This model it’s targeted towards business users and professionals, featuring Intel Core Duo processor inside the durabile case. Actually, durability (due to the steel hinges), security, usability and performance are all important characteristics of the ThinkPad T-series. It’s a powerful notebook that you can use for work as well as some demanding games in your free time. This laptop’s screen is one of the most sturdy (no ripples or flex) and the best when it comes to keeping its brightness and color regardless of what angle you look at it.
I can not say the same abou the speakers. The sound is as poor as in all laptops, but, furthermore, the speakers are positioned in front of the notebook below the palm rest, which means that the sound gets obstructed. Lenovo T60 is a silent notebook. However, when playing DVDs, you can actually hear some noise. You can adjust the speeds to reduce the noise level. It gets a little warm on the bottom upper left hand corner, but not too bad and you can rest your palms without problems. This laptop has Bluetooth, and Intel 3945 wi-fi card, as well as Verizon WAN card and all of them do a great job in matter of connection speed, range and stability.
ThinkPad T60 also has a nice and sturdy keyboard, with only a slight flex and plenty of hotkeys.
Dedicated buttons include: Power on/off, Volume up/down/mute (3 buttons), Wireless on/off, ThinkVantage shortcut button (shortcut to system support, security and diagnostics suite). Battery lock and releaseThe touchpad is bigg, soft and it feels like having alot of control over it. Above it, there is also a fingerprint reader. With all the settings high (screen brightness, processor speed), the 9-cell battery will hold up to 2.5 hours. Maybe it would have been better for this laptop to have more than 3 USB 2.0 ports, otherwise, I love it.
Lenovo ThinkPad T60 Specificatons
For those of you who desire a laptop with a large 17 inch wide screen, here’s one to consider: LG LW70. Because of it’s size, it weights 3.1 kgs so it’s more likely to become a desktop replacement. Compared to Dell Inspiron 9300 (another 17 inch laptop), the LG LW70 is faster, lighter, thinner, and runs longer on battery. The design is nice and simple not straying far from their previous designs and quite similar to Dell notebooks (same black and white combination), also very rigid and sturdy.
The power/volume buttons are centered above the keyboard, and in addition, two “instant on” buttons, “DVD” and “Music” are present to offer maximum multimedia usability.
On the front of the notebook there are 2 decently sized speakers (woofer on the bottom) and a remote-control sensor. The sound system has 5.1 channel audio, and it’s quite clear and full compared to other notebooks. It also has a microphone implemented directly on the laptop. The keyboard (similar to a PC - full size 99 key keyboard with a dedicated number pad) is pleasent to use, with many hotkeys (touchpad on/off, 3 User functions, sleep, standby, wifi toggle, video mode, hibernate, screen brightness up/down, battery miser settings), and, because there is plenty of room, the touch pad stays out of the way when typing.
The hard drive of the standard configuration is only 80GB - I personaly find this amount of storage a little to less for a multimedia user who would store movies and music in large quantities. After using it for awhile the fans can be heared but they are not very loud and the laptop stayes fairly cool under use. The wireless card is an Intel 2200BG (b/g) internal PC card with a hex-band antenna, which allows better connectivity on the move. A minus for LG: there is no built in bluetooth (only IrDA Infrared and a remote controll sensor) even if most new laptops do have it. The standard 6 cell battery will last at minimum Brightness (1/8) : 4 hours, at medium (4/8) : 3 hours, 50 minutes, and at full brightness (8/8): 3 hours, 15 minutes.
LG LW70 Specifications
HP made a laptop with outstanding features at a great price under the name of Pavilion. Dv6500z model from this series has a very nice sleek design, with a beautiful glossy feel, black lid (feels quite durable, and is fairly rigid) and black keyboard surrounded by a silver cover over the palm rest. The touchpad design resambles the same design technique, only it is surrounded by a black finnish. The body has all smooth, rounded edges, making it really comfortable in your hand while carrying it around and very eyecatching - like a gaming laptop should be.
The body of the dv6500z feels pretty durable (the plastic material is of high quality), and doesn’t creak when being held, but the palm rest has some flex. The glossy display on the dv6500z is very bright and vibrant, but vertical viewing angles have the same issue like all laptops: too far forward the screen starts getting washed out, and too far back the colors darken or invert.
Speakers are located above the keyboard and provide a good quality sound in terms of laptops (this means that you should not expect to hear the bass). The two headphone jacks, however, make their job without any hiss or other forms of distortion.
The key action was very smooth, and only require only a light press. Also, you will enjoy the ctrl key placement on the far left side, with the function key just right of it. HP did not forgot to include a button for touchpad enable/disable, and, by the way, the sensitive touchpad is a pleasure to use. The combination of dual core AMD Turion TL-60 processor with the nVidia 8400m GS video card is what makes this laptop have a sufficient performance for any demanding game. This is also the reason why the machine gets a little hot but within reasonable temperatures. Noise usualy depends on how intensive it is used, but overall it’s a quiet notebok. The 6 cell battery can hold up to 3 hours and 30 minutes, while the 12-cell allows you to get 4 hours and 50 minutes.
HP Pavilion dv6500z Specifications
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
Lenovo C200 Image
Compared to Lenovo C100, much of the new C200 laptop has been changed in the good sense of the word. The main thing is the fact that it is much faster, and on par with the majority of new laptops. However, I don’t understand why the old C100 models all had an 8 cell battery, and the new C200 is only a 6 cell. This notebook is very sleek and rounded in spots, all black, with a stronger build latching system. The SD card slot and the optical drive placement have been improved for a more pleasant feel and usability.
Th screen is one of the not so strong features when it comes to laptop shopping: the viewing angle and contrast is lacking compared to other screens on the market. Don’t be discouraged because colors and lighting are very uniform throughout the screen, making it very pleasant to look at from a front position. The speakers are just fine for basic things which don’t require strong bass. The Intel 5500 Core 2 Duo processor, clocked at 1.66GHz, offers fast performance for any program that runs on this laptop.
The keyboard is similar to the one on ThinkPad models. The keys have a good feel to them, and are easy to click, making no sound at all (and fan noise is also inaudible). The Lenovo C200 laptop is equipped with 4 USB ports spreaded across both sides of the laptop, a mini firewire port, VGA/S-video for external viewing, 10/100 Ethernet, and audio input/output ports. If you had a C100 before, you will notice that most of the ports have switched position, but are still just as easy to locate. Last but not the last, you’ll get 2.5-3 hours of use with screen at a mid brightness setting, and active web access through the wireless card.
Lenovo C200 Specifications
