Cnet's terrible review of t60 widescreen

Has anyone looked at cnet's review of the t60 widescreen???

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they gave it a 6.2!!!! a horrible rating for that computer.. essentially every other laptop ever made was rated higher than it... does that make any sense???

 

I agree that the score is low, but I also agree that they factor price into the score. If a widescreen is cheaper to produce then a 4:3 screen then why are they charging amost $800 dollars more then the t60 I configured. Its a great $1300 dollar machine not so much as a $1800-2000 dollar machine.

 

To be fair, the T60 does need to catch up in terms of port offerings since it offers less or equivalent to what its much smaller brother the X60 does. I still say the T60 is one of the best business machines out there and a 6.2 would certainly lead you to believe otherwise. Applying a decimal based scoring system to laptops is tough to do and generally causes confusion though, at least from what I've seen. I mean any Apple product always gets 8.0+ on CNET, but it's no good for a business person to have a MacBook IMHO, so in the end you still have to know what laptop suits you best and use reviews as a guidance.

 

Oddly enough they gave the 4:3 T60 a 7.8. One thing, I know from photography that Cnet's camera reviews are worthless, so I have little reason to trust their reviews on things I don't know as much about as cameras.

 

Dare you to post that on the Apple forum.... ;-)

 

Hahahaha, I like how they rate it low on the fact the BUSINESS GRADE laptop doesn't have a webcam. Do they expect some CEO's to have a MySpace page posting emo-like images when there stock isn't doing too well for that day?

I am somewhat confused on how the T60 WS could benchmark lower speeds than the z61m of the same specs, when they are almost hardware identical on the inside.

I also like how they dont even list the true specs for the laptops, only what is reported under the 3dMark benchmarking programs. 664mhz ram, 512mb X1400... what the hell. Besides 664mhz ram not existing, and just being a quirk of speedstep, they are listing the hypermemory ram value on the video card, not the 128meg what is actually on the card.

 

thats why I never put too much emphasis on reviews from cnet and the like. I much prefer user review and feedback, preferably from multiple ones and see what the average feedback would be like.

 

if you go through EPP the widescreens are about the same price as the 4:3's in the holiday sale... actually cheaper...

 

OT, but if you need reviews you can trust on cameras, www.dpreview.com is the best place to go.

 

I agree the best place to get a review is a forum, like this one. People who use them everyday are the best people to ask for an opinion. I was looking to get a Sony SZ, Dell XPS, or Toshiba, until I started looking on this website and finally purchased my T60 10/25...I couldn't be happier. We love our ThinkPads and are certainly loyal, but we are also not afraid to complain!

I had read Cnet's review and I thought they based their rating on PRICE and PERFORMANCE...they felt the specs were not as good as other Core 2 Duo's and yet they were charging a premium price. So the price vs. performance was a big thing for them.

 

you're right, most prof. sites focus on the price/performance ratio. Regardless of how high the specs are on a machine or how high its 3DMark score is, if they charge a premium, it WILL lower its score, so thats no help if cost isn't a factor to the buyer.

 

It also sounds like their major compliant was the HD speed. The Lenovo was cofigured with a 5400RPM vs 7200RPM in the competition.

(Luckily my Z was configured with the 7200RPM -- if it ever arrives -- :-D)

 

I will say the T60's price seems all over the charts to me. Sometimes I'll see a T60 for $1200 and sometimes I see one for $2200 and the difference in features and specs is nowhere close to anything that would justify an extra thousand dollars.

However with that said, as an independent IT consultant by night and weekend and an IT manager by day, a BIG portion of my job is recommending both low, mid, and high level hardware and software to my clients and employers and I gave up on CNET's reviews years ago. Completely worthless.

 

I really found it strange how they made an addition with the Widescreen since Widescreens were cheap to produces.
But if it's cheap, the price doesn't prove it so.

Strangely, the T60w is nearly $300 pricier than the Standard Screen.
If the Widescreen could be offered at the same price as the Standard model, then I'm sure the score would be much higher and also sales of the T60w would sky rocket .

I suppose waiting a bit longer for the T60w to drop in price, would be best if I would consider purchasing the T60w.