Good point. I'm now finding good deals on refurbished T400/T410/T420. I'll bet you can get 15" models as well.

ac12 wrote:And now I'm in the same boat.
Though I have a T61 that I am maxing out on the horsepower, cpu at 100% a little too much.
So I'm trying to decide between a T5xx or W5xx.

There is no discernable difference between the two. Get the one you find with the best display and CPU.

I just installed the latest version on a W500. Went very smooth. Every device is recognized in device manager.

I had it in discrete graphics mode in BIOS when I upgraded.

I'm looking to buy a 700T/710T/730T/360P/360PE. Working condition is much better. Willing to pay above market. Need for a demo.

Let me know if anyone has anything for sale.

Would also consider renting one.

I've only had 50/50 luck on these cables. A lot of them seem to be bad. Try another one.

He has a SATA drive - you have an mSata. The mSata only fits if you have no WAN card.

Not a chance.

Some drives have a removable shim - but not this one.

oldschool30 wrote:Okay, so if I were to clone it using acronis true image, what are the steps that I have to take to ensure that the ssd is aligned and running to its highest performance? Thanks.

Should be none for Windows 8.

jmurch wrote:One more question if anyone knows the answer. 6 cell or 4 cell? I don't want it to stick out the back like the 9 cell does on the t61.

Jeff

Neither sticks out the back but the 6-cell has some ridges that stick out on the bottom and is heavier. Twice as much time though.

Ditto - I tried it.

kaivalagi wrote:I too am looking at 4->16gb upgrade and am wondering if the mobo/bios of the x230 will support higher speeds than 1600MHz? Would 2x8GB of 1866MHz SO-DIMM ram work and be runnable at the maximum rating? Anyone know?

Won't run faster than 1600MHz without serious hacking.

CPU-Z reports that the RAM is requesting 1.5V

I'm running the Vengeance at 2x4GB. Different board than the 8GB - but runs fine.

Take out the mSata.
Do a restore to the SSD
replace the mSata

I work with confidential information that for legal reasons cannot be stored in the cloud - even with encryption. I could segregate out the other information and only keep the confidential stuff on an SSD (still encrypted) and get bye with 256G. I'm still thinking about it. My guess is that to get 4...

How long does hibernate take with 16GB?

Must be a UK thing. I get 4 choices in the US - not 3.

Why is that? It it a warranty violation to open up an X1 Carbon? You can do quite a bit of surgery on most thinkpads without voiding the warranty. Assuming I don't care about warranty - do we know the drive type? Is it a 7mm drive? Is it uSATA? proprietary? Is an HMM out yet? Also - anyone know why ...

Anyone know what the form of the SSD is on the X1 Carbon? Is it replaceable? I need more than 256GB for everyday use.

Must be a quirk. Call Lenovo or wait a day. Mine has IPS and a 2x2 and a web cam.

The 4 cell is good for 4 hours tops. The 6 cell is over twice as much capacity. 63Wh vs 28Wh.

Not so. 2 DVI monitors work fine on the dock. No converters.

The Windows driver basically asks you which output to use for screen 1 and which for screen 2. There is no way to configure a third screen.

I don't know how cheap you want - but I've been buying perfectly good refurbished drives from here for under $40.

My wife spilled coffee on her T41. After that, it was dead. I have the system board. Free to anyone who picks it up in Cupertino or pays shipping. Need connectors, etc - here is your best deal. PM me.

Tried those. Only work on Optimus - not Intel.

Sorry - I was unclear. The W520 is available with the i7-2860QM which I was comparing to the i7-3720QM he suggested. It has a bigger cache, but, in fact the DRAM speed is the same.

At the risk of asking the obvious - did you burn recovery disks?

The bluetooth card is easy to install. It doesn't seem to require any separate antenna.
I think the camera requires a separate front bezel - but it turns out that it is not too hard to remove either.

Looks like the answer is 2 displays. I hooked up 2 externals with a Dock+. The SW would give me a choice of any 2 - but it was really clear that I could not use all 3 - either in clone mode or extended desktop. Since I could do both externals - I don't think there was any port conflict - it is a dri...