Lenovo ThinkPad T61 7658-RUU 14.1-inch Laptop (2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, XP Pro)

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 9.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0012QO1A6
• Item model number: 7658RUU
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 1, 2007

Product Description

Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo processors up to 2.4 GHz Gigabit Ethernet LAN Bluetooth Modem NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M (128MB) 1 GB DVD Recordable (Dual Layer):24X Max Genuine Windows XP Professional

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lenovo is top notch, July 6, 2008

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J. Shin "cracked PDA" (Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 7658-RUU 14.1-inch Laptop (2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, XP Pro) (Personal Computers)

First of all, if you're thinking of getting a Lenovo, check out their site as it allows you to customize your laptop and at a great price. I got a T61p with T8400 processor and 15" screen, 2 Gigs memory and discreet graphics for almost the same price you pay on Amazon for lesser model. I was first disappointed when mine arrived with a dead DVD burner but Lenovo took care of it in matter of days. Since then, I've found my computer to be fantastic with blazing speed. It scores 5.0 in Vista performance index which is rare. With the built-in wireless N (by all means pay the $20 extra to get N), web surfing is effortless. Battery life is adequate at about 3.5 hours with a 6-cell battery under heavy use. The screen is not as bright as, say Sony or Toshiba, but is fine enough. It's well built with extra protection for the hard drive and the screen. The keyboard is probably the best in a laptop (carryover from the famous IBM design). If you're a serious user, definitely check out the Lenovo.
Going on 3 years now - still looks and runs like new (I do take care of my electronics). Upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit and I couldn't be happier. Absolutely no need to look for anything newer - I intend to keep this baby for a LONG time. If you can find a good used one for a good price, snap it up - the build quality and performance is hard to beat.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars T61 nv4_disp error, May 24, 2008

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O. Vasquez - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 7658-RUU 14.1-inch Laptop (2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, XP Pro) (Personal Computers)

we just got several of these laptops for our office. At first sight they're very well built and seems to be stable (just like the old IBM X31). However after 30 minutes using it, the screen got forzen and the only thing moving was the pointer. After a couple of minutes the pointer stopped moving and i got a blue screen saying there was "an infinite loop" and that the error code was nv4_disp (after a little research i found out that's a video card problem).

If it would only happen with my laptop, i'd be ok because those things happens from time to time, but the exact effect happend in the 8 other laptops they brought. Which makes me think it is a model issue. Now we hvae to deal with lost data bacause of the many restarts during the day.

I'd recommend to either look for a differente lenovo model or a completely different brand.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed that IBMs protege yields such poor quality products, August 11, 2008

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N. Kumar "icebreakingfool" (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 7658-RUU 14.1-inch Laptop (2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, XP Pro) (Personal Computers)

The UC Berkeley EECS department decided to get one of these laptops for all incoming graduate students and I honestly don't know anyone who has been happy with this laptop. The fact is that I have never owned such a poorly designed laptop. From the onset, one finds problems with the sound drivers, starting up from standby, random power cycling, displaying on projectors/monitors among a multitude of other extremely annoying bugs this laptop has. If you buy the ultra-bay battery, ThinkVantage will make sure to drain the life out of it so that it is almost unusable within a few months. Every once in awhile your computer will be on but will refuse to display anything. And maybe I'd give Lenovo the benefit of the doubt, but when everyone in the office has the same problems, I'd have to say Lenovo really botched the T61.