Typical price: £1,800
What is it: Business-oriented laptop with wireless USB capability
What we think: A supremely well-built and reliable machine
Average user rating
4.3
mediocre
Average user rating from 9 users
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Lenovo ThinkPad T61p user reviews
February 26, 2009
Posted by: DrewTheBeard
"Pricey but worth every penny"
What I like:
Excellent performance and rich features set
What I don't like:
Weight and battery life
Review:
It is addition to my opinion posted on 26/03/2008.
I did not change my opinion on the machine - it is almost the best.
Eventually I threw away Windows and installed Linux openSUSE 10.3 an then 11.0 and received almost perfect business machine. To run Windows applications that have no exact equivalents under Linux I installed Sun's VirtualBox and guest Windows inside it. Due to superpower of T61p I run Linux and Windows simultaneously with no problems!
However, two essential drawbacks are weight (it is too heavy for biz travellers) and short battery runtime...
So, I am now considering to buy either ThinkPad X301 or a new aluminium MacBook as a travelling companion.
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