Laptop shopping

[winter]

Out of curiosity, has anyone had any experience with a Lenovo ThinkPad R61?

Our office has the T60s, and while I'm on a Dell, the ThinkPad squad like theirs. Since my home computer is hitting the 6 year mark this June, it's time for something new. And June 30 will be the stop-mark for new computers with Windows XP - I can definitely do without Vista for the moment, though the R61 is Vista-ready.

The configuration I'm eyeing would be 2GB of RAM, 2GHz dual Intel, 160GB hard drive. I think this would last me a while - not necessarily another six years, but at least three - considering my main home tasks are done in Firefox, MS Office (2002) and the now elderly Paint Shop Pro 8, plus whatever forays I make into GIMP and Inkscape. I'd miss the smooth Dell curves, but somehow the ThinkPad seems to have more personality to it. I think it looks like a Bob, or possibly a Logan.

Comments

[smtfhw.livejournal.com]

I am very attached to my Dell. The first one gave 6 years service, and the current one is in its 4th year now...

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

I habve no experience with R61 but my ATL sitting next to me uses a T61 and in geenral, I advocate Thinkpads over any other laptop. And not jsut because I work for a certain company, either - I;m not in sales :P

And I think more computers shoul be named bob.

[carmentalis.livejournal.com]

Since I'm just on IM with someone on a six-month-old Thinkpad... *interviews the fellow geek on the other end*

Nick: They're not bad at all. Worth the money
Nick: But it pays off if you carry it around
Nick: that's where it really gets good
Nick: on a desk at home, might as well get a cheaper HP or FS. Long as it's no Sony
Nick: CPU don't matter, hard drive's gonna be extarnal anyway
Nick: 2gigs RAM's painful on vista, though, so might wanna look at more or the toppie's a lost cause in two years
Nick: Carry laptop, thinkpad good. Desktop laptop, thinkpad shiny but not so important