Lenovo ThinkPad R61 891922U Notebook

"Does not function on a basic level"

I bought this machine in the beginning of June for basic personal use - document processing, surfing the web, and downloading music. No complex media software, no gaming - and bottom line, this computer does not function for basic operations. Like

"broke in a week"

this system crashed on the second day and within a week stopped working completely. the customer support is abysmal. They were shuttling me between tech support and return center.

"Rock Solid Workhorse"

The Lenova R61 does everything real well but doesn't really excel in any one area regarding performance. If you are looking for a workhorse laptop that will live well beyond its years then you should buy this product. I can't say enough about the q

"Excellent laptop!"

Bought this laptop 1 month ago no problems at all it has the best keyboard I ever used in a laptop and built quality is top, zero flexing when applying pressure at the keyboard and the palm rest even when applying high pressure at the LCD back cover

"I love it more than anything in the world."

Wow, best laptop, ever. R61 7740CTO: Vista Premium 32-bit, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 5400rpm, T8300, nVidia 140M. I believe that this thing can take a beating for years and still work! Not only that, it has a waterproof keyboard, aluminum roll cage, and st

"Acceptable laptop taken down by mediocre software"

Performance is ok. Screen resolution is very good, but it seems a little dark to me. The usb sockets and the dvd drive are very badly placed if you're right handed and using an external mouse... It comes preinstalled with tons of crappy and mostly us

"Far Exceeded My Expectations. Love it!"

It's unfortunate that there are a couple of reviews here that diminish the quality of this laptop. There are some conflicts mentioned on the Lenovo boards relating to Vista and some aspect of the Thinkpad hardware. Lenovo is making the needed adjustm

"Freezes 50% of the time, i concur: "worst laptop ever""

Like the author of "worst laptop ever", this machines is almost guaranteed to freeze up half the time i use it. I use ad-aware and norton av on a daily basis. I am pretty sure Vista and its proprietary software (which is nice, when/if it works) perp

"My worst laptop ever!!!"

I bought this R61 two months ago thinking I would be worry free. From the beginning my 80GB hard-disk showed 90% full although I only had vista and office installed. Correction, it sometimes showed 85% without me deleting anything. Booting the comput

If you are looking for an affordable notebook, a ThinkPad is generally not something that comes to mind. These models are known for their use in the workplace so when it comes to buying something basic for the home or something for a student to bring