When was lenovo t60 released

There are many more-portable laptops on the market, even within Lenovo's portfolio, but the ThinkPad T60 is light enough for occasional travel and movement around the office. The ThinkPad T60 is extremely well designed and features thoughtful touches such as sturdy steel hinges, drain holes for accidental spills onto the keyboard, and -- new to the T series -- a shock-mounted hard drive and internal roll cage that holds components in place.

The excellent keyboard offers a comfortable layout and features the traditional red eraser-head pointing stick, as well as a sufficient-size touch pad, each of which has a set of mouse buttons. Above the keyboard are three handy external volume controls -- the extent of the ThinkPad T60's dedicated multimedia controls -- and a blue ThinkVantage button, which summons Lenovo's excellent system support and help utility.

As with most business-focused systems, the ThinkPad T60's speakers sounded clear but, even when maxed out, soft and relatively flat. When it comes to ports and connections, the ThinkPad T60 keeps it basic. On the other hand, the ThinkPad T60 has basically all of the networking connections a businessperson could want: Gigabit Ethernet, 56Kbps modem, Bluetooth, A handy switch on the front edge turns all wireless radios on and off.

The built-in WWAN chip -- the first of its kind in Australia -- is particularly impressive, as it enables users to access the Internet from anywhere they can get a mobile phone signal. The notebook currently only supports the Vodafone network, and just behind the battery is a slot for you to enter a Vodafone 3G SIM card. The functionality is very similar to that of a 3G data card , however, a major benefit of the T60's implementation is that you don't need to add an external card -- the WWAN chip is built into the notebook at the factory.

Our performance observations regarding this Internet service can be found under "Performance". The ThinkPad T60 lacks a number of multimedia connections, such as FireWire, S-Video, and a media card reader -- features that aren't crucial to typical productivity work, but which are found on other business-class thin-and-lights.

Security features abound, however, including a fingerprint reader and an Embedded Security Subsystem -- a hardware security feature that is similar to a Trusted Platform Module. Our high-end test unit was configured with a solid set of components, including a 2.

Unsurprisingly, the ThinkPad T60 turned in a strong score on CNET Labs' benchmarks , performing as well as the other similarly configured dual-core systems we've seen and significantly ahead of the previous generation of Pentium M-equipped business laptops.

We found the Vodafone 3G Internet service to be fairly speedy for the tasks we needed to accomplish. In our DVD battery-drain test, the default six-cell battery in the ThinkPad T60p lasted 3 hours, 19 minutes--decent but not spectacular and perhaps too short for a productive workday on the go.

Lenovo provides a one-year warranty with the ThinkPad T60p, which though it's the standard for consumer laptops, is shorter than the three-year term that covers most business laptops. The preloaded suite of ThinkVantage applications helps users troubleshoot problems, configure their networking options, and enhance data security. The company's support Web site also has troubleshooting information yet lacks helpful elements, such as a user forum. Dan Ackerman. Windows Vista.

Pricing Not Available. The Good Slick, professional design; bundled ThinkVantage security applications. Display is not wide screen; upgraded specs can double the price. To some extent. I tried to "clean restore" WinXP from the hidden partition as Windows requires a clean installation after 2 or more years of use , and I get a crapload of errors.

The Trackpoint or Touchpad seem to be no longer detected, and so on. And other error messages. I couldn't get past finishing the install. Which is enough for a quadriple boot Privacy Policy. I finally have my dream laptop. It is bulky to carry when compared to my ultra-portable Dell M it replaces. However, it is not possible to have a nice big usable screen and perfect potability.

For all the power and screen real estate the T60 WS is small. I can easily see this laptop lasting 5 years of heavy use and being retired for performance not reliability issues.

The screen, keyboard, and build of this laptop are what make it a good laptop. One of these factors, the screen, is apparently more variable than the others.

It should be noted that some people hate the Samsung screen that I do not have. Performance-wise it is exactly what you would expect from a laptop with this hardware: excellent. I was happy to see Lenovo offer the Core 2 Duo T 2.

Lastly, the biometrics felt solid, and improved over the last ThinkPad I had. That said, demand for them doesn't appear to be declining. Last year, Lenovo announced the ThinkPad Z series, the Z60t and Z60m, in an effort to put to rest corporate grumbling over the lack of widescreen options. But now that Dell and HP have added widescreens to practically all of their business notebooks, it seems Lenovo has suddenly felt the same urge and gone wide with one of its best-selling laptops.

Source: Laptop Mag The T60 Widescreen combines everything we loved about the previous T60 model but swaps in a display that's shorter in height than its predecessor but wide enough to let you run two applications side by side or enjoy a widescreen DVD when you're not crunching numbers.

You also get a fast dual-core processor, advanced security, and Add it all up and you have a killer business notebook. In every aspect it scores good to great. It has excellent feel and second to none quality.