Grrr, much to my dismay, this big company IT only gives out 3 flavors of laptops. All through Lenovo!
So after much cribbing and whining about not wanting it, I got my Thinkpad T60P from work. I am pleasantly surprised how much crap factor from N300 series seems to have carried over to T60P – one would have thought this was still an IBM-Thinkpad brand.
Here’s a quick review of my Stinkpad:
- Keyboard rocks. I have to admit it, it is one of the best keyboards I have used.
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The 15.4 LCD screen sucks, more so because the native resolution of this screen is 1680×1050 pixels. At that resolution everything seems ant-sized. If you increase the resolution, the fonts seem smudgy! One would have thought they would put in a better card and a more sensible native resolution (1440×900 anyone?)
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My Thinkpad came without a screw! Would you believe it? This morning I was trying to latch the laptop onto the docking station, and i turned the laptop around to examine it. Surprise, surprise, a screw is missing :).
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The laptop doesnt detect it is on a docking station. Docking station needs to be replaced. I am not surprised.
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Does NOT get HOT at all! (Apple are you listening?!)
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Does not make a sound. I like that!! I hate noisy laptops; fortunately this is not one of them.
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Seems sturdy, at least for now.
Overall:
A much decent effort than the disastrous N300 series, but leaves much to be desired. Not exactly what I would call a great “corporate” laptop, but I could do with it. Definitely more hype than it is talked about. Overall, a definite testament to Thinkpad’s declining quality.
I just wish I could use my MAC on the corporate network 🙁