Lenovo’s MD2601u is a very inexpensive version of their MD series laptops that can be found only at Best Buy retailers. The system is very different from many of Lenovo’s other offerings and even many other brand laptops because it uses the Intel Turion platform over the more popular Intel. The burner can burn labels to Label Flash compatible media, but this is quite difficult to find.
This laptop comes equipped with a modem and a wireless networking adapter is compatible with all of the currently approved wireless standards include 802.11a and the draft 802.11n standard. This is probably the primary reason for the lower cost of the system but it also has the downside of slightly lower performance as well.
Still, it provides enough performance for those looking to use the laptop for basic Internet usage, productivity software and media playback. Storage is pretty much average for this category with a 250GB hard drive and a dual layer DVD burner. Outside of the Intel processor platform, much of the rest of the Lenovo MD2061u is what one can expect to find in a budget laptop.
One area that the Lenovo MD2601u does have an advantage over many other budget laptops is connectivity. Many laptops now are dropping built-in modems and scaling back the wireless versions supported.