i bought one of these on ebay, fixed it up, installed xp, drivers, and updates, and it is officially the slowest goddamn computer I have ever used in my entire life!
Oh yeah, and about the graphics card; because it's an R51 and not an R51p, it's hugely crippled.
The "business" thinkpads typically had the "p" extention on them (whereas the consumer ones came with low-res screens, poor graphics cards, low RAM, etc), like my T60p which died because it's a lenovo piece of fucking trash.
@raymangold22 Oh OK. Well, My R51 defiantly has IBM quality! I heard the R60 and T60 series were crappy quality, my school used to use R60 laptops for the teachers, and they are a pieces of absolute shit!
@IBMThinkPadR51 My T60 is built quite well with a magnesium rollcage (it's rock solid). The THERMAL DISSIPATION was just awful on the other hand. The ATI FireGL card just roasted inside. AND GET THIS, the heatsink was PURE COPPER.
I wish lenovo would have released some firmware to speed up the fan as it was always quiet. Same mistake as apple on their iMacs.
Most thinkpads feel cheaper than my T60p; even older IBM ones... simply because the chassis on that is nearly indestructible.
@raymangold22 Yeah. The case on my R51 is not the magnesium roll cage one. They started making the roll cage ones when the R60 and T60 came out. Other than that, my R51 is a solid machine!
Actually, in 2004 Lenovo was already manufacturing IBM's PC line. I know this because in my 2004 thinkcentre, the BIOS mentions "lenovo" in various places when you get error messages and stuff (even though the bootup screen displays a nice big IBM).
The whole transitioning was largely psychological (lenovo was branding their computers with "IBM" for a long time). However, IBM still makes higher-end computers. I don't buy lenovo because it's not IBM quality.
I love IBM Thinkpads! and my school uses nothing but IBM Branded Desktops and Laptops, but when I check all of their IBM Thinkpads all I see is the T40, T41, T42, and T43 models... I wish they had the R51 model so i can try it out for myself... :D
Nice computer! my dad used to have a thinkpad T42p back in 2005, but now he has a Thinkpad X301
KCompRoom2000 1 week ago
i bought one of these on ebay, fixed it up, installed xp, drivers, and updates, and it is officially the slowest goddamn computer I have ever used in my entire life!
KrazyKuul111 2 weeks ago
@KrazyKuul111 I'll give you 800 dollars for it! I love a good thinkpad...
tub99899 1 week ago
@KrazyKuul111 lol they are admittedly slow, but you will not find a more reliable laptop than the ThinkPad. There is no competition. XD
Regency500 1 day ago
Yea...i Have this shit laptop too....
Saidifect 2 months ago
That is one sexy thinkpad, i have a thinkpad R51e (PM 1.73GH, 768MB ram Maxed,60GB hdd ide, DVD rom, Ati 200m, beautiful machine!
shortwavesam 3 months ago
@shortwavesam Nice! I just got another ThinkPad today. It's a Lenovo ThinkPad R500.
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SuperWindows78 4 months ago
I traded my T42 for a Latitude D610 last Thursday, not built as well as the ThinkPad, but I prefer it.
Jallge 4 months ago
the radeon 7500m was released in 2001, so thats old indeed. My dad's laptop has it too, but thats a compaq evo n610c from 2002
nelizmastr 4 months ago
Looks like a nice laptop
TheRocker894 4 months ago
@TheRocker894 Thanks! It's great! Built to last.
IBMThinkPadR51 4 months ago
Oh yeah, and about the graphics card; because it's an R51 and not an R51p, it's hugely crippled.
The "business" thinkpads typically had the "p" extention on them (whereas the consumer ones came with low-res screens, poor graphics cards, low RAM, etc), like my T60p which died because it's a lenovo piece of fucking trash.
raymangold22 4 months ago
@raymangold22 Oh OK. Well, My R51 defiantly has IBM quality! I heard the R60 and T60 series were crappy quality, my school used to use R60 laptops for the teachers, and they are a pieces of absolute shit!
IBMThinkPadR51 4 months ago
@IBMThinkPadR51 My T60 is built quite well with a magnesium rollcage (it's rock solid). The THERMAL DISSIPATION was just awful on the other hand. The ATI FireGL card just roasted inside. AND GET THIS, the heatsink was PURE COPPER.
I wish lenovo would have released some firmware to speed up the fan as it was always quiet. Same mistake as apple on their iMacs.
Most thinkpads feel cheaper than my T60p; even older IBM ones... simply because the chassis on that is nearly indestructible.
raymangold22 4 months ago
@raymangold22 Yeah. The case on my R51 is not the magnesium roll cage one. They started making the roll cage ones when the R60 and T60 came out. Other than that, my R51 is a solid machine!
IBMThinkPadR51 4 months ago
Actually, in 2004 Lenovo was already manufacturing IBM's PC line. I know this because in my 2004 thinkcentre, the BIOS mentions "lenovo" in various places when you get error messages and stuff (even though the bootup screen displays a nice big IBM).
The whole transitioning was largely psychological (lenovo was branding their computers with "IBM" for a long time). However, IBM still makes higher-end computers. I don't buy lenovo because it's not IBM quality.
raymangold22 4 months ago
I love IBM Thinkpads! and my school uses nothing but IBM Branded Desktops and Laptops, but when I check all of their IBM Thinkpads all I see is the T40, T41, T42, and T43 models... I wish they had the R51 model so i can try it out for myself... :D
TheCanadianToast 4 months ago
@TheCanadianToast The R51 is a great machine, It feels pretty much like the T40 series of machines, because it was built around the same time!
IBMThinkPadR51 4 months ago
Once again the video looks so washed out....
Dell0304 4 months ago
@Dell0304 Once Again, I don't know how t fix it!
IBMThinkPadR51 4 months ago
I swear, these things last forever, and people sell em' for dirt cheap, i've seen 3 of them go for less than $100 on Kijiji in the last month.
MezashiTheCat 4 months ago
@MezashiTheCat Cool! I got mine for free off a friend last year.
IBMThinkPadR51 4 months ago
first. you put R%1 instead of R51 in the description. Nice laptop!
IamFat32 4 months ago
@IamFat32 Oh crap! I'll fix that right now! Thanks for noticing!
IBMThinkPadR51 4 months ago