I just received my new Thinkpad T60P, and I absolutely love it! About a month ago, I was right here in this forum asking about opinions about the best 15" Windows laptop. It came down to the Macbook Pro (which can run Windows) and the Thinkpad T60p. I went with the latter.
I ordered configuration 2623DDU, which has the following:
-- 2.0Ghz Core Duo
-- 2GB of RAM
-- 100GB 7200 RPM drive
-- ATI FireGL V5200, 256MB (workstation equivalent of the ATI X1600)
-- 15" screen, 1600x1200
-- I also had to buy the advanced dock, which was the only way to get DVI output.
-- 3-year warranty by default
Highlights:
-- Absolutely gorgeous screen. It has a few stuck pixels, but I'm sending it in to Lenovo to get it fixed this week. I had thought that 1600x1200 at 15" (133 pixels/inch) would produce too small text, but I got accustomed to it very fast. My desktop computer has an LCD at 1280x1024 across 18" (which is about 91 ppi) which is fine for me. The one thing I didn't take into account is that I sit a bit closer to the laptop than when I'm using my desktop.
-- Man, this thing is fast. I mean blisteringly fast. My desktop is a circa-2004 Pentium 4 Northwood 3.0Ghz, and it's absolutely smoked by this laptop. I'm running VMWare with Fedora Core Linux inside, and it's just awesome. It's like having two computers in one. The 2GB of RAM certainly helps out.
-- The keyboard is awesome, as is well known. The keys are very responsive.
-- This thing is cool to the touch. I had tried out two Macbook Pros, and those things were scorchers (I literally could not touch parts of the MBPs when they were plugged into AC power). The T60P runs cools; it's never gotten above 55 C.
-- The only thing I missed from the Macbook Pros was evidently techno-lust from having such a sexy machine. I'll admit, those things were good-looking. However, this Thinkpad is built like a tank, and black is the new black, didn't you know?
-- The videocard is more than enough. It got ~3200 in 3DMark 05, which is in line with the T60P review at NotebookReview.com. I get about 3500 with my GeForce 6800GT in my desktop, which is plenty fast for me these days.
-- The fingerprint reader is kind of cool on this laptop, but it's much faster for me just to type in my password.
-- NOTE: I ordered my T60P on April 24, and it arrived on May 19. That's pretty darn long. I've read on other forums that the delay is due to the ATI V5200 video card, so other configurations will probably arrive much sooner (an estimate is given for each model on Lenovo's site).
I ordered configuration 2623DDU, which has the following:
-- 2.0Ghz Core Duo
-- 2GB of RAM
-- 100GB 7200 RPM drive
-- ATI FireGL V5200, 256MB (workstation equivalent of the ATI X1600)
-- 15" screen, 1600x1200
-- I also had to buy the advanced dock, which was the only way to get DVI output.
-- 3-year warranty by default
Highlights:
-- Absolutely gorgeous screen. It has a few stuck pixels, but I'm sending it in to Lenovo to get it fixed this week. I had thought that 1600x1200 at 15" (133 pixels/inch) would produce too small text, but I got accustomed to it very fast. My desktop computer has an LCD at 1280x1024 across 18" (which is about 91 ppi) which is fine for me. The one thing I didn't take into account is that I sit a bit closer to the laptop than when I'm using my desktop.
-- Man, this thing is fast. I mean blisteringly fast. My desktop is a circa-2004 Pentium 4 Northwood 3.0Ghz, and it's absolutely smoked by this laptop. I'm running VMWare with Fedora Core Linux inside, and it's just awesome. It's like having two computers in one. The 2GB of RAM certainly helps out.
-- The keyboard is awesome, as is well known. The keys are very responsive.
-- This thing is cool to the touch. I had tried out two Macbook Pros, and those things were scorchers (I literally could not touch parts of the MBPs when they were plugged into AC power). The T60P runs cools; it's never gotten above 55 C.
-- The only thing I missed from the Macbook Pros was evidently techno-lust from having such a sexy machine. I'll admit, those things were good-looking. However, this Thinkpad is built like a tank, and black is the new black, didn't you know?
-- The videocard is more than enough. It got ~3200 in 3DMark 05, which is in line with the T60P review at NotebookReview.com. I get about 3500 with my GeForce 6800GT in my desktop, which is plenty fast for me these days.
-- The fingerprint reader is kind of cool on this laptop, but it's much faster for me just to type in my password.
-- NOTE: I ordered my T60P on April 24, and it arrived on May 19. That's pretty darn long. I've read on other forums that the delay is due to the ATI V5200 video card, so other configurations will probably arrive much sooner (an estimate is given for each model on Lenovo's site).
