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    Are all T60's created equal?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by seri_art, Sep 15, 2008.

  1. seri_art

    seri_art Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not in size of RAM or hard drive, but in the quality of the display. I'm interested in a T60 for photo editing. I found this comment in a Rob Galbraith article: "The finest laptop screen for photography we've ever owned is the 1400 x 1050 pixel Flexview display in a ThinkPad T60. That screen owes its colour sweetness to the underlying In Plane Switching (IPS) screen technology."

    Do all T60's have that?
     
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    ochsentour Notebook Enthusiast

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    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    The 15" T60 used a few screens, but there was only one SXGA+ Flexview made by LG-Philips, as far as I remember. The other Flexview screen was UXGA coming from different suppliers. There was also a XGA option which wasn't IPS.

    Btw, this is an interesting comparison (the second one on the left is the one you're asking for).
    http://www.51nb.com/viewnews-39412-page-19.html

    Also, you will find more information about the Flexview screens on ThinkPads forums.
    http://forum.thinkpads.com/
     
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    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    Nope -- and as far as I know, they're not making any more. I have a regular 14.1" T60 and while the screen is not terrible, I wouldn't want to retouch photos or do graphic-intensive work on it.
     
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    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    ^^David, nice to see that you are still alive! :p

    Btw, Flexview was only 15", so the 14.1" T60 models didn't have IPS screens.
     
    Dreamer, Sep 15, 2008
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