The appeal for users looking for a thin-and-light notebook. It keeps the best features of T-series past (the unsurpassed keyboard, reasonable weight, and legendary durability) and adds cutting-edge features such as dual-core performance, advanced security, and wireless-broadband connectivity. The configuration we tested (model 2623-D2U, to be precise) slips in at just under $2,000, making it an affordable luxury.
The 5.4-pound chassis is classic ThinkPad matte black on the outside and feels comfortable in your hands. Open the lid and you’ll find the excellent ThinkPad keyboard, a touchpad, and the familiar red pointing stick, which has a broader top than other sticks, making it more comfortable to use. Handy Volume buttons also grace this keyboard.
The LCD on our configuration was a high-res (1400 x 1050-pixel) 14.1-inch model, which makes for some pretty tiny type when surfing the Web. Zoom and large fonts are a must; or you can opt for a lower-res panel. Horizontal viewing angles were excellent, but vertical angles were poor with the lid open less than 90 degrees. We also thought the display looked a little grainy when compared with most of the other business notebooks in this roundup.
The blue button above the function keys opens the ThinkVantage Productivity Center. Here, you’ll find quick links to a Wi-Fi finder utility, Presentation mode settings, maintenance tasks like disk defrag and system updates, and a Help menu with rescue and recovery choices, backup, and more. Best of all, the Access Connections utility supports automatic switching among LAN, Wi-Fi, and the new EV-DO wireless broadband connection options. If there is a LAN line connected, this system will default to that; the second choice is an available 802.11a/b/g network in range. Beyond that, the T60 connects to Verizon’s nationwide wireless broadband service, offering good average throughput of 329.7 Kbps in our tests.
The T60 features a fingerprint reader in addition to TPM circuitry. When it comes to durability, the T60 boasts an internal roll cage of sorts; a magnesium alloy inner skeleton surrounds all of the important components and helps protect the screen. For added data protection, the hard drive is shock-mounted and features the Active Protection System, which parks the hard drive heads should the machine sense it is falling. For those of you clumsy in the morning, the spill-resistant keyboard has a membrane below it that funnels liquids to two drain holes on the underside of the system.
The 1.66-GHz Intel Core Duo processor T2300 and 512MB of RAM delivered a low score of 211 on MobileMark 2005, but performance should prove fine for business use. Thanks to the ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 graphics, the T60 delivered the highest score in 3DMark03 in this roundup of 3,170, good enough for the occasional game on the road. You can be on the road for a long time; the nine-cell battery (9 cells Thinkpad T60 battery，thinkpad t60 battery) in our configuration lasted for nearly 5.5 hours with Wi-Fi on, and more than six hours with it off.
We wish the screen was a little crisper, but otherwise the T60 is the perfect business notebook.
| PROS | CONS |
• Very long battery life (IBm Thinkpad T60 battery,compare with thinpad t40 battery) • EV-DO broadband • Best keyboard • Decent graphics • Hard drive protection | • Display a bit washed out • Mediocre MobileMark 2005 score |
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