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Yeah!

I just got my UPS number!!


1704-66u

yes!

When you receive it, would you weigh it if possible? My X40 is 2.76 lbs and am curious whether the X60s is really lighter.

pianowizard: did you weigh your X40 at 2.76lbs? If so, I assume that was with the small 4 cell battery?

floyyed, what date did you place your order?

mroth wrote:floyyed, what date did you place your order?

Feb. 10

1704-66U only show up 2days!
I have no idea why they took it out...

Herr Yunta wrote:pianowizard: did you weigh your X40 at 2.76lbs? If so, I assume that was with the small 4 cell battery?

Yeah, I weighed it using a balance in my lab, so 2.76 lbs is the actual weight and not just an estimate. It has a 4-cell battery. It's a pity that Lenovo would rather sell the 8-cell battery for most models, making them half a pound heavier. I don't like anything above 2.99 lbs, because whenever I go to conferences, I need to carry a laptop in my backpack for almost 10 hours everyday for 5 to 10 days in a row. The 5.2-lb TP600E that I previously owned and the 4.15-lb Dell Inspiron 700m that I still have were both way too heavy.

floyyed, were there any dead or stuck pixels on your LCD screen?

sonoma wrote:floyyed, were there any dead or stuck pixels on your LCD screen?

they just ship it out...

this time, X60 ships from Shanghai, not hongkong...

pianowizard wrote:When you receive it, would you weigh it if possible? My X40 is 2.76 lbs and am curious whether the X60s is really lighter.

I have an X32 and weighed it a 3 lbs 11 oz; an X22 I have weighed 3 lb 8 oz. Thus I am interested in 2lbs 12oz.

However, is the X40 the machine with the tiny (and slow) HD? Has a faster replacement HD been offered yet?

Thanks.

Nope, and thats why I sold my X40 and took an X31 for it instead (and installed a 7200rpm harddisk )

floyyed wrote:

sonoma wrote:floyyed, were there any dead or stuck pixels on your LCD screen?

they just ship it out...

this time, X60 ships from Shanghai, not hongkong...

I got a DEMO.....




before I return it back and exchange a new one...

I can play for while...


YOU WONT REGRET TO BUY AN X60s..

YES, waiting is worth!

Floyyed,
Can you write some reviews on your x60s? Such as design, keyboard, battery life, heat, fan noise issues? We are waiting for your reviews, since you are lucky to receive a x60s so early. Thanks,

mzd wrote:Floyyed,
Can you write some reviews on your x60s? Such as design, keyboard, battery life, heat, fan noise issues? We are waiting for your reviews, since you are lucky to receive a x60s so early. Thanks,

1. LCD cover is very thin, but still strong, not a weak plastic, I like it.
LCD is bright enough, and in good shape.
2. keyboard, is a good design, at least most keys still in IBM's quality,track point is alittle bit hard, but it can be adjusted.
3. battery, I got a 8cells battery (SANYO) hold 74.88wh, I did not use whole battery, but I thought it can hold on more than 6.5~7 hrs.
4 fan noise? no! never heard.
5. My model is 1704-66U, come w/ Verizon wireless 3G, therefore, under the right palmrest will be full of wireless card (abg, LAN, Verizon, BT...), they cause the right palmrest a little bit warm, but acceptable.
6. HD is TOSHIBA SATA 5400rpm 80GB, silent and fast. Although I ordered 7K100 100GB.
7. X6 ultrabase is very convenient, you may remove the X60 easily.

I will do more test in these days (before they send me return shipping label) haha..

oh, the memory I got is Elpida DDR2 667 512mb.

Thank you, floyyed.

possible pictures?

floyyed wrote: I got a DEMO.....

Bummer.
But at least you get to play with it. :D:D

Pls floyyed, any thing about performance

Thanks in advance

CHoPSTICK89 wrote:possible pictures?

Yeah!! high resolution pics, If you don't have an host I will host them for you if needed!!

Mine was shipped today!
I ordered X60s 4DU on 2/2.
So, excited

Mine is coming, too!!
I have placed the order on 2/1..
Hopefully, it is really coming....
hij.

Looks like they are starting to ship these. My 17065KU I ordered on 2/8 says it shipped today.

Edit 3/1: They attempted delivery today..but I'm out of town ...never thought a shipment from China would take one day!

For those who's thinkpads have shipped, what did you guys have as the estimated ship date? Mine just moved to 4/4/06 from 2/28/06!

I ordered 17044JU on 2/14,
1st estimated shipping date was 3/Mid,
and changed to 4/03/2006 ,but suddenly it has been shipped on 2/28 by UPS.

i ordered on 2/1, and estimated shipping date was 3/8.
my (dear) model is 170524U.
up to now, there was no change on their estimation date.
hij.

ordered 17065KU on 2/6. estimate was 3/8.
also shipped today.

Ordered 17044JU on 2/4, estimate was 3/13, shipped today.

Well, that is somewhat encouraging -- I may not have to wait another month.

I feel like the only one that didn't get mine shipped today. Ordered a custom X60 though

Est. Ship 3/31

I ordered my 4JU on 2/14... Still showing estimate ship date of 4/7/06

Gary Miyakawa

my 17044DU said 3/17 -- then it shipped today too.