Broke down and ordered a R61

Got one. $580 after discounts and FatCash. Larger Res screen hopefully will be better for photo editing and all, along with the X3100 performance 3x that of the GMA950 and the extra 50% of battery life. I'm diggin this. Didn't spend the $50 for the DVD burner since the year ive had my toshiba, ive never actually burnt a CD much less a DVD, and figured the 120GB would at least increase resale value a bit

Current laptop Toshiba M115)
Intel Core Duo T2050 (1.6GHz
1GB DDR2
80GB 5400RPM
14.1" WXGA (1280x800)
DVD+RW
Intel GMA950
6 Cell Battery (~3 hr battery )


New one (R61)
Intel Core 2 Duo T5470 (1.6GHz)
1GB DDR2
120GB 5400RPM
14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900)
DVD/CD-RW
Intel GMA X3100
6 Cell (supposed 4.5hr Battery)


Will be using XP Pro and hopefully it will allow me to play CS:S

 

im thinking about ordering this too. exept with quadro 140m and vista premium. it looks like a good deal.

i dont know what expansion slots to get tho

and what resolution to go for

 

I wanted the higer res since I do photo editing and all

 

does it make everything smaller? im asking because i was originally looking at 15.4's and i dont want to go smaller still. i seriously dont know ive never had a laptop.

ive been reading about this deal on SD and FW for hours seems pretty hot.

 

yes, everything is smaller, but you have more workspace to work with

 

ok thanks. will prolly stay with wxga then.

wxga is still hi def isnt it? coz it has more that 720 lines vertical? or is that just for tv's?

 

1280x800 vs the wxga+ which has 1440x900

 

im pretty sure this wxga is not 1200 x 800

 

1280×800 Monitors 16:10 (8:5)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_XGA

and trust me, iva had 2 WXGA laptops before

 

How are the Thinkpad R screens compared to the T screens? Better? Same?

 

They're more comparable than the last generation R60 and T60.

The R series is slightly heavier and thicker and the T61P has a workstation Nvidia Quadro video card. Everything else is pretty much the same.

 

Same .

 

How does this config look. Hot or not.

ThinkPad R61 - $751.50
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5470 (1.6GHz 800MHz 2MBL2)
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
14.1 WXGA TFT, w/ Camera
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M (128MB)
512 MB PC2-5300 SDRAM DDR2 667MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM)
UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad)
120GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm
CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo 24X/24X/24X/8X Max, Ultrabay Enhanced
Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
7 cell Li-Ion Battery
1 Year Depot Warranty - Express

 

This is probably a better deal:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=147386

 

Just thought I'd point out it's "an R61" since R phoeneticaly starts with a vowel. That is all.



Oh yeah and grats on getting a laptop a LOT sooner than any of us noobs that ordered a T61p. x(

 

Does the coupon in that thread still work? (USPTR61721) I tried to order and I got "Coupon not valid for this shopping cart."

Well, I guess don't need to be ordering yet another machine anyway. Congrats to all those who manage to get in on this deal!

 

In for one. Hopefully it'll get here before I move to the other coast.

 

You spelled "phonetically" wrong. So much for correcting others. That is all.

 

PWNED!!! Tyvm!