Review Lenovo T60p 2007 14 "T2600 ATI V5200 2GB 100GB SATA HDD

Equipment:
Intel T2600 2.16GHz Core Duo 32bit
ATI FireGL V5200 400 / 325MHz GDDR3
100GB Hitachi SATA HDD 7200
2GB DDR2 5300 (4GB installed, max 3GB sense because no longer available is)
SXGA TFT 1400x1050
WiFi, Blutooth
9 cell battery (the "great")
DVD burner

Impression: As new despite the age of about 5 Jahrem
In its raw state and therefore unusable for anything laity

Originally designed for XP and Vista, it is also Linux and Win 7 compatible.
I'm looking for Win 7 32bit decided (64Bit are with the T2600 CPU is not possible).

Windows 7 can be installed easily at first. Also Win7 drivers can be downloaded from Lenovo. There were problems initially with the video driver installation.
The Lenovotreiber showed instability. Since the ATI FireGL hardware side corresponds to a X1600, I have been looking for the right AMD drivers.
As an optimal and after BIOS update (to V2.27) and cleaning of the radiator fins also stable graphics configuration, the AMD VISTA Legacy driver V 10.2 has been found.
Who the scaling function of the CCC missing from earlier versions of the driver in order to set smaller screen resolutions in full screen mode can, an older CCC must install (up to V9.3).

The tool TP fancontrol very useful for individually configurable fan settings.

I have the 100GB HDD replaced by a 128GB SSD and can recommend this upgrade.

With the very good battery, the lt. Software includes 7% wear, I can surf more than 5 hours on battery power in the configuration in power saving mode loose.
The unit operates silently dan, the fans from time to time jumps for about 1 minute and then go back out for several minutes.
If the 3D graphics and the CPU is required, the duration, which is still neat and the fan then rotates constantly, but in the SMART Eintsellung with the fan tool halved very discreet to level 1.

The display has high resolution a very sharp and detailed image and is dull, but the rest is at best average (Viewpoint, Farbtteue, brightness)

The sound is bass and treble sound free as with most compact notebooks.

The keyboard is above average by typing feel her, the ergonomics well.

The device not you realize the age after the makeover. Win 7 runs very smoothly with 2GB and SSD.
The 3D capabilities of the CAD-optimized graphics card are at the level of the latest Intel integrated HD graphics solutions, the driver support (3D CAD) is significantly better than Intel also under Win7.

Advantage is that you can also XP still can install and batteries and spare parts are easily nachzukaufen. The battery life is surprisingly competitive even compared to modern notebooks.

Conclusion: Recommended and solid alternative for anyone who does not need a new instrument and the installion of the OS and drivers and possibly optimize itself trusts.

Tip 1: If you heat issues with the image observed (GPU temperatures of about 90 ° at full load), should first befreuen the fan from dust in a gebraucten device.
Tip 2: Further details for Intressierte are in the ThinkPad Wiki. Just google "T60 Wiki"