21. Summing Up: A Solid, Safe, And Speedy Widescreen Work Machine

The Thinkpad Z60m is a good, fast work machine, that impresses less with its multimedia abilities than with its well thought-out bundle of tools. These include several passive security and comfort functions that fall under the "Thinkvantage" name. Now that you can buy a widescreen display from Lenovo - not exactly a technical innovation any more, but rather a must-have - the company has caught up with its competition.

As far as the quality of the display itself goes, we see some room for continued improvement. The Z60m display falls something short of the vendor's claims of "widescreen innovation for exceptional graphics and multimedia." We think that Lenovo's gone a bit over the top with this claim, and the slogan on the German Web site - "widescreen display for ultimate performance and flexibility" - is a bit more apt. The following statement is completely true by all accounts: The Thinkpad Z60m is a solid work machine with the look and feel of a genuine Thinkpad, and you can also watch DVD videos on its widescreen display quite comfortably.

We'll have to see just how far Lenovo will go to uphold the high quality expectations that typical IBM Thinkpad customers take for granted. It's also interesting to wonder if the Z60m may be the last of its brand (or breed) that Lenovo chooses to release under the Thinkpad name. Again, only time will tell, but we note that the newest models from Lenovo are already shipping - and they're named "Lenovo 3000" notebooks.

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