SuperNinja wrote:Wrong.
There *IS* need to worry.

I am an IBM/Lenovo repairman.

I recently had to do some work on an Lenovo Thinkpad because an annoying toddler tore one of the keys off the keyboard, and also dropped the laptop off the counter and put a dent/crack in the corner of the keyboard bezel and knocked the LCD cable loose. The owner told me previously, his kid had cracked the LCD too.

PEOPLE!!! NO, your kids are *NOT* cute when they do this kind of stuff!!!
If you can't keep your kids from getting their dirty paws off your important stuff, then keep your important stuff away from the kids so we (and you) don't have to deal with preventable damage!

As a Lenovo REPAIRman, wouldn't you want people to break their laptops? Job security....

Got a friend looking for a laptop. This may just be what he needs

I have owned a Lenova 550 for 2 years now

Intel Celeron CPU 900 @ 2.20 GHz 2.19 GHz
RAM 3.00 GB

It has been a work horse and a tank. This is a well-built, utilitarian, not flashy, great all around computer. I have no complaints.
I am not ready for a new one but if I was this would be the one.

[quote="SuperNinja"]
Wrong.
There *IS* need to worry.

I am an IBM/Lenovo repairman.

I recently had to do some work on an Lenovo Thinkpad because an annoying toddler tore one of the keys off the keyboard, and also dropped the laptop off the counter and put a dent/crack in the corner of the keyboard bezel and knocked the LCD cable loose. The owner told me previously, his kid had cracked the LCD too.

PEOPLE!!! NO, your kids are *NOT* cute when they do this kind of stuff!!!
If you can't keep your kids from getting their dirty paws off your important stuff, then keep your important stuff away from the kids so we (and you) don't have to deal with preventable damage!
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Lighten up, Francis.

Looks like a great deal, except I just bought the SSD Dell laptop on Wednesday. Aside from the screen resolution, this looks just about perfect.

I'd love to have another Lenovo, but 1366x768 on a 15" screen makes Homer something-something

Great buy with the exception of that ridiculous display port instead of HDMI.When was the last time you saw a monitor or TV with display port input? Sure,there are adapters and cables,but if it's not "display port++",guess what?,no audio folks!! HP also continues to provide this failed precursor to HDMI.As a Lenovo/IBM lover and owner for many years,this is really disappointing.

Not sure about this model, but recent T420 series and T5xx series have had fan noise issues. Poor support from Lenovo as well. In fact 10 months w/o a solution to the high pitched, annoying fan noise.

madcow19 wrote:A couple things kill this for me:

1. DisplayPort- Supposedly the future...but just about nobody (except Apple, but that's mini-DisplayPort) uses it. Even my $800 24" work screen doesn't use it. You can buy DisplayPort -> HDMI adapters, but it's a crappy workaround.

2. No USB 3.0. eSata is OK, but I've had many issues with it. USB 3.0 is a deal breaker for me anymore.

Otherwise, classic Thinkpad with nice specs.

NOT the future-It was a miserable failure six years ago when it was introduced,and continues to be, due to lack of compatible peripherals.

(Sorry..found the answer to my question, I'm new here!)
Anyone know if this come with the webcam?

Well I took the plunge based on everyone's comments. My last woot laptop struggled through a few deployments pretty well but it is time to put it into my tech graveyard closet. I'll miss you old fella

ThunderThighs wrote:Per the main page (Product at the top and In the box at the bottom)

Lenovo ThinkPad L512 Notebook

Thanks. Too early. Eyes weren't working right. I see it now. The second line of text. DUH.

djs6868 wrote:Not sure about this model, but recent T420 series and T5xx series have had fan noise issues. Poor support from Lenovo as well. In fact 10 months w/o a solution to the high pitched, annoying fan noise.

Interesting. We have several hundred of the T and the L series deployed to the field. There are no "fan noise" issues. Lenovo support is some of the best in the business. BUT, they're support website is one of the worst in the business.

Speaking from personal experience here.

After 10 months of "no solution", that's pretty poor. Either way the product is going end of life soon.

Well, I do see one error in the feature description. This does not have a 15" LED display, it is a LED "backlit" LCD display. There is a HUGE difference between the two.

5.67 lbs. If only, this was around 3 lbs.

Just ordered one. My early morning shopping on Friday the 13th.

I'm so tempted. My wife is entering graduate school this summer and I was going to surprise her with a laptop anyhow. I've been looking at this Toshiba for $730 (http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Port%C3%A9g%C3%A9-R835-P94-13-3-Inch-Magnesium/dp/B006YL1AMG/) which is on the outside edge of my budget. At least with this Thinkpad I could still afford to get her some accessories she'll need and maybe drop the extra ram in it. Can anyone confirm that I *can* put another stick of ram in without problems?
If you were going to graduate school, which one would you rather have?

Can someone compare this woot to the online deal Lenovo has on the Thinkpad E520?

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=37&Code=E520_BETTER_SAP&category-id=682DAB6A3AEDC57F67B2D9318BD0C025

I dont need a full numberpad so the extra size just adds weight and bulk that I don't need, and it would take a few extra weeks to get to me. But I don't mind being patient if it's worth the extra $50.

I was planning on buying a Thinkpad within the next few days, so this happens to be a perfect situation. How do the builds compare, and how do the different i5's compare? Is windows 7 pro worth it? I'm leaning towards this deal, I just want some confirmation from the folk who are slightly geekier than I.

I have a 27" iMac at home, this is for word processing, coding, and deep firefox tabbing in grad school and the office.

Thanks in advance...hopefully this is still available by the time I make up my mind!

BiffCunningham wrote:I agree, their aesthetics are pleasing. And appear indestructible.

