10. Noise Levels

The Thinkpad Z60m is a good example of a notebook that offers strong performance but still operates quietly. In standard office usage situations, the Z60m's fan is seldom active, and the notebook is silent or just barely audible.

The fan and heat pipe sit directly behind the ventilation slits.

The unit features a well-designed ventilation system with two heatpipes that lead the heat from the graphics processor and CPU directly to the fan in front of the ventilation slits in the case. As a result, the Z60m operates at sound levels of 36.5 dB(A) when the CPU and graphics subsystem are both under maximum load, which is very quiet for such conditions. The fan only runs off and on for a few seconds at a time, after which it quiets down completely.

Z60m Power And Battery Management Are Both Legendary And Trend-Setting

Lenovo continued another fine tradition with the introduction of the Z60m, by supplying great power management and configuration tools. Both of these helper programs offer a clear user interface that's easy to understand and use. They provide ready access to important notebook settings such as display brightness. You might say that you've seen these functions on other notebooks, but Lenovo (as IBM) was the first vendor to make these settings part of its standard notebook package.

The Power Manager makes its easy to set the turn-off intervals for the display or the hard disk.