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New!! Thinkpad T61!

post #1 of 20
4/3/07 at 9:16pm
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Heard the news over at thinkpads.com: Lenovo is supposed to be releasing the T61 sometime early May.

Just speculating...

Whats New:

14" Widescreen WSXGA+
New GPU?
No more 15" 4:3, Flexview
EDIT: Actually, it was said that all 4:3 aspect ratio screens (including the 14.1") are being discontinued. It may only be available in Widescreen... we'll see.
Intel Santa Rosa

I'm really looking forward to the 14" WSXGA+

EDIT: Initial specs and details here --> http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=119206

Any comments?
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post #2 of 20
4/4/07 at 12:00am
what's wrong with flexview?
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post #3 of 20
4/4/07 at 12:28am
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Originally Posted by nye
what's wrong with flexview?

Probably nothnig wrong with it... maybe it's just to expensive to produce
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post #4 of 20
4/5/07 at 11:41am
I've heard the same may announcement, june availability rumors from distributors.
No hints on what it'll have though. I hope it'll have external PCI-E support, but doubt it :-P
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post #5 of 20
4/19/07 at 4:22am
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Originally Posted by mojoRT
14" Widescreen WSXGA+

There is no WSXGA+ in that size to my knowledge as DPIs go too high to comfortably read. Probably with Vista and scalable UI there is a change of having such screens, but right now the maximum resolution for that size is WXGA+ (1440x900) which is ok for the size.

I would rather hope for a P version on 14". That would be simply awesome.
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post #6 of 20
4/21/07 at 11:45pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by mojoRT
Heard the news over at thinkpads.com: Lenovo is supposed to be releasing the T61 sometime early May.

Just speculating...

Whats New:

14" Widescreen WSXGA+
New GPU?
No more 15" 4:3, Flexview
EDIT: Actually, it was said that all 4:3 aspect ratio screens (including the 14.1") are being discontinued. It may only be available in Widescreen... we'll see.
Intel Santa Rosa

I'm really looking forward to the 14" WSXGA+

Any comments?
They will never discontinue the 4:3 aspect..

also heard that the x61's are coming out also.
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post #7 of 20
5/10/07 at 1:05am
they have it for sale right now.... thinking of buying
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post #8 of 20
5/10/07 at 1:28pm
Ordered one yesterday:
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Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz 800MHz 4MBL2) 14.1 WXGA+ TFT, w/o Camera nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 1 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM) UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) with Fingerprint Reader 80GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo 24X/24X/24X/8X Max, Ultrabay Slim PC Card Slot & Media Card Slot Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Integrated Bluetooth PAN 7 cell Li-Ion Battery No WWAN
Had a problem with the price though, after I bought it in my confirmation email it was $300+ more than when I configured, just got off the phone with Lenovo and everything is straightened out.
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post #9 of 20
5/10/07 at 11:16pm
Flexview is perfect.

Problem is, the manufacturer has stopped making them, odds are they're focusing on widescreens, as the IPS market was just too small.
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post #10 of 20
5/17/07 at 11:48am
Me too

My Thinkpad T61 Ordered 5-15-07 Est Ship Date 5/31/07
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz 800MHz 4MBL2)
14.1 WXGA+ TFT, w/o Camera
nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
1 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM) (will add more RAM Myself)
UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) with Fingerprint Reader
60GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm (goning to by an 7200 rpm on newegg)
CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo 24X/24X/24X/8X Max, Ultrabay Slim
PC Card Slot & Media Card Slot
Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
6 cell Li-Ion Battery
Mini Advanced Docking station.
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post #11 of 20
6/10/07 at 11:17pm
Still waiting for my T61. They now say it's going to be delivered on the 18th, well over a month after I ordered it!
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post #12 of 20
6/11/07 at 1:03am
I canceled my order from Lenovo and bought it from PC Connection. Cost a little more with a little better specs, but no tax and next day shipping was relatively cheap.
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post #13 of 20
6/12/07 at 1:04am
i think someone on my site did a review of this notebook.
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post #14 of 20
6/12/07 at 11:36am
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From what I've heard, there have been extensive shipping delays due to manufacturing problems of one of the parts. Any one part can delay your entire system.
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post #15 of 20
6/13/07 at 11:56am
yeah this notebook is sweet
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post #16 of 20
6/19/07 at 2:01am
Any Pics?
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post #17 of 20
6/24/07 at 11:01am
It seems the battery life is not so good on T61. It's also thicker than T60 14.1" models.

It seems T61 is thicker than T60 14.1" models.
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post #18 of 20
7/11/07 at 3:14pm
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The T61 is a little bit thicker than the T60 (about 0.1" as far as I remember).

The battery life is estimated as follows:

w/ 140m and 6 cell - approx. 2:30 hours
w/ 140m and 7 cell - just under 3 hours
w/ x3100 and 6 cell - approx 3:30 hours
w/ x3100 and 7 cell - just under 4 hours

You lose about an hour going with dedicated graphics.
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post #19 of 20
7/14/07 at 5:27pm
I have had both the T60 and a T60P, and briefly thought about getting a T61.

I don't really see the T61 as a step forward
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post #20 of 20
7/17/07 at 9:47am
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Originally Posted by neaoss View Post
I have had both the T60 and a T60P, and briefly thought about getting a T61.

I don't really see the T61 as a step forward

It's definately a faster machine... it's too bad the dedicated graphics is so power hungry. One would have to purchase an extra ultrabay battery just to keep up with the old T series in terms of battery life.
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