Non one wanted widescreen, including Lenovo.
Lenovo tried to supply 4:3 for a very long time, but apparently Laptop screens follow the televisions. Once 99% of all television sets went widescreen, so did the Laptop manufacturers.
Try "Base software administrator" Brian Miller, to get rid of the "value added" programs. The recovery partition is highly customizable.
T61 really is the first true Lenovo machine. T60 was engineered by IBM, although it was manufactured by Lenovo. T43 was a stopgap machine and a rather strange one at that (ide connector, sata controller fex.).
I rather like the X series more than the T series. Writing from my T60. Lenovo FTW.