Lenovo ThinkPad R61

80

Very Good

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Pros
Comfortable keyboard
Cons
Poor sound

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Performance: Fair: 69
Features: Good: 77
Design: Very Good: 86

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

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

What You Should Know about the ThinkPad R61

Multitask and Not Bog Down

The more memory a PC has, the faster your programs run and the more windows you can work in simultaneously. Equipped with memory between 1GB and 3GB, this laptop should be able to handle just about any task you can throw at it without bogging down too much. For instance, if you're a multitasker and you'd like to burn a music CD in one window while watching your favorite DVD movie (for the umpteenth time) in another--while flipping between your inbox and your browser to work on your blog during the movie's boring parts--this laptop can manage it all without a hiccup.

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.