Lenovo Thinkpad X60 Tablet

Notebook specifications

Notebook: Lenovo Thinkpad X60 Tablet
Processor: Intel Core Duo L2400 (1660 MHz)
Graphics adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (0 MB)
Display: 12.1 inch 4:3 (1024x768 pixels)
Weight: 2 kg
Average score: 81.6% - good
Average of 10 scores (from 15 reviews)

Reviews in English

90%Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet
Source: PC Advisor
Only a couple of shortcomings jumped out at us. One is that the screen latch has to be manually pushed into the case to secure the lid; otherwise it sticks up in the way. Another is the absence of a next-generation ExpressCard slot - a strange omission from such an otherwise top-flight notebook. The Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet's versatility as a tablet and its long list of excellent features make it a great choice for mobile professionals.
Date: 04/25/2007
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 80% features: 90% workmanship: 90%

67%Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet
Source: PC Pro
Lenovo's previous tablet effort, the X41 Tablet PC, received a barrage of criticism for being £600 more expensive than its non-tablet sibling. Sadly, it's the same here - the touchscreen, 512MB more RAM and 20GB more hard disk space add £400 to the price. There's a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel: one SKU of the X60 Tablet (part code: UU2K7UK) has a significantly smaller battery, but otherwise an identical specification, and costs a far more reasonable £1,149 (£1,350 inc VAT) from www.pcwb.com. Well built and with astonishing battery life to boot. But this particular SKU isn't great value for money.
Date: 04/15/2007
Rating: Total score: 67% price: 50% workmanship: 80%

81%ThinkPad X60
Source: PC World
Though pricey, the ThinkPad X60 offers the best of both worlds if you're choosing between a regular notebook and a tablet PC.
Date: 04/11/2007
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 40% performance: 80% features: 76%

The Lenovo Thinkpad X60 Tablet PC
Source: Tablet PC Review
Can you have functionality, portability and power all in one lightweight package? The answer is yes. Cutting edge technology, light weight, powerful and easy to use the The Lenovo X60 Tablet PC is the perfect Tablet PC for those those who want it all. Add six connectivity options and a screen that rotates and tilts for a perfect viewing angle in every situation and it just doesn't get any better. Taking users likes and dislikes into consideration Lenovo set out to build a Tablet PC that would provide people with a machine that is portable, innovative and packed with features to enhance the user experience and they succeeded. Multiple configuration options, a choice of battery's combined with the Tablet UltraBase and DVD RW gives users the flexibility set up their X60 Tablet PC to suit their needs in any given situation.
Date: 03/20/2007
Rating: performance: 80%

Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet
Source: Digitaltrends
While the Lenovo X60 is not sexy or aesthetic in design, it is a powerful and reliable workhorse. The X60 has numerous features that are absolutely ideal for corporate and mobile-management use. The touch screen is awesome. Battery life goes far beyond expected norms. Without any stretch of the imagination, the X60 could easily be a favorite of many large IT departments and tablet PC enthusiasts.
Date: 03/04/2007
Rating: performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 90%

Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet
Source: Digital Trends
While the Lenovo X60 is not sexy or aesthetic in design, it is a powerful and reliable workhorse. The X60 has numerous features that are absolutely ideal for corporate and mobile-management use. The touch screen is awesome. Battery life goes far beyond expected norms. Without any stretch of the imagination, the X60 could easily be a favorite of many large IT departments and tablet PC enthusiasts.
Date: 03/04/2007
Rating: performance: 90% display: 80%

73%Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet (Windows Vista)
Source: CNet
When we first looked at the Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet in November 2006, we were impressed by its usability features, including an indoor/outdoor touch-screen display, an improved stylus, and the Active Rotate feature. Since the release of Windows Vista Business Edition, though, we were curious to see how our favorite tablet performed with the new operating system. To that end, we got our hands on an X60 Tablet that had been refreshed with a faster processor, more RAM, and a larger, faster hard drive. These enhancements were enough to sustain the X60 Tablet's reputation as an excellent tablet with enough power for demanding business use. It's still expensive--our review unit cost $2,467, and that still doesn't include even an external optical drive--but the ThinkPad X60 Tablet remains one of our favorite convertibles for highly mobile business users.
Date: 02/12/2007
Rating: Total score: 73% price: 40% performance: 80% features: 80% display: 50% mobility: 80%

90%The best convertible on the market gets a serious upgrade, with a more versatile display and more power.
Source: Laptop Mag
The original IBM/Lenovo X41 convertible has been our favorite ultralight Tablet-notebook combo since it premiered nearly two years ago, but its poky CPU has long since been outpaced by the competition. We are happy to see that everything we loved about the X41 is still here in the new X60 Tablet. Lenovo introduces some impressive and unique Tablet features here that put even more distance between it and the competition. And while it's not perfect, the X60 Tablet overcomes some shortfalls to make sure Lenovo remains king of the convertible hill.
Date: 02/05/2007
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 80% workmanship: 95%

