How rare is an X201 Tablet with i7?

[axur-delmeria]

I saw a listing at a local website.

I don't need it (just got an X220), but the Thinkpadder in me is screaming.

[kollya]

it's not that rare. Check ebay

[ZaZ]

Or worth it, as the performance difference is very small.

[charlesd]

I have one (well more than one

It's good for emulation as the i7 has IOMMU and VT-x.

I'd like to put a good 16G of RAM inside it but so far I saw conflicting reports on whether it was supported or not.

(I also want to add a 3rd mini pcie port but that's worth another post)

[RMSMajestic]

X201 tablet with i7 620LM and i7 640LM is not rare at all. And the performance of 620LM and 640LM is just about the same as a T8300
There has been a handful of CTO X201 with i7 640m (yes, that might just burn through your table) and those are quite rare

@charlesd 2*8GB will NOT work on X201T under windows (the maximum you could get is 2*4GB=8GB, and you will need 2Rx8 RAM sticks (1R*8 will not work either)), but cuttondog@51nb has confirmed that under MAC 2*8GB works

[hackintosher]

I have one running Mac OS 10.9 like a dream, as well as Linux and Windows 7 on other partitions. I love it. It's a great little machine, tough as a rock, very bright screen.

[charlesd]

@charlesd 2*8GB will NOT work on X201T under windows (the maximum you could get is 2*4GB=8GB, and you will need 2Rx8 RAM sticks (1R*8 will not work either)), but cuttondog@51nb has confirmed that under MAC 2*8GB works

Works for OSX? Interesting. I kept reading and found that windows in 32 bit might also work. So the i7 can't address 16G in 64 bits mode, but can use 16G. I guess that is due to PAE, so it works if you just use 16G with the correct operating system (OSX / Windows 32 bits)

Not sure it's worth the trouble, but happy to know that I can do that if I want to upgrade the RAM someday