At the moment, I've got Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on my W510 and Mint 17.2 on my X201T. I like both. Mint is an easier adjustment from Windows. Ubuntu seems a bit slicker. I haven't used either enough to form any deep opinions. I recently worked on a laptop that was running Mint and it made a favorable impr...

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Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:17 pm

Here is an IDE to M.2 https://www.amazon.com/44pin-Converter- ... B06XC36V63

Thanks. I never look on amazon and I didn't see them on eBay. It turns out the key word was NGFF. I tried "Nvme to IDE" and drew a blank but "NGFF to IDE" finds the ones on eBay.

I bought the adapter for my W500 years ago. It's a b+m key adapter. It looks like it's the same as this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/386897126783 The drive is a Lenovo b+m drive. It was a screaming bargain when I bought it and a lot less than a regular Sata SSD even with the price of the adapter. T...

Both will work. I've been running a W500 for years on a 512gb nvme drive in an SATA adapter. The speed is limited by the SATA interface so both options will give you the same speed. Nvme in native mode is much faster. In any case, any SSD will be much faster and quieter than the original Lenovo drive.

Enforcement of the $600 rule has been suspended since the first year. I can't remember who lobbied for this but I only got a 1090 one year several years ago. I don't sell a lot on eBay these days but I've sold over $600 several years since then. The first year, I was notified by eBay when I sold a c...

At the moment, I can't bear to get rid of either one. One more question for the experts: is there a limit to the size of the hard disk in the 770z? I just tested a 120 gb mSata SSD in an mSata to IDE adapter and it was recognized. My educated guess is it's the 2tb 32 bit LBA limit as I see LBA is u...

Just some subjective impressions here, no benchmarks or structured testing. This is the first Thinkpad I've bought in years and it's a direct replacement for a W500 that I've been using for years for work and business purposes. I just cloned the linux system and data I had on the W500 so I'm using t...

=The telemetry service can be disabled in the services control applet in all versions of Windows, even 10. It does stay disabled on reboot unlike Windows Update. Not quite, there are different levels of telemetry (you can review them in for instance, shutup10), and the 3rd level will randomly re-en...

Microsoft needs to give up on the intrusive behavior. The more computer savy among us are not going to allow it to happen. Maybe we're not their targets? Do you use any Google software (Chrome browser etc) or an Android device ? If so, the Windows telemetry is non-issue for you :D Not an apples to ...

I tried it on a W520. It actually had decent driver support but it took some searching to find drivers. Nvidia had a compatable driver but it wasn't nearly as good as the Optimus driver supplied by Lenovo for Windows 7. The main issue was that it didn't handle the i7 multithreading very well. Most o...

I've never had any issues with flickering. As I said, while not IPS, the W700 and W701 do have high quality displays. They have RGB backlights which allows for color adjustments. The W701 has an LED RGB backlight which is probably why it looks so much better. The actual specs of the different Thinkp...

The GPU swap is easy. It will take all of 10-15 minutes. It is on its own board held in with two screws. I did the upgrade on my W700 which I sold a few months ago. The 1920x1200 Max Bright display is gorgeous but it is not Flexview. It is much better on the W701 which is one reason why I let go of ...

All of my Thinkpads have the version of Power Manager they came with from the restore partition image or the one I installed when I first set it up. Once it works, I never upgrade. In the case of my newer Thinkpads, the W520, X201T, X220T and W701, I use the most recent version because I downloaded ...

The X201 Tablet will boot from an SD card. It is the only Thinkpad I know of that will. It sees the SD card in the BIOS as a USB drive. On mine, I have Linux Mint 17.2 on a 64gb SDXC card. I've partitioned it with 32gb as a fat 32 partition and a 24gb system and 8gb swap partition. If the fat 32 par...

I have no issues with Facebook on a W500 with the switchable graphics set to Intel Graphics. It might be the browser, not the GPU that makes it burp on a W701. Facebook is a monster script wise and I have it thoroughly adblocked and script limited and on the server side, all games and apps disabled ...

