Lenovo ThinkPad R61 User Review
by Nam Pham
Like many NotebookReview.com readers, I bought my notebook with college in mind. I needed something that will last me four years or more, and I also wanted something moderately powerful. Having experienced a 15.4” Toshiba Satellite with glossy screen in the family, I was deterred from getting anything 15.4” or larger. And while the glossy LCD was really nice for movies and pictures, it was too reflective for my taste.
Once I had my criteria set up, choosing the notebook was easy, since my preference of non-glossy LCDs left me with only Thinkpads and business models from HP/Compaq and Dell. After researching extensively on many of these notebooks, I was leaning more and more toward the Thinkpad R61 because of the price, build quality, and legendary keyboard. After I tried out one at a local computer store, I was sold.
I bought my R61 straight from Lenovo.com with a 10% off coupon for a total of $923 after tax. I even received $34 back from fatwallet.com.
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