Lenovo ThinkPad Massive 35% Spring Savings.

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Lenovo as stunned us again with their latest deep discount and coupon offer. Strictly Limited to 5 per customer!

Save up to 35% on selected ThinkPad Laptops and A Series Desktops with these exclusive deep discounts. Strictly limted to 5 per customer.

(Hint: We show you how to get 36% off an R Series ThinkPad!)

To maximize these savings the first thing to do is go to the Lenovo Special Offer (opens in new window) Read more

Lenovo retires the 4:3 ThinkPad T61 14.1″

Are widescreen Thinkpads better? Well it seems like the market thinks so. Like many other manufacturers, Lenovo has discontinued the ThinkPad T61 14.1″, the last 4:3 laptop left in the company’s lineup aside from the ultraportable 12.1″ X-series.

We have seen a trend in recent months with more and more laptops are going widescreen, opting for a 16:9 display rather than the old standard, 4:3. In fact, vendors like Apple, Sony and HP have transitioned their entire lineup to widescreen.

The only only conventional screen Thinkpad we have left in the office is our venerable ThinkPad T30 which is just great for hacking out articles and posts.

The group of people who will really mourn the loss of a 4:3 aspect ratio screen however, are the coders amongst us. The taller the screen, the more lines of code you can see.

With the upcoming release of Lenovo’s new range of Laptops in the summer it will see the end of the ’square’ laptop screen forever!

Lenovo ThinkPad T61 breaks the 4 gig frontier

The Quest for 4 Gigs continues

In a recent article by Mark Minasi in Windows IT Pro Magazine, he talks about the quest to install Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit and get full use of 4GB of RAM.

It looks like it’s not as easy as it seems and most Laptops with the exception of the Lenovo ThinkPad T61 just will not address this amount of memory.

Open up task manager with 4 gig installed and the most you will see with most laptops is just under 3 gig.

Mark goes on to comment …….

“On to the good news: There are laptops that can deliver a full four gigs to 64-bit Vista. I’ve heard from three users of Lenovo’s T61 ThinkPad that the T61 can easily accommodate and use four gigs with Vista (and yes, I did ask them if they verified that through Task Manager rather than the System applet).”

If your really into the technical side of Windows you can read Marks fascinating article at ……………….

http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/97762/the-quest-for-4-gigs-continues.html

Just another vindication that Lenovo really do make the best engineered Laptops in the world? We think so.

Lenovo’s Grand Slam of ThinkPad Savings

Lenovo announces a huge 28% saving on all ThinkPad Laptops.

More massive savings from Lenovo right across the ThinkPad range. 3 days only!

Also includes FREE Shipping. 

Lenovo are really going all out this spring with some really great offers. These include the R series, T Series and A Series Desktops. The X61 and X61 Tablet have some great discounts and you can even get 10% off the brand new ThinkPad X30 if your really quick.

Go to Lenovo Grand Slam and configure your Laptop or A Series Desktop. The more you spend, the more you save.

Warning! These offers Expire: April 21, 2008

Savings include:

ThinkPad R series – save 25%
ThinkPad X series (excludes X300) – Save 22%
ThinkPad X300 – Save 10%
ThinkPad X Series Tablet – Save 22%
ThinkCentre A Series desktops (excludes A61e) – Save 25%

ThinkPad T Series notebooks – Save 10% instantly plus save more when you spend more:

ThinkPad T61 14” standard notebooks:

* Save an extra 15% when you spend $1,129
* Save an extra 20% when you spend $1,279

ThinkPad T61 14” widescreen notebooks:

* Save an extra 15% when you spend $1,169
* Save an extra 20% when you spend $1,299

ThinkPad T61 15” widescreen notebooks:

* Save an extra 15% when you spend $1,219
* Save an extra 20% when you spend $1,349

Spring is traditionally a quite time for IT sales so why not take advantage of these great prices. If you are in the market for a ThinkPad, right now is a great time to buy. Limit 5 per customer.

Don’t let them steal your ThinkPad X Series Ultraportable!

One minute you’re precious ThinkPad X61 Tablet is at your side, the next minute it’s gone!

