Lenovo Thinkpad R61i
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo Thinkpad R61iProcessor: Intel Celeron M 540
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100
Display: 15.1 inch, 4:3, 1024x768 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Price: 400 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage Thinkpad R61i (Model)
Average Score: 76% - good
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
mobility: 80%, workmanship: 90%, ergonomy: 81%, emissions: 70%
Reviews for theLenovo Thinkpad R61i
Foreign Reviews
80%Lenovo Thinkpad R61i T2310
Source: Notebookjournal (German)
online available, Long, Date: 04/29/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 50% features: 30% display: 30% mobility: 80% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 90%
72%Lenovo ThinkPad R61i (NG18TGE) (Notebook)
Source: Chip.de (German)
online available, Medium, Date: 04/08/2008
Rating: Total score: 72% price: 80% performance: 58% features: 71% display: 54% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 91% emissions: 50%
Comment
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on a Mobile Intel 965GM chipset. It is the successor of GMA 950 and features a fully programmable pipeline (supports Aero Glass fully and DirectX 10 with newest drivers). The peformance of the X3100 is clearly better than the GMA 950, still demanding modern games won't run fluently.
Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Celeron M: It is a Pentium M with halved level 2 Cache and limited on FSB 400. The characteristic of this processor is the speed, which is hardly slower than an equivalent Pentium M. However it can change the speed not dynamically like the Pentium M and therefore needs without load more current.
It is also available as Low Voltage Version with very small current consumption.
540:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.1": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. The 15.1 inch display is used for the 4:3 format and therefore is used not so frequently like the 15.4 inch format.
Meanwhile notebook displays with a format 4:3 are strongly replaced by 16:10 formats. The 4:3 format does not have explicitely disadvantages, rather it is a question of taste. When TV-watching on the notebook it is decisive, in which format the current programm is offered.
The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.8 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in this class of weight.
Lenovo: Lenovo is one of the biggest international manufacturer since the acquisition of the IBM-notebook sector. The market share is high as the number of reviewed models in the German and English speaking countrys. Nevertheless Lenovo-notebooks rarely achieve top-positions according total rating or the price/value relation. Remarkable good evaluations exist for the workmanship and quality.
76%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
