IBM ThinkPad T60

alaTest has collected and analyzed 309 reviews from magazines and websites. People are impressed by the reliability and portability. The connectivity and battery are also mentioned favorably. The design and resolution get negative opinions. There are some mixed views about the screen.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Laptops the IBM ThinkPad T60 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 84/100 = Very good quality.

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Lenovo Lenovo 3000 N200

 

With lively performance, a fairly light weight, and several popular features, the Lenovo 3000 N200 would be a good business notebook, but its mediocre battery life won't please frequent travelers.

Big screen ; Comfortable mouse buttons

Tinny-sounding stereo speakers ; Slow-working volume buttons

The Lenovo 3000 N200 is no multimedia machine, but it has a nice keyboard and is comfortably designed.

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Lenovo ThinkPad T60

 

A very nice corporate laptop, the Lenovo ThinkPad T60 is ideal for on-the-go executives who chafe at ultraportable limitations. It's big enough to have a 14.1-inch screen and a first-rate keyboard, yet plenty light enough to carry, at 5.7 pounds....

Excellent keyboard, Great battery life

No memory card slots

This lightweight business laptop has capacious battery life and ships with Windows Vista Business.

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Lenovo IBM Thinkpad T60 Widescreen Review

 

Thinkpads. They are the Hummers of business laptops. Only until recently did the Thinkpad name come from IBM. In 2004 Lenovo, one of China's biggest PC makers, took ownership of IBM's "Think" PC division, including the ThinkCenter and ThinkPad...

Extremely sturdy ; Comfortable keyboard ; ThinkLight ; Quiet fan ; Thin and light ; Great screen

Few USB ports ; Small touchpad

Another surprise was the fact that the T60 comes with BOTH an ExpressCard AND a PCMCIA card slot. Granted I do not think I will ever need to use either slot, it is exciting to know that the laptop has support for both expandability options for laptops...

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Lenovo ThinkPad T60 Widescreen

 

A better screen for presenters, plus excellent performance, security, and battery life.

Excellent battery endurance • Rugged design • Small footprint

Uneven screen brightness • Tiny keyboard • Tablet functionality costs more

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Lenovo ThinkPad T60 Core 2 Duo Review

 

The specific Thinkpad purchased was actually a bit more of a notebook than I wanted to pay for. However, I ended up getting quite a deal. Lenovo was having a sale on the T60 and was giving you free upgrades for a 100 GB hard drive and a 9 cell battery....

Quality, Build, Durability ; Legendary Keyboard ; Great battery life ; Cool Stuff: ThinkLight, drain holes, Active Protection System, Security ; Software: good tools, no trial/advertisements (no AOL)

Average screen, could be better ; Wi-Fi is okay, but I don’t really know how you would improve it ; To upgrade RAM you have to take off the wrist rest which has the touch pad and finger print reader (I think they could have made a panel on the bottom...

In conclusion, the ThinkPad T60 is a great notebook. In every aspect it scores good to great. It has excellent feel and second to none quality. The ThinkPad is one of the most expensive brands, but the Thinkpad’s competitive edge is not based on price,...

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Lenovo ThinkPad T60 Widescreen Review

 

The discussion of whether widescreen (16:10 aspect ratio in this case) or standard screen (4:3 aspect ratio) displays are better comes down to personal preference and how you use your notebook. Let's look at some arguments for using each

Although some ThinkPad fans will say a widescreen T60 is a weird mutation and not evolution, a majority of people will welcome the extra choice. While some would like to see a 14.1" widescreen offering, that may come in time if the 15.4" widescreen...

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Lenovo T60 and Z60t vs. HP Compaq nx8220 Review (pics, specs)

 
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Lenovo ThinkPad T60 with ATI X1300 Graphics Card Review (pics, specs)

 
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Lenovo ThinkPad T60

 

Light business notebook with performance to spare.

Very long battery life EV-DO broadband • Best keyboard • Decent graphics • Hard drive protection

Display a bit washed out Mediocre MobileMark 2005 score

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Lenovo ThinkPad T60 Review (pics, specs)

 

So how does the T60 excel build-wise? Basically the same as its predecessor T-series notebooks did. The T60 body is a rugged plastic that does not flex. The magnesium reinforced lid won't flex and provides amazing protection for the screen. The...

Great feeling keyboard, the best there is for notebooks, and now there's a Windows key for those that missed that ; The 15" FlexView screen offers a fantastic viewing experience and really makes it easy on the eyes for day long computing ; 2.0GHz Core...

No FireWire, no SD card slot no S-Video ports means the T60 is behind the curve in available ports / slots ; At 6.3lbs the 15" variety T60 is kind of heavy to be called portable, go with the T60 14" if you need greater portability ; Expensive, but it's...

The new Core Duo processor veritably tears through anything a business user will throw at it, and with an X1400 or better graphics card installed you'll have to be somewhat concerned with the workforce blowing time on games. So if you want a T60...

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Product Specifications

You'll be glad to the new, thin, light, full-function power of the latest ThinkPad T60 Series notebooks. Plus, Lenovo takes a system-wide approach to durability - combining a magnesium-alloy roll cage with the ThinkVantage Active Protection System and a shock-mounted hard drive. That way, your system and data are protected against potential damage caused by cab drivers, drops and airline security.

