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4.7

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8
out of 10
Excellent

"A College Student's Opinion"
First of all, the Lenovo T61 is a great laptop for college students looking for a notebook that is... (read more)

by David2011 (see profile), June 29, 2007

62 out of 67 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Tough T61 system built even better than previous tough T60"
The real test of how well designed a system...when year one or two goes by, and the system is not... (read more)

by rbkirk (see profile), May 29, 2007

45 out of 50 users found this opinion helpful
3 comments posted to this opinion

1
out of 10
Abysmal

"Blue Screen of Death w/ bad Customer Service"
To start off, as an introduction, I've been in the IT field for 10+ years, worked in the VAR... (read more)

by bluehorseshoe (see profile), August 21, 2007

41 out of 42 users found this opinion helpful

3
out of 10
Poor

"Terrific build; horrid functionality. Lenovo killed the ThinkPad."
After way too much research, I decided on the Lenovo T61. I ordered the T7300 2Ghz processor, 1Gb... (read more)

by Sterling87 (see profile), July 2, 2007

36 out of 41 users found this opinion helpful
2 comments posted to this opinion

10
out of 10
Perfect

"This is an Amazing Laptop"
This computer will blow away all the competition. Thinkpads are built the way you want a notebook... (read more)

by Dwess06 (see profile), July 6, 2007

30 out of 35 users found this opinion helpful

4
out of 10
Mediocre

"What happened to the venerable Thinkpad?"
LCD Bezel does not fully mate with the chassis. Fingernail easily fits between the two frame... (read more)

by gunner58 (see profile), July 18, 2007

25 out of 30 users found this opinion helpful
2 comments posted to this opinion

6
out of 10
Good

"Everything I wanted"
I recently ordered a T61 with a 2.00 GHz processor, Vista, 2 GB RAM, the 5400 rpm hard drive, and... (read more)

by cmasterb (see profile), August 13, 2007

21 out of 21 users found this opinion helpful

2
out of 10
Terrible

"Great Product (let's see in a year) - Horrible Tech Support"
I just purchased this new T61 laptop with lots of hardware upgrades. I purchased this laptop to... (read more)

by nedcpa (see profile), December 1, 2007

20 out of 20 users found this opinion helpful

1
out of 10
Abysmal

"Avoid at all costs"
Like many other T61 buyers, I only took the plunge after a lot of research. This seems like it... (read more)

by Sobchack (see profile), August 9, 2007

20 out of 20 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

1
out of 10
Abysmal

"Finally Somebody worse than Dell"
I bought one of these after my debacle with Dells D820 6lb turd. Looks like I am hitting 2 for 2... (read more)

by ucgsb (see profile), August 11, 2007

20 out of 25 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

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7.6

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Reviewed by: Dan Ackerman

Reviewed: 5/24/07
Release date: 5/9/07
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