Lenovo one of the well-known notebook maker has announced the launch of its new notebook namely, Lenovo ThinkPad T61p.The ThinkPad T61p at models that are small and sexy, that it is easy to forget that sometimes real work has to be done on the road. While a 2.4lb ultraportable is a great way to impress clients and it’s a pleasure to take from place to place, it is not always enough. Ultraportables have started to get better about including more powerful processors and sufficient RAM, but size and weight limitations mean that they often lack an optical drive and always have a limited display resolution.
People who demand more from their notebook than an internet connection, ascreen, and a keyboard and who are less concerned about weight can get a surprising amount of power from the right machine. Today’s processors and large amounts of RAM can be combined with high resolution displays to make for notebooks that have all the power you would need yet is still able to be moved around.
The notebook we will be looking at in this article is the ThinkPad T61p from Lenovo. This is the high performance version of the ThinkPad T61, the first notebook from Lenovo to use Intel’s Santa Rosa platform. The T61p is essentially an upgraded version of the T61 with certain options that are mandatory and a number of performance benefits over the rest of the ThinkPad line. This is the most powerful ThinkPad currently available- and ever eleased-
so it’s been highly awaited by tech professionals and all sorts of demanding mobile users. We already took a glance at the T61p in our First Look article. If you want to catch up on the details you can use that for reference.
ThinkPad T61p Notebook Specifications:
- ThinkPad T61p (as tested)
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
- T7700 2.4GHz
- Memory: 2GB DDR2 PC2-5300
- Platform: Intel Centrino
- Duo
- Graphics: Nvidia Quadro FX 570M (256MB)
- Display: 15.4″ 1920×1200 WUXGA
- (175 nit)
- Storage: Seagate Momentus 7200.1 ST910021AS 100GB,
- 7200RPM
- Wireless: Intel Pro/Wireless 3945A/B/G, Bluetooth
- OS: Windows
- Vista Business
- Extras: 4-in-1 card reader, fingerprint reader, DVD/CD-RW
- Windows Experience Index: 4.8
- Processor: 5.3
- Memory: 4.8
- Graphics (Aero): 5.9
- Gaming: 5.5
- Hard disk: 4.9
- Starting weight: 6-cell 5.9lbs, 9-cell 6.2lbs
- Battery life- 6-cell 3.9
- hours, 9-cell 5.9 hours