I bought my First Thinkpad, T61P 14.1inch

T7300 2.0GHZ Core 2
1.5GB Ram 1GB+512MB Sticks
14.1 SXGA+ LCD Screen Matte style
Nvidia 570 Moblie Workstation Card 128MB GDDR3 AKA 8600GT Moblie card
160GB 5400RPM Drive
DVD+RW
Intel Draft N Wireless
Finger Print Scanner
9 Cell Battery
Standard 1 year warranty

came out to be 1500$ with Tax and free shipping. I can't wait. I hope I get the nice keyboard since mine is a T61P

 

Congrats. You'll be hooked for life.

 

Cool!
I wonder how good those 14.1 SXGA+ screens are!

 

They're the same 14.1" SXGA+ screens Thinkpadders have been using for years. This means they're a bit dull, but of outstanding quality!

 

So strange.. I have never seen T61p laptops to be sold with T7200 processors...

And.. hmm.. which Macbook Pro uses 570M graphics? I have only seen with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics.

Can you post pictures of the laptop? I think it is very interesting for everyone here, since you must be the first person (probably) in this forum owning such computer!

And please, take a screenie of your system properties page also (left klick on computer and properties pages, you know)

 

He prolly typoed T7300. The rest seems fine, though. New Macbook Pros use Geforce 8600GTs with DDR3, effectively making them less-thoroughly-tested Quadro FX570Ms.

 

Most likely a typo on his part, T7300.

Anyhow, pictures of the 4:3 14" T61p have been floating around the Internet for awhile. Example

Congrats on your purchase Vengance_01. I will be joining the club once Lenovo rolls out a 10% SPP coupon. Finding out that it would be compatible with Penryn with a bios flash would seal the deal (Both are socket P).

More details about the battery life and graphics card would be much appreciated once you receive your notebook. (which is hopefully soon ^^)

 

Say did it come with FIREWIRE or IR?


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Yes sorry I should have said T7300 But expect a full detailed review. My expected ship date is 9/03 which is about 2 1/2 weeks. I hope it ships much faster than that.

 

The link showed a usual 4:3 14" T61, not T61p.

And a usual T7300... arrfff.. I thought they released an odd model on the market with special features :-/

 

T61 and T61p 14.1" probably don't differ other than video card. Or atleast I'd assume.

 

You'd better learn how to wait, it'll probably months before you actually see the machine

 

Well the 15.4's are back ordered, but not the 14.1's. The two major hold ups are the 15.4 WUXGA screen and the motherboard. But the 14.1 probally has a slightly different motherboard since it only has 128MB of GDDR3 vs 256 on the 15.4 inch. Also can someone give a breakdown on the different stages, i.e. so i know when its in the build stage ect...

 

I got the same thing you did, but no fingerprint scanner or draft-n wireless
but my shipping date is 8/31 supposedly. looks like i'll beat you to that review

 

this deal seemed to good to pass up ; 80 gig hard disk, no fingerprint, no draft-n.......512mb ram, vista home. But I did get the Verizon WWAN card.... 1248.25 after taxes not too bad. Seems like a great deal

 

NOOOO! I wanted to be the first T61P 14.1 inch review here on Notebook Forums

 

haha....depends whose lenovo decides to ship first. besides....no harm in two reviews right?

 

Well, they may decide to publish only one of the reviews...

And congrats on the purchases, both wuzer and vengance. I'm considering ordering one of these for myself next week, in light of more delays for the Asus F8Sv. I have doubts that it will come out by next month, so its a different notebook for me. This is probably the most powerful 14" outside of the F8Sv and the Zepto 6324W....

 

how true about publishing only one review.
i still don't know if i want to cancel my order and wait for the 15.4" t61p's to be back on sale. i just don't know how much heavier the 15.4" is compared to the 14.1" because if the 15.4" weighs only 6.5 pounds, I can deal with it.

 

i just called lenovo again and they told me to call again in another week so they could give me more information about what's causing the delay. great.

 

Is there a delay on the T61P 14 inch model?

 

Hmm - what's the weight on this badboy as compared to a T40 14.1" 4:3 or a T60 14.1" 4:3?

 

apparently yes ><
almost makes me want to cancel and just order again in september when they "should" have things fixed.

 

God Damnit!! I really can't afford to wait. I think I might be heading HP's way if this is the case.

 

yeah, i'm hoping if i bug them enough they'll bump my shipping up to expedited.

 

mine just shipped today ordered on 8/16 wow quick shipping impressive!!! should be here on monday

 

Hey Smoothoperator,

I thought you already had your notebook.....which notebood did you uninstall the pesky utilities from?

 

I have a T60p and had a x61t ( I did the same for both) but Lenovo bought the tablet back and now I am getting the T61p 4:3

 

I can't find the T61P on lenovos website, where is the link?

I see a T61 with NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M, is that the same thing?

 

no, the t61p has been taken off the lenovo website because of part shortages.

 

did yours have the TMD or Samsung Screen?