 The desktop incorporated a mid-range processor, the Intel E6300 Core 2 Duo with a speed of 1.83 GHz, and offered a maximum of 4GB of DDR2 667 MHz RAM on 2 DIMM slots.PC World noted that the desktop scored 89 on its World Bench 5 test, indicating that it could run most software packages available at the time with ease.The ThinkCentre A61e desktop was announced in September 2007 and was called “the company's smallest, quietest and most energy-efficient desktop yet”.