Audio Input

Type:Microphone

Audio Output

Type:Sound card

Battery

Run Time (Up To):3.4hour(s)/3.7hour(s)/3.8hour(s)/3.9hour(s)/3hour(s)/4.2hour(s)/4.3hour(s)/4.9hour(s)/4hour(s)/5.2hour(s)/5.3hour(s)/5.5hour(s)/5.6hour(s)/5.7hour(s)/5.9hour(s)/6.1hour(s)/6.8hour(s)/6hour(s)/8hour(s)/9hour(s)
Technology:Lithium ion

Cache Memory

Installed Size:2MB/4MB/4MB / 2MB

Dimensions & Weight

Depth:10.6in/10in
Height:1.1in/1.2in/1.3in/1.4in
Weight:4.4lbs/4.6lbs/4.9lbs/5.1lbs/5.3lbs/5.3lbs / 5.5lbs/5.5lbs/5.5lbs / 6.2lbs/5.7lbs/6.2lbs/6.4lbs/6lbs
Width:12.2in/12.4in/13.1in/13in/14.1in

Display (Projector)

Color Support:24-bit (16.7 million colors)
Color Support:24-bit (16.7 million colors)
Diagonal Size:14.1in/15.4in/15in
Diagonal Size (metric):35.8cm/38.1cm/39.1cm
Max Resolution:1024 x 768/1280 x 800/1400 x 1050/1680 x 1050/1680 x 1050 / 1280 x 800
Technology:TFT active matrix
Widescreen Display:No/Yes

Environmental Standards

ENERGY STAR Qualified: Yes
EPA Energy Star Compliant: Yes

Header

Compatibility:PC
Country Kits:Belgium/Canada/Canada / United States/Denmark/Finland/France/Germany/Norway/Sweden/Switzerland/United States
Localization:Danish/English/Finnish/French/German/Norwegian/Swedish
Manufacturer:Lenovo
Model:1951/1952/1953/1955/1956/2007/2008/2009/2613/2623/2637/6369/6370/6371/6372/6373/6374/8741/8742/8743/8744/8745/8746
Packaged Quantity:1
Product Line:Lenovo ThinkPad T60/Lenovo ThinkPad T60p

Input Device

Type:Keyboard / TrackPoint / UltraNav/Keyboard / TrackPoint / UltraNav/UltraNav / TrackPoint / Keyboard

Mainboard

Data Bus Speed:667MHz

Miscellaneous

Color:Business black
Manufacturer Selling Program:Global Models Plus/TopSeller

Modem

Cellular Enhancement Protocol:CDMA 2000 1X EV-DO Rev. 0/EDGE / GPRS / HSDPA
Cellular Network Supported: Yes
Max Transfer Rate:56Kbps
Protocols & Specifications:ITU V.90
Type:Fax / modem/Fax / modem / cellular modem

Networking

Data Link Protocol:Bluetooth / Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet/Bluetooth / Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet / IEEE 802.11a / IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11g/Bluetooth / Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet / IEEE 802.11a / IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11g / IEEE 802.11n (draft)/Bluetooth 2.0 / Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet / IEEE 802.11a / IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11g/Bluetooth 2.0 / Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet / IEEE 802.11a / IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11g / IEEE 802.11n (draft)/Bluetooth 2.0 EDR / Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet / IEEE 802.11a / IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11g/Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet / Bluetooth / IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11a / IEEE 802.11g/Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet / IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11a / IEEE 802.11g/Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet / IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11a / IEEE 802.11g / Bluetooth 2.0/Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet/Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet /
Type:Network adapter
Wireless LAN Supported: Yes
Wireless Protocol:802.11 a/b/g/n (draft) / Bluetooth/802.11 a/b/g/n (draft) / Bluetooth 2.0/802.11a/b/g/802.11a/b/g / Bluetooth/802.11a/b/g / Bluetooth 2.0/802.11a/b/g / Bluetooth/802.11a/b/g / Bluetooth 2.0/802.11a/b/g / Bluetooth 2.0 EDR/Bluetooth/Bluetooth / 802.11a/b/g

Optical Storage

Read Speed:24x (CD) / 8x (DVD)/8x
Rewrite Speed:16x (CD) / 4x (DVD/24x
Type:CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo/DVD/DVD-R/DVD-ROM/DVD-ROM / CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo/DVD-Writer/None
Write Speed:24x/24x (CD) / 8x (DVD

OS Provided

Edition:Windows Vista Business
Type:DOS license/Microsoft Windows Vista Business/Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate/Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Processor

64-bit Computing: Yes
Clock Speed:1.66GHz/1.83GHz/2.16GHz/2.33GHz/2GHz/2GHz / 1.66GHz
Manufacturer:Intel
Multi-Core Technology:Dual-Core
Processor Number:T1300/T2300/T2300E/T2400/T2500/T2600/T5500/T5600/T7200/T7200 / T5500/T7400/T7600
Type:Core 2 Duo/Core Duo/Core Solo/No CPU

RAM

Installed Size:0MB/1GB/1GB / 512MB/256MB/2GB/512MB
Max Supported Size:4GB
Technology:DDR2 SDRAM

Service & Support

Type:1 year warranty /3 years warranty /4 years warranty

Software

Microsoft Office Ready:Includes a preinstalled image of select 2007 Microsoft Office suites. Purchase a Medialess License Kit (MLK) to activate the software.

Storage Controller

Type:Serial ATA/IDE

Storage Floppy Drive

Type: None

Storage Hard Drive

Type:None./Portable

Storage Removable

Type: None

System

Hard Drive(-s) Total Capacity:0GB/100GB/120GB/40GB/60GB/80GB/80GB / 60GB
Notebook Type:Notebook
Platform Technology:Intel Centrino/Intel Centrino Duo
Recommended Use:Education/Small business
Security Devices:Fingerprint reader

Video Memory

Installed Size:128MB/256MB/64MB

Video Output

Graphics Processor / Vendor:ATI Mobility FireGL V5250/ATI Mobility Radeon X1300/ATI Mobility Radeon X1400/Intel GMA 950
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