At a quick glance, the R60 (14″ or 15″ screen size) improves the old ThinkPad R52 by offering the faster new Intel Core Duo processor, an extra USB 2.0 slot (there are now 3 instead of 2 in the R52), optional integrated WWAN, magnesium-alloy roll cage for extra internal component protection plus the offering of an ATI X1400 graphics card. Also, to make another comparison, the R60 does not use the same case construction as the T60 and it is not as wonderfully thin and light, which is why it is cheaper. Plus, the regular UltraBay the R60 has is thicker and not swappable on the fly; Fire GL graphics card is available in the T60 but not the R60, an IPS is screen available in the T60 but not R60.

The design of this laptop is pleasant: a complete black body, with some colored keys. However, the build could be better: there is some flexing of the outside plastic case, while inside you have a magnesium constructed roll cage to protect components, so although plastic will succumb to cracking during a fall more so than magnesium alloy, your internals are further protected. As far as brightness and quality, the R60 screen is good, but the usual aspect of poor vertical angles remains a problem for this one too.
Because this is a configurable laptop, I can only give a few general tips on how it will perform: if you want speed and graphic performance, go with a Core Duo processor and opt for the ATI X1400 graphics card (it’s not high-end by any means, but far superior to integrated graphics). If you want to save money and don’t care so much about overall performance (like for example business use) get a Celeron processor (this will be about 25% - 35% slower overall).

The Lenovo laptops poses simple speakers so if you want to listen to music with any type of enjoyable experience, you will need to plug in headphones or external speakers. Ports: a FireWire (IEEE 1394 port), ethernet and modem jack, headphone out and microphone in, USB 2.0 vertically oriented port, dual PCMCIA / ExpressCard 54 slot, S-Video connector, swappable UltraBay optical drive, 2 USB 2.0 slots. While it only has 3 USB ports, it comes with a 9 cell battery for a long high performance life without stream from the power network: 3 hours 47 minutes of battery life when used lightly and over 3 hours with Wi-Fi on. By the way, the wi-fi card has a good, no troubles, and the antenna of the R60 is in the screen to give extra range.

Lenovo ThinkPad R60 Specifications