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 14.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Lenovo ThinkPad T41

Advanced Notebook

Advantages: Latest DRR3 RAM, fast processor
Disadvantages: Average Graphics and Battery Back-up

...Lenovo Thinkpad T400 2765 ********************** Lenovo, The IBM Group Company is still leading with business computing. There are many models of personal computers and notebooks are available but we have some kind of incompleteness that this should be or should not be. But it is the rule of nature that we always require some more but the requirement always keep growing up. Have a look on new machine or notebook from Lenovo which can be a good companion of your daily routine life. *** The Speed Speed, means the processing speed of any computing machine is very important and it should be as fast as we require and this notebook also has a good processor with new P series from Intel, and it is Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 with total clock speed of 2.4 GHz. Wow the 2.4 GHz speed is presently considered as good enough and the processing speed...

gemsarchitect 28.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Lenovo ThinkPad T400

The T42: Time to use your Thinkpad!

Advantages: High spec for low refurb price, Windows XP Pro, great build
Disadvantages: Small hard drive, only 2 USB ports

...any other). It's highest resolution is 1024 x 768. I think this is a great laptop. I would recommend looking for a second hand one of these rather than falling for the cheap supermarket high spec laptop thing. High spec yes. High build no. Where are all the parts when you need them? IBM is a well supported brand and the T42 Thinkpad is a popular model. I can see why....

lea20 15.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Lenovo ThinkPad T42

Notebook for daily job

Advantages: Reliable Product form reliable brand
Disadvantages: Features require upgradation

...Lenovo Thinkpad SL500 2746 *********************** Technology is growing day by day and the competition in computers and consumer electronics market gone in extreme position. Customers are getting more and more benefit due to hard competition in the market. We are getting excellent featured and configured notebooks and computers with reasonable price but some manufactures also trying to give some budget notebooks for budget users. Lenovo is one of the most popular brand in personal computers market is trying to satisfy every category peoples with its large range of computer products. So have a look on new budget notebook from Lenovo completely dominated to its general customers. *** The notebook has some good features but over all Lenovo tried to make it cost efficiency and good featured notebook for general use. In dimensions...

gemsarchitect 03.02.2009 · Read review
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Lenovo T61 with Linux

Advantages: High quality notebook
Disadvantages: Higher price

...I tried new Lenovo T61 with configuration: Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz 1GB RAM nVidia Quadro 140M 100GB 7200RPM disc 14.1" wide screen 1440x900px Webcamera, fingerprint reader Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN 6 cell battery New thinkpad is traditionally whole black. It is very well built as usual. Nothing screapes and the keyboard is nice acurrate.Titan-Magnesium hardeness was improved by hardening back part of chassis.The only thing where is the influence of Lenovo on IBM shown are the connectors for reproductors and microphone. They were placed in front of laptop what is not so handsome. After few hours of initial testing i revealed a small bug - it is impossible to change the backlight intensity for the display. I tried to run a Linux system so i have to write some hints: The graphics card works well with the newest...

hauran 16.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Lenovo T61

My precious treasure

Advantages: Long battery life, cool under working conditions.
Disadvantages: ThinkLight is a little bit too bright

...Over the past few weeks, I have been sourcing for notebooks everywhere because I need one for my own personal use, and also to use it when I am outside. Acer, Fujitsu and Apple, they all have quite good and unique features but what I needed was a notebook with not too many sophisticated features and has adequate security solutions. Most of my friends use Acer but they did not advice me to get this brand. They told me that Acer's notebooks have quite short battery lives and that the exterior finishes are easily stained. So, I began my own exploration at a shopping mall which sells IT products. Walking and walking, until I found a notebook of my choice---Lenovo ThinkPad T400. I was pleased with its finishes and the looks. I asked for more information about the RAM and the security features it has. It has the latest DDR3 RAM. Security...

JudgeIronFist 16.03.2009 (15.03.2009) · Read review
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IBM T41 LapTop

Advantages: Robust fells and looks greats easy to move around with.
Disadvantages: Need more memory with it

...I have brought eight of these IBM T41 laptops, there specifcations our, 1.6 GHz Intel Pentium Processor, 256 MB of memory but with have brought extra ram for making in 512mb, it has a 40 GB hard disk drive, 14.1" TFT active matrix display with Microsoft Windows XP Professional and it weights about 2.3 kg Weight and battery life is about 4.7 hours. It also has built wireless which is pretty good you will have to update the driver on the wireless card first as the old driver ahas a little bug. Its supports Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet but if youhave wireless you need this and has a ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500 - 32 MB which is good and doesnt come up with any problems and it also has bluetooth capabilites to link your mobile to your laptop this will only work if you mobile phone has bluetooth built on it. These laptops our...

tgrigg 01.03.2005 · Read review
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Review of Lenovo ThinkPad T41

A great laptop for an even greater price

Advantages: Amazing performance, great battery life and features
Disadvantages: Too expensive

...Design I?ve never been a fan of IBM laptops opting for the more stylish Sony offerings (as mentioned in my earlier review of my previous laptop). However when it came time to upgrade I decided to look around and see what else is out there. Following some great reviews on various websites I decided to give IBM a shot. My biggest gripe with IBM Thinkpads is the styling. I think that the multi coloured logo in the corner always makes it look cheap, ruining the business look of an otherwise great laptop. Alas they have not changed it still, but that is probably the only issue I have with the otherwise flawless design of this t41. The notebook is quite a reasonable size for the 14.1 screen that it sports and the fans are quite and designed to pull heat away from the laptop so that you can have it on your lap without worrying about it...

Vicster1784 23.11.2004 · Read review
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Review of Lenovo ThinkPad T41

The T42 - a good all round machine

Advantages: Slim, very light, IBM cachet, good screen, fantastic keyboard
Disadvantages: Build quality perhaps, ticking hard drive

.... My T-41 had a similar spec drive, but it was a Fujitsu one and didn't tick. The T42 has a Hitachi Travelstar drive. Both were made around the same time, according to the IBM site. My T42 seems to have had a rather long shelf time. While we're on hard drive issues, I've also heard rumours that a lot of the T-42's made in 2005 have hard drives going bad and having to be returned to base for replacement. Just google it, and you'll probably come up with something. I've been a fan of IBM thinkpads for a while now, having had the T30 and the T41 before this one. I resisted from buying the T43 (the T60 is out of my price range anyway) since online reviews don't really rate it very high. The first thing you do notice when you take it out of the box is how flimsier it is than the other 2 models. I mean flimsier, and not flimsy. After all the T42...

foxuk 11.08.2006 · 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 16.08.2007 · Read review
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