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Difference between X60 and X60s
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:13 pm
by rscosworth
Guys,
Ive just purchased an x60s and while looking around ive realised i have no idea what the difference between the x60 and x60s.
Can someone enlighten me?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:48 pm
by EOMtp
1. Low voltage processor, i.e., cooler-running and longer battery life.
2. Takes slim battery as well as the other two: 4-cell and 8-cell cylindrical.
3. Has a smaller and extremely quiet fan, which runs only 10% of the time, if that.
You have the "right" machine. Enjoy!
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:10 pm
by gunston
X60s, not ready for Vista compare to X61s.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:22 pm
by novasource
gunston wrote:X60s, not ready for Vista compare to X61s.
That's funny, I run Vista just fine on my X60 (not s).
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:37 pm
by gunston
novasource,
X60 is more than enough to run,
X60s would get little sluggish to run Vista, best performance with XP
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:26 pm
by ThinkPad
I feel the 's' model is rather slow at 1.8ghz, even compared to my X41. But battery life is definitely adequate.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:29 pm
by gunston
ThinkPad wrote:I feel the 's' model is rather slow at 1.8ghz, even compared to my X41. But battery life is definitely adequate.
's' model would absolutely surpass X41.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:31 pm
by ThinkPad
gunston wrote:ThinkPad wrote:I feel the 's' model is rather slow at 1.8ghz, even compared to my X41. But battery life is definitely adequate.
's' model would absolutely surpass X41.
I feel its vista thats slowing down the x61s I have used or could be the 1 gig ram...
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:58 pm
by efrant
gunston wrote:X60s, not ready for Vista compare to X61s.
Vista works just fine on my x60s...
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:54 pm
by gunston
Thinkpad,
It could be the insufficient ram to support Vista, min requirement stated that it needs 2Gb ram to run smoothly.
efrant,
Well, X60s is running fine with Vista to certain extend. It still slower than the X61s which equipped with Santa Rosa platform (20% more heat generated).
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:21 am
by ThinkPad
gunston wrote:Thinkpad,
It could be the insufficient ram to support Vista, min requirement stated that it needs 2Gb ram to run smoothly.
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That makes sense. My sister uses an X61s with vista, and I think it should be a requirement to have 2 gigs from the factory when ordering vista.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:21 am
by gunston
Thinkpad,
Add in another slot of 2Gb RAM, would be a "plus"
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:00 am
by pianowizard
The X61 tablet I had until last month had only 1GB of RAM and it ran Vista very slowly. It felt as slow as running XP on an X20 with 128MB RAM.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:07 am
by andreas74
to have your x60s really work at max speed , at all times, make sure you deactivate the cpu- power-saving thing. ('global power options' or similar in power manager).
If its set to on (which it is by default), also the 'full speed' setting slows down at times, also under very high cpu load.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:12 am
by SHoTTa35
high performance is what you mean in the Vista power options menu but that does suck the battery life down more. If you want a a powerful system then they probably wouldn't get the S version or a lower speed CPU. The low voltage CPUs are designed to save power over speed.
Speed isn't much of a factor when you are typing word docs or browsing emails (opening the applications tho would be faster with more speed). You get the idea ... I have a Core Duo 2Ghz and sometimes i wonder if the 1.6 would save me more heat and then battery life
Even tho i got 3hrs 43mins on this system before with a 6 Cell.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:28 pm
by rscosworth
whats your opinions on a 1702-D8G?