It’s the ultimate nightmare, you’re at the Airport, in Starbucks, or you jump out of a Taxi late for your plane and leave your precious ThinkPad Tablet on the seat!

Can’t happen to you? Don’t believe it? Read more

Which version of Vista is right for your ThinkPad?

When you’re ready to order your next ThinkPad, which version of Windows Vista should you choose?

At both ends of the scale Vista Home basic is just that, very basic without the gorgeous Aero interface and let’s face it, if you’re going to have Vista, you may as well have Aero!

At the other end of the scale Vista Ultimate has all the bells and whistles you could wish for! Ultimate offers everything you could want in an operating system and has every feature Microsoft can throw at you.

The downside however is that it costs … literally!

Add Ultimate to your shopping cart and you’ve just stuck $90 on the price of your ThinkPad.

There is one clear favourite though and that’s the edition that Lenovo ships as standard with all current ThinkPad laptops from the T Series to the X300, and its Vista Home Premium.

Windows Vista Home Premium includes everything in Windows Vista Home Basic, plus the Windows Vista Aero™ and Media Center and Tablet PC capabilities.

If your ordering an ThinkPad X61 Tablet then you’ll love all the Tablet capabilities that Home premium offers, but you’ll need to get yourself a copy of OneNote!

According to IDC Research, almost 75% of all consumer PC’s shipped with Vista Home Premium in 2007. For business users though, XP pro still rules the roost, although that seems to be changing with Vista Business rising in popularity.

Most people we speak to love Vista Home Premium, but maybe that’s because they are running it on a fairly powerful ThinkPad?

Our recommendation? Go with Home Premium if you are a student, home or small business user, but if you are a business user working for a company with an established IT department, you probably wont have the choice and you will end up with XP Pro!

Latest ThinkPad Coupon Codes. Deep discounts from 15th April Strictly Limited

Lenovo have some really great Thinkpad Coupon Codes and deep discounts right now right across the ThinkPad range including the ThinkPad X Series, the X series Tablet edition, and the T and R series notebooks. You can also use these codes to get yourself a great discount off the Lenovo A Series range of desktops.

These are in addition to the existing Lenovo Spring Discounts and are applied at the shopping cart stage. They are strictly limited to two per customer!

To grab these discount while they are still available go to www.thinkpadlive.com, configure your laptop by adding any extras and accessories you need, and at the final checkout stage enter the code USPGRANDSAVINGS and click the ‘apply’ button to get your additional discount.

These codes also include free shipping!

 

Lenovo ThinkPad R61i Notebook Deep Discounts

Lenovo have a great offer right now on the ThinkPad R61i with Intel Core 2 Duo 15.4″ WXGA, 2GB DDR2, 120GB. 33% Savings, grab one at $320 off!

This is a great configuration for the power business user, home office user and student. To reserve yours before they go, you can get one of these superb award winning ThinkPad laptops by going to the R61 page on the Lenovo Site Read more

ThinkPad T61 resale value, is it important? 8 Tips to protect your investment.

Having sold literally 1000’s of refurbished ThinkPad models in the past from venerable 600 Series models, through to T20’s and T40’s we appreciate the fact that in general, a pre owned ThinkPad will fetch more than most other second user laptops.

As ThinkPad users in our own business we also appreciate the overall benefits that the lower ‘Total Cost of Ownership’ the ThinkPad Range has. With its rock solid build quality, superb engineering and great usability a ThinkPad T61 or X61 Series machine should reward you over the next 3 or 4 years with great service. It may cost you a little more at the outset but you’ll be rewarded over the lifetime of ownership and if you follow our tips, you should get more for your pre owned machine when its time to trade up.

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ThinkPad Laptop Resale Value – 10 Tips to get more

Are you thinking of upgrading a venerable ThinkPad T20, T30 or in fact any older ThinkPad T Series to a brand new ThinkPad T61?

Want to swap in your older ThinkPad X Series for a shiny new X61 or even a ThinkPad X300? Well, however much you get for your much loved ‘pre-owed’ ThinkPad, every little helps as they say! Read more