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More…A classic ThinkPad, the R61 is full of nice features you don't usually find in a laptop, such as the ThinkLight, an LED that illuminates the keyboard. The R61's 14.1-inch screen and 5.8-pound weight make it an ideal travel companion, too. For a work-oriented notebook decked out with all the trimmings, this model is hard to beat.
Lenovo ThinkPad R61
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Storage
| Total HD Size | 100 GB |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/-RAM |
| Optical Drive Speed | 2.4 |
| Removable Optical Drive | Yes |
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| Number of Media Slots | 3 |
| PC Card Slots | Yes |
Networking
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Included network card | Gigabit ethernet |
| Modem Type | V.92 |
| Wireless LAN Type | 802.11n |
Multimedia
| Video chipset | nVidia Quadro NVS 140M |
| Installed video memory | 128 MB |
| Video integration | Discrete |
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Pros
Comfortable keyboard
Cons
Poor sound
Bottom Line
The R61's slim size, light weight, and keyboard illumination make it ideal for taking along on the road.
Lenovo ThinkPad R61
ThinkPad R61 Review, by Carla Thornton July 25, 2007
The first-rate keyboard includes both a touchpad and an eraserhead nub, as well as dedicated Internet forward and back buttons. An integrated fingerprint reader, located in the right palmrest, makes log-ins a breeze once you set it up. You can hot-swap devices--the dual-layer DVD drive or an extra battery, among others--in and out of the right-side modular bay with one hand. On-screen documentation and system recovery utilities are just a button press away.
The 2.2-GHz Core 2 Duo T7500-equipped R61 performed admirably in our speed tests, with a WorldBench 6 Beta 2 score of 80. The R61's 3-hour, 19-minute tested battery life is good.
The $2004 ThinkPad R61 is a nicely designed machine that deserves consideration as a travel-worthy portable.
Carla Thornton
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PCWorld Lab Results
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Performance Comparison with Similar Laptops
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Performance
| Adobe Photoshop CS2 | 531 |
| Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX | 410 |
| Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering | 753 |
| Battery Life (Video Playback in hh:mm) | 3:19:19 AM |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 50.7 |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 67.45 |
| Firefox 2 | 311 |
| Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1 | 397 |
| Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0 | 270 |
| Multitasking | 402 |
| Nero 7 Ultra Edition | 932 |
| Number of Included Batteries | 1 |
| Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5 | 248 |
| Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0 | 308 |
| WorldBench 6 Score | 80 |
| WorldBench 6 Word Score | Good |
User Reviews
Average User Reviews for Lenovo ThinkPad R61
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- Latest User Reviews 3 reviews
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Reviewed by: altos
Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks
Strengths: Build quality, keyboard, Lenovo (IBM) sofware.
Weaknesses: Bundled trial software (crapware). It takes too long to remove MS Office and Symantec trial versions.
Overall: I totally disagree with "satishnag". The Thinkvantage suite is excellent. It even lets you configure the ethernet adaptor for multiple connections. One can have a setting for the office, another one for home, etc. The additional utilities such as moving user accounts and files are much better than the ones built into MS WIndows. It has been the best new Windows computer experience. I have used Dell laptops for years. I think I became a Lenovo convert. I agree with the PCW review, it is an excellent machine at a good price.
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Reviewed by: satishnag
Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks
Strengths: The laptop came with decent look & feel.
Weaknesses: I got this laptop online & its one of the worst customer service I encountered... I did not like the LCD screen as it was not as mentioned on there site & it was dull... & wireless network did work... the thinkvantage products that they send are useless & actually causes all the issues. Called up the IBM tech support for troubleshooting & they asked me to send the 2 day old laptop to there Solectron outsourced partner...& they asked me to download latest drivers... I refused to sent it them to repair & their incompetent customer support would not listen to the problems & they asked me to 15% restocking fees... I returned the laptop anyway & I did not want to feel bad all the while I was use it....
Overall: Please avoid the laptops at all cost, unless your company is buying it for you.
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Reviewed by: matheosara12
Duration of ownership: 2 Months
Strengths: i like this pc
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