The one and only very serious caveat: if you're buying a T61/p with nVidia graphics, make sure that it has warranty remaining because of the high failure rate of these graphic cards.
My personal choice for a machine that isn't going to be stressed out a lot or demanded much from would be a T61 with Intel graphics. Allows 8GB RAM out of the box, and will run any 64-bit OS. Good luck shopping. Cheers, George -----Original Message----- From: Rob Bell <[email protected]> To: NSResearch <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Sun, Jul 18, 2010 10:52 am Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T60 or T61? Any Advice Very Welcome They're both great systems and you really can't go wrong with either. My daughter has a T60 and my wife has a T61p. There are obviously a few spec differences but they are more owner preference than real differentiators. I personally prefer the 1920x1200 widescreen of the T61p but that comes at the expense of being about 2" wider. Both are built like the good old ThinkPads always have been. They still must be pretty rugged because my daughter uses hers at college and lugs it around all over the place. The only issues we've had with them have been a failed HD on the T60 and the battery suffering an early sudden death at 13 months on the same system (this was a known issue that Lenovo issued a recall for, just not for our particular system). But any T6x system should be beyond the age where the battery failure would happen by now. Rob NSResearch wrote: > Subject line says it all. It's time to replace my wife's old T22 which has > been excellent. I've been looking at updating it to either a second-hand T60 > or T61, but I thought before I bought either, I'd ask you what you think :) > > The machine will spend most of its time in the house rather than out on the > > road and will be used mainly for very basic stuff like web browsing, email > > and general stuff rather than anything complex or memory hungry like video > > editing. > > I was drawn to the T22 because it was tough - she's not exactly careful > > with stuff ! - and from what I read, all the 'T' series share similar > > qualities. > > I've taken a look in the archives to see if anyone else has asked this > > question and I couldn't find anything. I'd be very grateful for any > > thoughts or advice on which one to get - or maybe someone can suggest one > > of the other ThinkPads which might suit her better. > > TIA > > Dave _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
