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Lenovo Thinkpad R61

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Pros
Comfortable keyboard
Cons
Poor sound

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Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $1184 (10/16/2008)
Performance: Fair: 69
Features: Good: 77
Design: Very Good: 86

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Inexpensive: $1184

Performance

Fair: 69

WorldBench 6 Tests - Good: 80
WorldBench 6 Score	80

WorldBench 6 Component Results (seconds)
Adobe Photoshop CS2	531
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX	410
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering	753
Firefox 2	311
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1	397
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0	270
Multitasking	402
Nero 7 Ultra Edition	932
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5	248
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0	308

Battery Test
Number of Included Batteries	1
Battery Life (Video Playback in hh:mm)	03:19

Graphics Tests (frames per second)
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	50.7
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	67.45

Features

Good: 77

CPU & Memory
CPU	2.2-GHz Core 2 Duo T7500
System Memory	2048
Type of Memory	DDR2-667 SDRAM

Video & Display
Display Size (inches)	14.1" Display
Horizontal Resolution	1440
Vertical Resolution	900
Video Chip Set	nVidia Quadro NVS 140M
Video Memory	128
External Monitor Interface	PCI Express
Wide Screen	Yes

Storage
Total HD Size (GB)	100GB Hard Drive
Optical Drive Speed	2.4
Optical Drive Type	DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/-RAM
Removable Optical Drive	Yes
Floppy Drive	No
Number of Media Slots	3
Other Removable Media Drive	Memory Stick, SD Card, xD-Picture Card

Ports & Expansion
Serial Ports	No
Parallel Ports	No
USB Ports	3
FireWire Ports	1
Microphone Ports	Yes
Headphone Jacks	Yes
S-Video Ports	No
Composite Video Ports	No
Docking Station Port	Yes
Infrared Port	No
Shared Mouse/Keyboard Port	No
Mini PCI Port	No
PC Card Slots	1
Express Card Slots	0

Connectivity
Network Port	Gigabit ethernet
Wireless LAN Type	802.11n
Bluetooth	Yes
Modem Type	V.92

Other
Standard Number of Batteries	1
Type of Batteries	Lithium ion
Built-In Speakers	Stereo
Dimensions	13.2 by 10.5 by 1.4
Min. Weight (lbs.)	5.8Lbs.
Average Weight (pounds, with accessories)	6.7
Accessories	Notebook, AC adapter, power cord
Pointing Device	Eraserhead and touchpad
Multipurpose Bay	Second battery, second HDD, different optical drive
Operating System	Windows Vista Business (32 bit)

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	24
Saturday Support Hours	24
Sunday Support Hours	24
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category	The PC vendor formerly known as IBM pleased its notebook users, who awarded Lenovo high grades in five categories, including product reliability, phone support, and hold time. Its one black spot was a below-average mark for replacing failed components.

Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products with core component problems	Average
Reports of products with failed components	Average
Reports of products with any significant problems	Average
Reports of products arriving with problems	Average
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category	Better than Average

Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support	Better than Average
Overall quality of vendor's phone support	Better than Average
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service	Better than Average
Overall quality of service	Better than Average

Design

Very Good: 86

Lenovo ThinkPad R61 Review

by Carla Thornton

- 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.

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User Reviews for Lenovo Thinkpad R61

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 Evaluation: 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.
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 Evaluation: Please avoid the laptops at all cost, unless your company is buying it for you.