machine further. At startup, therefore, the machine is rather slow, however speeds up once everything has registered and the computer has sorted itself out. Another useful thing with this laptop is a little light that you can switch on so that you can see your keyboard in the dark, if that is something you would need. As with all laptops, this one has it's own allocation of function keys on the keyboard...

nollybabe 01.01.1970 · Read review
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