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L7400 vs. L2500

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:15 pm
by Medessec
I recently came into this rare configured X60 Tablet with an originally shipped SXGA+ screen and a L7400 motherboard, and I've been using an L2400 for half a year for drawing... and I've come into an L2500 XGA model, they both perform about the same.

I'm wondering if there will be any sort of a noticeable performance increase? Are there other advantages between the two besides the newer tech and 64-bit capability?

Re: L7400 vs. L2500

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:46 pm
by ajkula66
Medessec wrote: I'm wondering if there will be any sort of a noticeable performance increase?
No.
Are there other advantages between the two besides the newer tech and 64-bit capability?
No. L7400 is also warmer-running than L2500.

Re: L7400 vs. L2500

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 12:07 am
by Cigarguy
If you really want to upgrade it. Take that fine X60T screen assembly and transplant it into a X61T body. It was a straight forward swapped and was done when I took everything apart to get at the HSF in order to apply new TIM. I got two machines like this and I love it. 64 bit chipset and OS support allowing up to 8 GB of DDR2, flashed with Middleton's BIOS and installed a 240 GB SSD.

I did the reverse swap on the remaining parts, X61T screen into X60T body. Listed then sold it in the local classified for $100. Full disclosure of what I did in the ad, email to prospective buyer and while talking to the buyer in person.

Re: L7400 vs. L2500

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 4:48 am
by Medessec
Medessec wrote:
I'm wondering if there will be any sort of a noticeable performance increase?

No.
Wow. :lol: alrighty then.
If you really want to upgrade it. Take that fine X60T screen assembly and transplant it into a X61T body.
Ah! I've always been planning to try this-although what I had in mind is just to find any odd L7300 X61T and plop the motherboard in a gorgeous X60T chassis I happen to have, just the X60T mobo has a BIOS lock. So the rest of the X61T would be rendered quite useless... I was hoping to find an X61T with a ruined exterior, or crappy configuration, or even just an X61T mobo by itself would be fine for me.

As for the L7400 I've come into... I suppose I can make some modifications to it, then give it to my sis as a Christmas present. She likes to draw, but doesn't want to spend the money on one of these tablets... despite how cheap you can find them. :roll:

Thanks for the heads up then, ajkula. And Cigarguy, no worries, I'll definitely be trying that out at some point.