Lenovo ThinkPad R61E 7650 15.4-inch Laptop (1.86 GHz Intel Celeron Processor, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, XP Pro) | 
| Brand: Lenovo
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1668
Color: Black
Media: Personal Computers
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 1.86
System Bus Speed: 533
System Memory: 512
Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Native Resolution: 15.4
Modem: Fax / modem
Display Size: 15.4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10.5
Dimensions (in): 6.3 x 16.9 x 12.9
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 765084U
Model: 765084U
UPC: 883609419585
EAN: 0883609419585
ASIN: B000TUGRZ8
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Product Description
ThinkPad R61e is the coolest and quietest R series notebook with a 15.4-inch widescreen and a thinner, lighter design for enhanced mobility.
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A Great Business Tool!! December 31, 2007
Jack Manfred
18 out of 23 found this review helpful
This is truly a classic business tool laptop.
A worthy member of the Thinkpad legacy, it has all the hardware engineering and software support that no-nonsense business users value most. Coupled with the fact that it comes loaded with Windows XP Professional completes the ideal package.
It has performed flawlessly so far, and the only change I'll make in the next few months is a memory upgrade to 1GB, just to make it complete. It came with no bloatware, but instead a great suite of ThinkVantage software to help you use the computer better.
I don't believe I'll be using any other brand of computer from now on. Thinkpads are an unmatched classic, like Ray-Ban Aviators, Chuck Taylor sneakers, or Levi's 501 jeans: imitated but never equaled.
There's a reason why every Space Shuttle mission in the last 12 years has averaged 7 Thinkpads on board, and the International Space Station has at least 8 on board at any given time, all of which shows that when people's lives and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of machinery are at stake at 200 miles over the Earth's surface, they rely on Thinkpads to get the job done!
At the turn of the 21st century, the only notebooks certified for long-term flight on the International Space Station (ISS) were ThinkPads. The Thinkpad is still the official ISS Portable Computer System.
I also see why many of the top universities in the country, at the undergraduate, graduate and alumni levels recommend and downright shepherd their people towards buying Thinkpads, even offering discounts to achieve it. Some of them simply recommend not buying anything else. Enough said.
The question is, as I see it, not whether to get a Thinkpad, but which one?
Excellent Computer July 11, 2008
Roberto Nobis Soto Corona (Juarez, Mexico)
This brand new lenovo works just fine.
As it only have a 1.8x celeron procesor run smooth and fast enough to run my design programs, office, check the mail and surf the net.
If you want this baby to run faster upgrade it to 1Gb (1.5 Gb with the memory preintalled) or 3Gb (as I plan to do soon)
It's wide screen its perfect for design programs and office as it lets you see more and do more.
IBM software (thinkvantage) is kind of confusing at first (asking you about passwords, internet access and so) with time you learn to take advantage of this cool software.
I really really like my computer.!!!
Another excellent general-purpose laptop from Lenovo to carry on the Thinkpad tradition August 29, 2008
Joseph A. Admire (Manassas, VA USA)
I purchased the R61e to replace my old T30 (which ended up, as my review of that machine indicates, having some significant problems), and so far I'm extremely pleased with it. The 1.86GHZ Celeron CPU is a single-core CPU and therefore not as swift as the latest dual-core CPU's, but it's quite speedy enough to handle any general-purpose business or entertainment work. As shipped, it comes with 512MB RAM, but can be upgraded to 4GB RAM; Windows XP addresses a maximum of 3GB RAM, so I upgraded to 2GB (using high-quality Crucial brand memory), which allows the onboard Intel video GPU to address up to 384MB while still leaving over 1.5GB for other applications. The hard drive, at 80GB, is slightly undersized but inexpensive external USB hard drives are readily available to expand your storage capacity if needed. The DVD/CDRW combo optical drive can also readily be augmented by an external USB DVD writer if you need one. The 15" widescreen display is bright and clear, and only requires 10MB of memory (remember, video memory on this system is shared out from overall RAM) to get full color at 32 bits. DVD and video clip playback are sharp, clear and smooth. I even tried Guild Wars (a fairly demanding game, though not so much so as the latest generation) on this laptop and played it successfully for several hours. The machine is attractively constructed in the classic Thinkpad style, all serious-looking black and gleaming chrome (I've remarked on a web forum that Thinkpads, as compared to other laptops, _look_ like machines on which you can actually get something done!) with the famous "pencil eraser" pointer, the signature feature of the series, riding proudly in its accustomed place in the midst of the large keyboard. The system comes bundled with a full suite of "Thinkvantage" utilities, including an extensive "Rescue and Recovery" facility which can be accessed at boot time or any time during operation by pressing the large blue "Thinkvantage" button on the keyboard, and a trial version of Microsoft Office. The installed OS is Windows XP Professional, which is quite suitable to this class of machine and which, in any case, I prefer to Vista, to which I'm still not ready to upgrade for a while yet. The Thinkpad R61e will work best for you (as it does for me) as a mobile adjunct to your main system, but in that role it's hard to beat.
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