I spent a lot of time scouring the intarweb trying to find decent specification comparisons between the new Thinkpad T60 line of notebooks, and Apple’s own Macbook Pro. Surprisingly enough, there weren’t any that were satisfactory. So here you go, a comparison of the top of the line (slightly customised) variants from Lenovo and Apple. Clearly, there are intangibles—like “even without the second fucking mouse button, I’d feel so much more sexier with one of them in a coffee shop”—that are not taken into account below. Plus the sweet education discounts mentioned previously haven’t been accounted for either.
Update: Also see a more detailed comparison between the ThinkPad T60P and the Macbook Pro.
| Criterion | Macbook Pro (Z0DF) | Thinkpad T60 (2623DDU) |
| Customised Price | $2899 | $3199 |
| Processor | Intel Core Duo: 2 x 2 GHz (2 MB Cache, 667 MHz FSB) |
Intel Core Duo: 2 x 2 GHz (2 MB Cache, 667 MHz FSB) |
| Memory (RAM) | 2 GB (PC2-5300) | 2 GB (PC2-5300) |
| Graphics | ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (256 MB GDDR3) |
ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 (256 MB DDR) |
| Native Display | 15.4″ 1440 x 900 Widescreen (Millions of colours) |
15.0″ 1600 x 1200 (Millions of colours) |
| Hard drive | 100 GB Serial ATA drive (7200 rpm) | 100 GB Serial ATA drive (7200 rpm) |
| Networking | 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme (802.11g) Bluetooth 2.0+EDR |
Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Verizon Sierra CDMA2000 |
| Optical Media | DVD±RW/CD-RW | DVD±RW/CD-RW |
| Expansion | 1 ExpressCard/34 slot | 1 Type I/II slot 1 ExpressCard/54 or 34 slot |
| Dimensions | 1.0″ (h) x 14.1″ (w) x 9.6″ (d) | 1.2″ (h) x 13.0″ (w) x 10.5″ (d) |
| Mass | 5.6 lb | 5.82 lb |
| Battery | 60 Watt-hour lithium-polymer | 9 Cell Lithium-Ion (14.4 V) |
| Cover Material | Aluminium | Magnesium |
| Supported OSs | Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) | Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 PC DOS 2000 |
| Bootup Technology | Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) | Flash ROM BIOS |
| Gimmicks | Magsafe connector Apple remote Isight camera |
3G Wireless Fingerprint reader |
Yes, I know this is a stunt to increase traffic. These are desperate times, people. Sorry.
So you couldn’t find any AMD dual-core ones?
I am not looking at any AMD dual-core ones. Why don’t you understand that I’m looking for INTEL based machines?
Well, Good Luck with Intel then.
So the two companies go head to head with Intel Duo Core. What will be interesting to know is how much better (if it is better) the OS-X system can run the processor compared to the stereotypically bloated code of windows XP. Whether its Apple or IBM – Intel are going to be the winners either way!