Reviews of LENOVO THINKPAD X61 TABLET 7764CTO + 8HR BATTERY + TARGUS LAPTOP

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I was just looking for a replacement hard drive for my 7764CTO think-pad tablet, which I've owned for three years now, and the very negative review caught my eye. I felt compelled to respond because I love mine, it is well travelled and still in great shape. I originally received the tablet with Vista, but upgraded it to Windows 7, and have never looked back. I also own a fujitsu slate and this machine is far superior in battery life and flexibility. I need the keyboard when I run virtual machines with client development environments. My only complaint would be speed, which is passable, but it's an older machine. I want something with an i7 and 8GB of RAM my machine is upgraded to 4GB, which is marginal, but was top of the line for the form factor when I bought it. I plan to buy a desktop replacement, and still tote around my tablet for meetings, email, etc. as an iPad just won't cut it for these purposes. You can't go wrong with this laptop, if it is treated with respect.

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Not the most powerful machine (1.6 GHz Core2 Duo; up to 4GB RAM), but it is a thinkpad, and that means it will last. I have used mine for almost 5 years, and it still works well (and I am not easy on it). You may have to replace a part once in a while (I replaced hinge recently, it was the only major failure), and some of the plastic face plates might crack, but the computer itself will just keep working. I am running Win7 Pro with no problems at all.

Pros:

Battery life (5-6 hours)

Pen input (flawless)

Durable (anything important is tough)

Keyboard (cannot overstate, thinkpad keyboard is perfect + keys are removable/re-attachable)

Thinkpad programs: Power Manager (best I've ever seen), Active Protection/Airbag HDD protection, etc.

Cons:

plastic bezel and things crack easily

No CD/DVD drive

Intel gma integrated graphics are weak (use low settings on post~2006 games)

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In response to the 1 star review from August 22, 2011:

I am not sure what you are talking about... Of course I wouldn't spend $2,200 on this now, which is what I paid for the computer five years ago when it was new, but at a few hundred this is a steal! My hinge lasted 4+ years of *hard* use. My power cord did fray at one point, but Lenovo has redesigned them so they don't now. And your fan must be bad, because mine is silent on battery and barely purrs unless I am really working it (though to be honest in the past few months the fan has gotten a little louder)

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This tablet sucks. I know because I have one and I spent a lot of money on it. It is nosie the screen is about to fall of I have problems with the charging port. Its just a piece of garbage. Save your money and buy a Dell.