t_huankiat
June 26th, 2006, 07:04 AM
I just helped my girl friend to purchase a T60 online, got it few days ago. Now I have the chance to have a look at it. The initial thought was "hmm not bad, it's still an IBM's Thinkpad". But when I got further down, I realized that's not entirely true!
First change that I realized is that instead of the better quality plastic they used in T42/43 model around the palm rest area, the T60 is using the cheaper plastic that you find in R series!
Second is that the adapter is changed. I used to like the IBM's small adapter (compared that with Dell's and Sony's). Now not only do they replace the IBM logo with Lenovo's, they manage to make the adapter much bigger! (how?:confused:)
Third is they make the additional RAM installation extremely troublesome! It used to be pop up a small lit at the bottom of the laptop, insert the RAM and it's completed. Now, not only I need to unscrew five screws at the bottom, I also need to remove the entire palm rest area just to insert the RAM! When I did that, I could see how it was assembled. The way that they are put together reminded me of the time when I saw how Dell's laptop parts were assembled when the technician came... This moment, I feel like I'm working on a DELL laptop, not the "Superior" Thinkpad anymore. Well, T42 are put together in the similar way. But at least when I look at it, I feel as if it's a one piece laptop. (That makes me feel the laptop is classy for some reason)
Also, one thing to note is the keys. They used to have labels on the "Access IBM" key and those volume controls. On T60, not only do they label the words on the above the buttons, but they also manage to make the buttons looked so cheap!
Everything just looks so cheap and make me wonder why yet it's so expensive? It's a Dual-core, but Dell has the Dual-core for a much cheaper price. I have used R series and T series before, and I used to like them so much. But after this T60 incident, I think from now on I will just keep my T42 but if I need a new laptop later on, I'd have second thought on getting a ThinkPad
First change that I realized is that instead of the better quality plastic they used in T42/43 model around the palm rest area, the T60 is using the cheaper plastic that you find in R series!
Second is that the adapter is changed. I used to like the IBM's small adapter (compared that with Dell's and Sony's). Now not only do they replace the IBM logo with Lenovo's, they manage to make the adapter much bigger! (how?:confused:)
Third is they make the additional RAM installation extremely troublesome! It used to be pop up a small lit at the bottom of the laptop, insert the RAM and it's completed. Now, not only I need to unscrew five screws at the bottom, I also need to remove the entire palm rest area just to insert the RAM! When I did that, I could see how it was assembled. The way that they are put together reminded me of the time when I saw how Dell's laptop parts were assembled when the technician came... This moment, I feel like I'm working on a DELL laptop, not the "Superior" Thinkpad anymore. Well, T42 are put together in the similar way. But at least when I look at it, I feel as if it's a one piece laptop. (That makes me feel the laptop is classy for some reason)
Also, one thing to note is the keys. They used to have labels on the "Access IBM" key and those volume controls. On T60, not only do they label the words on the above the buttons, but they also manage to make the buttons looked so cheap!
Everything just looks so cheap and make me wonder why yet it's so expensive? It's a Dual-core, but Dell has the Dual-core for a much cheaper price. I have used R series and T series before, and I used to like them so much. But after this T60 incident, I think from now on I will just keep my T42 but if I need a new laptop later on, I'd have second thought on getting a ThinkPad