WVZR1 wrote:Is the "switchable graphics" situation actually corrected or .............

If you mean does Win 10 have Microsoft driver support for it, the simple answer is not now..... and it probably never will in the future either.

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cb474 wrote:Or is it just a pure coincidence?

This

Don't sweat on it.

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Bill B.

RMSMajestic wrote:Ouch

Setting up a new mobile device nowadays often involves a lot of initial one-time downloads, so a temporary start-up quota is a customer friendly way of minimising bill shock.

Here is Oz, my mobile ISP gives 25GB on top of the normal quota for the first 30 days.

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precip9 wrote:Lenovo has no responsibility to support Windows 8 on the T400 in the US.

They don't in Australia either

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Bill B.

Most people that know me know that I still have a "caveman" cell phone; i.e., just a simple phone that handles voice calls and texts. Nokia still makes a quite nice one. I just replaced my wife's Nokia 6233 (that cost several hundred dollars when new) which suffered a screen failure after about 6+ ...

caviomorpha wrote:I've looked in Lenovo Support site, but there's no driver to download.

Since the T400 is not a Lenovo supported system for Windows 8.*, that's not at all surprising.

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Where would one find this whitelist? The list of Lenovo supplied cards that will work in an X230 can be found the the Hardware Maintenance manual (HMM) for that model, on the Lenovo web site. Of the cards on this "whitelist", which ones allow the fastest speeds? Probably the Ericsson 5521 card - it...

pointyhat wrote:is there a solution....

That sort of problem shows up sometimes (not just on 5100 cards) with flakey WiFi routers. What router are you using?

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So apparently the business world has decided that physical buttons suck, function key groupings suck, logical layouts suck, thinklights are out and latches are just too hard or something. But the print screen button... oh that's a gift from god and needs to be slapped somewhere prominent. OK, so de...

They obviously want to shed the whole business image and appeal to the larger consumer base. The real situation is that what the corporate business purchasers are prepared to buy has changed, and Lenovo is serving the current business demand. And the honestly stupid thing about their mentality is t...

Summilux wrote:And U.S.B. 3.0 can deliver up to 100 watts.

The current USB Power Delivery ("PD") specification allows up to 5 amps at 20V (100W), but that's doesn't mean that its either really usable, or in any way a smart thing to do

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Bill

Adda wrote:you'll find thousands of ThunderBolt devices

Whatver the merits, or otherwise, of Thunderbolt...... I can't find thousands of ThunderBolt devices. In fact I have trouble finding even hundreds!

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however I went to the Verizon store today to activate my device, gave them the IEMI number and they said the device isn't supported on their network? The bottom line here is that if Verizon doesn't recognise the card IMEI as being a supportable device according to their own network whitelist, you'l...

It seems the aussies (Australians for those unfamilier with "Aussie") had an attack of sanity and threw off the labour government for a return to prosperity inducing policies.. The LNP won in the House of Representatives (lower house), but had a shadow-minister in a "safe-seat" defeated along the w...

Absolutely required is internal WWAN with connectivity in both North America as well as Europe. Purchasing a SIM card when any one of them arrives overseas is not an option; these have to be ready to go. You are out of luck then - there is simply no good option from any vendor of laptops, WWAN card...

I have an X1CT and hardly ever use the "touch screen" aspect at all with Win 8...... however, its clear enough to me that having a "touch screen" is going to be part of the must have it to considered market selling points for all laptops from now on, so it will come whether we use or not (just like ...

bastian wrote:There is a chance that this particular WWAN card is faulty

If Device Manager isn't seeing it all, that seems to be strong possibility.

Once you have the hardware recognised, for Win 8, try loading one of the later Ericsson WWAN drivers (F5521 etc).

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Bill B.

Medessec wrote:There's no question all the Haswell Thinkpads will have Windows 8.

Given the likely release timing, they will probably come with Windows 8.1.

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The Win 8.1 prduction release date has been announced for October 17th.

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The machine was shipped with Windows 8 and downgraded (?) to Windows 7 by the reseller. If it really was downgraded by the reseller , you need to be asking them exactly what the did with the existing partition layout. As far as disk data goes - if its important, back it up frequently, no matter whe...

John_A wrote:Is this something that I should worry about?

My X220 doesn't do it, but in any case, I can't see any reason to particularly worry about it

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Bill

thinkmad1978 wrote: Lenovo can't tell me that an adult isn't capable of carrying a 5lb laptop.

Lenovo, and its competitors, build what the market will buy - and there's just not much of a market for 5lb mobile devices nowadays, whether you like it or not

Because anything on a USB stick by definition should already be a copy of something stored on some computer. There are many commercial applications for removeable USB memory as the initial primary storage medium for data, from which it is later transferred to a other storage for archival purposes.

Puppy wrote:It is the same with Ericsson F5521gw 3G/HSPA+ WWAN card and Windows 7.

Yet again, this card and OS combination works fine in many places in the world - so its not the same at all....

E350 wrote:some manufacturer will re-discover the pent up demand

Market analytics nowadays are very fine grained - if there was truly a commercially sustainable market behind your pent up demand, it would be serviced by someone

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Bill

Orbito wrote:Will a 2503 Advance dock work with a T430?

Unfortunately it wont work with a T430.

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Bill B.

gw74 wrote:Lenovo supplied the drivers to Microsoft

If you install anything Microsoft throws at your system without reading and understanding the implications of the description accompanying them you are bound for great, and continuing, disappointment.

I just upgraded my x60s to win 8 with a battery at 50% of design capacity. 3 weeks later the battery is borked exactly the way you described. this is too much of a coincidence. can we make a claim against Lenovo for faulty PM driver? Since the X60s is not on Lenovo's supported model list for Win 8,...

not supporting ThinkVantage ToolBox with PC Doctor Replaced by Lenovo Solution Center. If you really want PC-Doctor that badly, you can buy it..... http://www.pc-doctor.com/ not supporting ThinkVantage System update Huh? http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=TVSU-UPDATE even their...

FWIW, that performance is from ~20 years ago....

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