Lenovo ThinkPad A20 2629 (262962U) PC Notebook

Pros: best laptop keyboard, bright display
Cons: very mediocre build quality

I purchased a ThinkPad A series laptop a year ago. (It's an A21m, which I couldn't find on Epinions.com, I could only find the A20, but the entire A series shares the same case & build, just different innards.)

I have had serious problems...

Pros: Nice Screen, HD Size, Options
Cons: Availability, Warranty

I work in an IT Department that our standard has been set to the IBM A series laptop for our road support team. We order them loaded! 14 inch screen, max HD space, 56k modem and 10/100 lan card combo, DVD, 64 meg of Ram (ordering 64 meg after market and...

Pros: Reliable, affordable, nice to own.
Cons: 64Meg is standard on bottom of range models.

As part of our business, we specify, buy, integrate and ship IBM A20 notebook computers. We started specifying IBM laptops as a result of the need for a reliable ‘workhorse’ of a computer and had previously been ‘burned’ buying Compaqs.

When...

Pros: Keyboard is the best in the industry. Screen is very sharp and bright.
Cons: Quite heavy. Speakers are terrible!

I bought the ThinkPad A21M because I was tired of having an external floppy to drag around - I wanted everything built in. The disadvantage, of course, is that this machine - which is in the desktop replacement category - is not built for easy...

Pros: design, keyboard, 15" screen
Cons: expensive.

Review of IBM ThinkPad A21m
(they changed the name from A20 to A21 last Fall):

Background:

One day, while testing my programming assignment, waiting forever for the UNIX mainframe located in the campus to respond to my...

Pros: Fully featured. No other laptop has all the bells and whistles like this. Quality.
Cons: Expensive. A bit bulky. Difficult to purchase

The Good:

Features. This laptop is certainly packed with more features than any laptop on the market - any. It has S-Video IN as well as out. It has both a mono microphone IN as well as a stereo audio input. It has the biggest speakers...

Pros: It is a good desktop replacement system
Cons: some of the features are not well intergrated

My college requires evey student to have an IBM THINKPAD A20m (2628-41U). The laptop it self is a great one. The system is very well designed. the keyboard is set up so you can rest your hands on the base and the mouse is very acurate. IBM also...

Pros: Medium-weight, great for a multitude of applications, perfect for college students or the lightweight computer user
Cons: A little slow to boot, low battery life

I have wanted a laptop forever. They looked cool. They were cool. They were expensive. So I would drool on the models set up at Best Buy until security would remove me because I short-circuited the entire setup. I was infatuated with the concept of being...

Pros: it has a lot of options to choose from
Cons: everything, You should buy the Sony Vaio

I had received this laptop with enrollment into my college and I am not so thrilled with it.

It is available in a number of different configurations with the major differences being screen size and processor (12", 14" or 15"...

Pros: Light, good screen, tough case, very good performance. Very nice keyboard lamp!
Cons: keyboard was a little 'cheap' compared to other Thinkpad's, no LCD battery display. Battery life could be better.

The company I own purchased 2 A20M's for our consulting business.

We paid $2549.00 each (these were Oct. 2000 prices).
They have:

- DVD drives (removable)
- 2 PC-Card slots
- 128MB's of Ram
- 12 gig disks.
-...

Pros: very portable, very expandable, full sized keyboard, great customer service
Cons: took a long time to come in the mail

I purchased my Thinkpad A20m with the 700mhz Pentium processor, 192 MB or RAM, and the integrated Ethernet/56K modem. It took about 2 months for my Thinkpad to come in the mail, but it was WELL worth the wait.

I do not have enough good...

Pros: Superior build quality, terrific keyboard and mouse, graphics horsepower.
Cons: Slightly pricey, but you get what you pay for.

I purchased my A20p about 3 weeks ago. It has the Pentium-III @ 750 MHz, 15" TFT screen, 6X-DVD, 20 GB HDD, and 128 MB of RAM. I can say I have been very happy with the performance and overall quality of this system. My previous laptop was a...

Pros: There Isn't Enough Space To List Them all
Cons: I Feel That There Are None (but i am positive there are people who disagree with me)

Wow is all i can say. This machine comes standard with a titanium composite top cover,Intel Mobile Pentium III up to 850MHz. Up to 128MB to 512MB RAM (std/max). Travel weight starting at 6 lbs. Microsoft Windows 2000 professional or Windows 98 second...

Pros: great with LCD projector, fast
Cons: none

As a replacement for a high-use loaner laptop, the A20m is great - especially for use with an LCD projector. Fast, fairly light, decent screen, built in NIC, modem, and CD-ROM, it booted up quickly and loaded the right drivers the first time. Those of...

Pros: lots of built-ins
Cons: price and weight

Was looking for a powerful laptop that could replace both my current laptop and desktop computers. The A20P is the best of both with large
harddrive, lots of built-ins (modem, NIC, DVD, floppy) and 3 year warranty. Would like to find all the same...

Pros: All in one intigration
Cons: lower than expected battery life

This laptop is a great desktop replacement!! The machine that I have used is a Thinkpad A20m 2628 3CU, plus and extra 64 megs of RAM. This machine is given to me by my college, it's given to all incomming freshman. I have been using the machine for 3...

Pros: Comfortable screen and keyboard; full-featured; excellent value
Cons: None

I bought the ThinkPad A20m (26283TU), upgraded to 128 MB of SDRAM, in June of 2000. It has built-in Ethernet, 15" TFT display, 24X CD-ROM, and Windows 2000. I chose the product because:

a) I've always admired the ThinkPad. It's a very...

Pros: Snob Appeal
Cons: Windows Based OS

I started repping a Windows based software product and needed a laptop to do client demos. I picked up a IBM ThinkPad A20m - which is the smaller cousin of the A20p - 6mb hard drive, 500 Mhz P III chipset - (and about $2,000 less than the A20p).
...

Pros: lightweight, powerful, decent hard drive
Cons: looks fragile

Fast and ultralight with 12 GB of storage space, this laptop really is a dream come true. Provided you're willing to shell out near US$4,000 for it, it will bring out the mobile power user in anyone.

As a developer, I find most laptops either...

Pros: Fast; Good Storage; Basically a little desktop
Cons: Graphic card; A little slow to boot up

The IMB ThinkPad A20M is the perfect desktop alternative for college students as it offers speed, ease of use, and expandablity all in one cost-effective package. Mine was ordered on special offer from my school, which means that it came with...

Pros: Great Screen, Too much Power, More memory than you should need, and quality feel to the case and keyboard.
Cons: High price, questionable availability

I am a long time Toshiba laptop user and recently had cause to pick up the new Thinkpad A20p. For this configuration I let go of around $4,000, but so far it seems that it was definately money well spent.

The specs on this machine say it...

Pros: Screen size, hard drive space, value
Cons: None so far!

Purchased this laptop a few weeks ago and am thrilled with it! I was looking for a system that had an integrated CD and floppy, along with a large screen, but didn't want to spend $4000. This fit the bill perfectly. It is available in a number of...

Pros: ideal desktop replacement, power rich
Cons: expensive.

Start with power and portability and then move on to looks and sleek black. The A20 has to be the best laptop I've ever had the pleasure to use. I've had an A20 for week. Our department is testing 3 of them against our IBM 600E laptop computers. The two...