Comments | appaji: New computing toy

appaji

New computing toy - Lenovo X200

Oct 30, 2009 01:24

The 5 year old IBM Thinkpad T43 that I have been using at work was showing its age: overheating, poor response on disk operations (saving a small file in vi seems to be taking increasingly long times), it doesn't boot sometimes and I have to power cycle it. However, I was putting up with it because the newer T series laptops from Lenovo don't come ( Read more... )

thinkpad, toy, t43, tech, laptop, x200

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anonymous October 29 2009, 22:22:16 UTC

I own a x200s ns488ge.
I used to have a samsung x20 xvm II before. That was a 15.1" with 1400x1050 resolution. The x200s has a 12.1" screen with a resolution of 1440x900. I am fine with that. But there fits no umts antenna in the led display lid.

appaji October 30 2009, 06:01:06 UTC

I had a choice between T400 and X200. The resolution on the X200s sounds nice, I would've like that.

lawgon October 30 2009, 02:18:22 UTC

what OS did it come with? how much did it cost (only relevant if you bought it in India)

appaji October 30 2009, 05:57:11 UTC

The laptop has a Windows Vista sticker but the IT chaps at work installed XP. The whole package (laptop, dock, 2 chargers, external DVD burner) cost about 1800 USD (This is a corporate laptop bought in India but I have no idea why they tell the price only in USD).

lawgon October 30 2009, 06:03:34 UTC

sounds cheaper in USD?

appaji October 30 2009, 07:23:04 UTC

Actually it is a good price even if it is converted to INR directly but I suspect there is some direct-import / STPI / no-import-duty going on in here. I don't know much about these things.

Hmm... anonymous October 30 2009, 03:30:41 UTC

Thanks for the post. Useful 'user experience' notes in the post. It's time for me to upgrade my laptop as well....

Re: Hmm... appaji October 30 2009, 06:01:29 UTC

Yes, you should :)

sajith October 30 2009, 15:45:12 UTC

Five years is very good. Much respect for not over-consuming like the regular geek types. ;)

appaji November 2 2009, 16:50:46 UTC

If not for the LCD (which was accidental) I would've used it some more. This geek barely consumes hardware.

sajith November 25 2009, 10:42:48 UTC

It might not be as shhexy as X200, but I have a brand new T400 from work now. And a brand new job too. :) Now what sucks is, only the standard issue Windows XP corporate image is allowed in this machine. Or so I'm told.

appaji November 25 2009, 17:37:37 UTC

I escaped the T400 after the T43 quite narrowly. T400 CPU will have Intel VT so you should run a VM.

btw, I spoke to mullah and he tells me interesting things have been happening in your life. Besides, I have a new GPG key, so we should meet :)

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installation-report? ext_64312 October 30 2009, 15:53:33 UTC

So, have you filed installation-report? :)