Windows 7 and Vista handle multi core processing well. The only OS I've tried that had problems was XP x64. I've never seen one core pegged and the others idle in 7. Processing is evenly distributed regardless of app unless there is some special setup to use one or two cores as in a VM. The W510 and...

The W520 is much faster and uses much less wattage at the same time. I don't know why but the W510 with a 720QM that I had years ago burned more watts than my W701 with an 820QM. The W520 is much faster than either but the W701 has a great display while the W510 doesn't have any advantages at all ov...

I'm going to be using it on a crappy core 2 duo 64 bit windows visa era Dell inspiron 1525 but I gotta find out why it's running the fan at 100% it may need new thermal paste (like most of my machines) I tried it on my T60P which has been upgraded with a T7200 processor. It worked just as easily as...

Mint is easier than Debian and has much better plug and play hardware recognition. I have a portable installation on an express card drive and I have yet to boot it onto a Thinkpad and not have it work with all the different hardware being recognized. W500, W520, X220 Tablet, X201 Tablet, W700 and W...

Hi again! Since my last posting just wanted to refresh the topic and make you aware that I am still looking for this laptop so any assistance would be appreciated. There is currently one on eBay but with shipping, customs and the fact that it is for parts only I am not sure if I should tale the ris...

Ok, I tried it with 12gb installed. The results were kind of surprising. It showed up in the BIOS but froze booting Windows 7. It did boot Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 and the memory was there. Ubuntu was stable and usable until I tried launching a Windows 10 Virtualbox VM. It had a hard crash of both hos...

I've got a 17" 5:4 LCD monitor, a Cornea CT1702. I love the 5:4 SXGA display but the reason I have it is its sync range. It can sync to 15khz horizontal and 48hz vertical on its VGA port which means it can handle native RGB video from my dinosaur computers and 50hz PAL video. I also have two 15" 4:3...

I bought another X201 tablet on impulse last week, a high end one with an LM640 i7 processor and 8gb of factory ram. It has a multitouch IPS display that isn't that much different in quality to the one on the X220. My other X201 has the ultrabright display that is designed for outdoor use and it has...

You can put the desktop under the table, so it's not the desktop per se that's taking up desk space, but the monitor and keyboard. In fact, the monitor can be pushed back all the way against the wall and it's still easy to view since it's so large, thereby freeing up the most valuable area of the d...

Atari STacy?? :D (Insert Doge with "Such Battery Life") The Stacy was big and bulky, had display issues and used almost as much power as a desktop Atari ST. The ST desktop monochrome display is VGA compatible with a special cable and can look pretty good on an LCD monitor. Atari made a much better ...

The only desktops I own are relics from the 80s and 90s made by Amiga and Atari. For anything practical, I've used laptops since around the year 2000. There is no way I would put up with a bulky desktop these days but I have been playing around with minis lately. I've got a Raspberry Pi and an andro...

An Amiga 2500 purchased in 1994. It still works. I replaced the motherboard 10 years ago. It isn't one of the more collectible Amigas but it is still worth more than I paid for it which is a rare thing with computers.

In Thinkpads, my 770X bought in 2002. Neither get turned on very often.

Bumping this with an update. I have the W701 fully working now and have the HD cover and caddies on order along with a battery. I would still like to replace the smart card board. The CF/Express card board, 60Y4931, is preferred. I have a CF board in my W700 discovered that it can be used as a boota...

I've got the tablet version of both. The X220 is newer and faster. The IPS display is a bit sharper than the X201's but the 16:9 aspect ration is really bad in vertical tablet mode. The other disadvantage is the lack of discrete buttons on the trackpad. I'm always hitting the wrong spot and right cl...

I have a project W701 2500-3BU. It has an express card/smart card reader and I'd like to replace it with either the 34mm/54mm express card board, FRU 60Y4927 or the 34mm/ CF reader, FRU 60Y4931. I'm looking for either one in the $20-$25 price range. Ebay has one 60Y4927 at $64.99 which is more than ...