Also, I drive a '92 Volvo 240

Love of Lenovo aesthetics is not confined to Swedish car owners. This Scion Xb driver likes Lenovos too!

Dave

Quick question....is this laptop capable of gaming?...(COD 4, etc)??

The E series on the Lenovo site for the same price has a slower processor, and it is an EDGE... IMO, the EDGE is crap in comparison. I have an EDGE and I hate it, I have been a long time ThinkPad fan and the edge looks and feels cheap, the whole Edge line is a disgrace to the high quality ThinkPad name... Also keep in mind that this deal is getting you a 3 year warranty!

If you are trying to decide between the two, get this Woot!

yewnohoo wrote:Quick question....is this laptop capable of gaming?...(COD 4, etc)??

For a gaming laptop, you will do better with a system that has dedicated graphics which this one does not... It will probably play them, but don't expect high frame rate gaming from an integrated card.

stevestojan wrote:As a Lenovo REPAIRman, wouldn't you want people to break their laptops? Job security....

Yeah, you do have a point.

But kids that destroy things just annoy me.


edit:
Add adults to that.
There are a lot of negligent adults too.

Is there a keyboard light on this model? My t61 has one and i use it every night. This is not listed in the features but it is an easily missed feature.

I don't care about aesthetics. I like Thinkpads for the durability. But I do think Lenova should put the old Red Green Blue IBM logo back on the stinkpads. It makes me nostalgic for old times. Lenovo did this for the first few years after buying the line from IBM.

nkull wrote:For a gaming laptop, you will do better with a system that has dedicated graphics which this one does not... It will probably play them, but don't expect high frame rate gaming from an integrated card.

Thanks NKULL...

The resolution is garbage. Its a minor detail to some, but I'm not even going to consider a machine at that DPI. It's unusable. You're better off with an iPad (which, by the way, has 3 times as many pixels and costs the same).

Really not that impressed. Good processor, average video, underwhelmed with the amount of RAM, well built tablet. The issue here is how well built to you need a tablet to be? If you are a constant traveler this would be great if you need the ruggedness. But I don't think the pricing is all that great. I think that this is a better Laptop for the same price:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246328&cm_sp=Tab_PCs_%26%2338%3b_Laptops-_-Featured_Brand-_-34-246-328

CPU passmark this Laptop I5=2388, Newegg AMD A6-3400M=3001. The Newegg laptop has far better video AMD Radeon HD 6650M vs generic Intel GMA HD. In addition, the Newegg laptop has more RAM and a bigger HD than todays WOOT. Same price but free shipping. C'mon Woot.

Grant it that the WOOT today may have a more rugged build to it. But how long do you intend on keeping a laptop? Whether it be new technology, Windows 8, or whatever, after 2-3 years most people trade their laptop in anyway.

If it hasn't been said already: This has a first generation i5. The second gen chips has much higher benchmarks.

Another vote of confidence for Thinkpads. I have a Thinkpad T60 that I bought in 2005 - it's still working flawlessly after seven years. OUTSTANDING build quality on these machines.

Seems like a great deal. Just ordered one, first woot.

The order doesn't say when it will ship though. Or did I miss that ?

Does Woot generally ship quickly ?

The best thing about the thinkpad line is that no one can tell how old your laptop is/how cheap you are!!
At first glance he newest models look like the oldest models.

I paid about the same for a similar ThinkPad Edge from Staples last year on Tax Free Weekend w/ $100 Visa Gift Card promo.

Great computer and Lenovo ThinkPad support is the best! We a had a noise issue with ours and they sent out a new unit ASAP. Plus the new unit had Second Gen Sandybridge and a larger HDD. Plus they let us keep the charger from the faulty one.

It's great when a company believes in it's product, you could tell they did.

atrain728 wrote:The resolution is garbage. Its a minor detail to some, but I'm not even going to consider a machine at that DPI. It's unusable. You're better off with an iPad (which, by the way, has 3 times as many pixels and costs the same).

To make that sort of comment you obviously don't have any clue as to the functionality of a laptop vs an IPAD. So you can keep taking pictures on your IPAD of your cat and looking at them in brilliant high definition while the rest of us with real jobs and lives use software that can't be replicated in "APPS"

djs6868 wrote:Not sure about this model, but recent T420 series and T5xx series have had fan noise issues. Poor support from Lenovo as well. In fact 10 months w/o a solution to the high pitched, annoying fan noise.

Not sure, but that sounds like the issue we had. It wasn't the fan or the HDD it was a low volume but very audible high pitch squeal come from the computer even when turned off, if it was plugged in. Lenovo support replaced ours with a newer unit and we haven't had the issue again.

Support said it was a board/power issue.

Lenovo products are Great- their customer service is the worst!!!

ThinkPads are tanks, I just wish they came with legit graphics. But they're not really made for gamers...

kenh59 wrote:Seems like a great deal. Just ordered one, first woot.

The order doesn't say when it will ship though. Or did I miss that ?

Does Woot generally ship quickly ?

Welcome to the fray .

Here is some info on Woot shipping practices. I don't think anyone would call Woot's Shipping or Smartpost "blazing" but rest assured you will get your computer... at some point in the semi-near future.

AZ93711 wrote:Lenovo products are Great- their customer service is the worst!!!

My experience with Lenovo Support was awesome... I think they support non Think Pad devices a little differently though.

jeremytheindian wrote:Welcome to the fray .

Here is some info on Woot shipping practices. I don't think anyone would call Woot's Shipping or Smartpost "blazing" but rest assured you will get your computer... at some point in the semi-near future.

That was a good read :-) Thanks!