Lenovo ThinkPad X60T
Source: Bios Magazine
According to IDC, convertible tablet PC unit shipments will reach more than one million this year and more than four million by 2010. With more industries relying on tablet PCs, tablet customers have included mobile professionals in fields such as healthcare, insurance, real estate, government and sales. Students in particular claim to prefer tablet PCs over a traditional laptop because of their lightweight and ease of use in taking notes.
Date: 02/03/2007
Rating: performance: 95% mobility: 95% workmanship: 95%

90%Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet PC Review
Source: Tablet PC Review
The engineers at Lenovo really put their thinking caps on for the past year in developing the new X60 Tablet PC, the focus was certainly on usability and how to improve the tablet experience. I think they hit a homerun. The XGA MultiTouch display and SXGA+ offering are outstanding options, the MultiView is also really nice for a tablet pc where you'll be using it in all types of lighting environments and holding it at various angles. The port selection for an ultraportable is superb. The keyboard is as good as ever. The build is ThinkPad solid, there's no flex anywhere on the body. The battery life is as good as it can be. And best of all the performance with the Core Duo and 2.5" 7200RPM hard drive is vastly improved over the X41t. Pricing starts at around $1,700 initially on the X60t, this will be pricey for some, but for business users this could be a formidable tool and if you're off to college for 4 years maybe you could justify the cost if you think of it as an investment in your ability to perform better in school and be more efficient.
Date: 11/14/2006
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 70% performance: 90%

90%Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet
Source: PC Mag
It seemed inevitable that the Lenovo ThinkPad X60 line would include the elusive tablet capabilities, but for many tablet buffs it's been a long wait. I've seen the entire ThinkPad line move through two generations of Intel processors—except for the ThinkPad tablet. Whether you're in a business or a classroom environment, the Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet now has the goods to be your tablet of choice. It gets a healthy dose of upgrades, including a dual-core processor and integrated EV-DO, and you get a host of new features (from the digitizer pen to the new screen options) to complement performance. See how the Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet measures up to similar systems in our side-by-side tablet PC comparison chart.
Date: 11/14/2006
Rating: Total score: 90%

75%Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet
Source: CNet
Spend a bit of time with the Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet, and you're likely to become a fan of pen-based computing. This update to the company's ultraportable X41 Tablet includes a few key upgrades on the usability front, including a touch-screen display, an improved stylus, and the new Active Rotate feature (more on that below). When it's not folded into a tablet, the ThinkPad X60 Tablet also makes a good ultraportable laptop, with a Core Duo processor and decent-size 80GB hard drive. You'll have to pay to have the best tablet on the block, though: the X60 Tablet's price starts at $1,699, but our review unit included a number of upgrades that brought its price to $2,299--and that still didn't include even an external optical drive.
Date: 11/13/2006
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 40% performance: 60% features: 80%

80%Not one for the catwalk, but a good business notebook with excellent battery life
Source: vnunet.com
If buying a notebook were all about style, the Lenovo Thinkpad X60 wouldn't even reach the qualifying stages of the beauty contest, but for those who want power and performance over looks, it is top of its class. The black and somewhat bland chassis may have Plain Jane looks but it hides a reliable, solid workhorse PC. The Thinkpad X60 is a Core Duo Centrino notebook, and our review unit came with an eight-cell long-life battery to complement the standard four-cell version. When this bigger battery is used, it juts out from the back of the notebook but the total weight is just 1.6kg, making it extremely easy to carry around.
Date: 05/10/2006
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% features: 80% ergonomy: 80%

Reviews in German

80%Converted Thinkpad - Lenovo X60t Convertible
Source: Notebookjournal
Date: 04/12/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% features: 30% mobility: 10%

Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet
Source: c't 4/07
Date: 02/05/2007
Rating: performance: 80% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 90%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an onboard integrated video chip and can be called a faster clocked GMA 900 (on Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset, which is available only starting with Core Duo/Solo). 2006 it is the most often used graphics solution and is classified in the weakest third of mobile graphics solutions. So it can only be used for elder games. For office applications and surfing it is without any doubt sufficient.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core Duo: Intel Core Duo (successor of Pentium M), is a double core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used common. The maximum current consumption of 31 Watts is only 4 W more then with Pentium M. Due to the low energy need is Core Duo also suited for subnotebooks. Further now it supports SSE3 orders. The performance can nearly be doubled for applications, which were designed for multiprocessors (compared with Pentium M).

L2400: The L-variants are apt for office applications and surfing and are characterized by an especially low current consumption.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

12.1": This is the most common display format for subnotebooks and an average size for subnotebooks.
The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs few current, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is very exhausting vor the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

2 kg: These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 12 inch displays are normal for 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.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.