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8
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Excellent

"Good Laptop for everyday use."
Overall, the Thinkpad R61 is a good laptop that many people will enjoy. It was a big step up from... (read more)

by xyukihirokunx (see profile), October 29, 2007

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful

9
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Spectacular

"Excellent laptop!"
Bought this laptop 1 month ago no problems at all it has the best keyboard I ever used in a laptop... (read more)

by nxman (see profile), June 19, 2008

1 out of 1 users found this opinion helpful

1
out of 10
Abysmal

"My worst laptop ever!!!"
I bought this R61 two months ago thinking I would be worry free. From the beginning my 80GB... (read more)

by amcgreg (see profile), February 13, 2008

1 out of 1 users found this opinion helpful

5
out of 10
Average

"Acceptable laptop taken down by mediocre software"
Performance is ok. Screen resolution is very good, but it seems a little dark to me.
The usb... (read more)

by irfan_bugmenot (see profile), April 11, 2008

1 out of 2 users found this opinion helpful

1
out of 10
Abysmal

"broke in a week"
this system crashed on the second day and within a week stopped working completely. the customer... (read more)

by bangcvk (see profile), June 26, 2008

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"I love it more than anything in the world."
Wow, best laptop, ever.
R61 7740CTO: Vista Premium 32-bit, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 5400rpm, T8300,... (read more)

by lyrBeta (see profile), May 9, 2008

10
out of 10
Perfect

"Far Exceeded My Expectations. Love it!"
It's unfortunate that there are a couple of reviews here that diminish the quality of this laptop.... (read more)

by Cadillakin (see profile), March 23, 2008

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"best laptop for a student!"
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by gevosmile (see profile), December 5, 2007

2
out of 10
Terrible

"Freezes 50% of the time, i concur: "worst laptop ever""
Like the author of "worst laptop ever", this machines is almost guaranteed to freeze up half the... (read more)

by oopeter (see profile), February 17, 2008

0 out of 6 users found this opinion helpful

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7.6

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Reviewed by: Dan Ackerman

Reviewed: 5/9/07
Release date: 5/9/07
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