I am going to have to guess that I am not alone when I say that I LOVE my new laptop. Its performance is awesome in comparison to my 3 year old Thinkpad R51. This Thinkpad T61 has Core2 Duo processor, 160 Gb Hard drive, and 2 Gb of memory. I (along with the 120 other teachers, admin, and media/tech support) am thankful that I did not have to go another year with the old Thinkpad R51!