X200s and Celeron M??

[Thinkpad4by3]

The X200s comes with a Celeron M 723? Isn't that a P-M based chip? Why would it be in a C2D Penryn machine? Isn't it basically the equivalent of a high spec Tutalin core? Anyone have experience with it? Lastly, why would Lenovo put such junk in the X200s(the higher end machine?)

[TonyJZX]

Since the market is pretty easy to get these machines you just leave these alone. The most popular model is the P8700 and thats a Penryn.

Lenovo seemed to do a fair few poverty spec models so this isnt unusual. But since the price btw. a mid to high spec version is minimal I just skip these.

[TPFanatic]

I had an R500 with a 2.0 ghz Celeron, it was as slow as Pentium M laptop. Just put in a T9400 and gg.

[TonyJZX]

Pretty sure the x200 series all has a soldered cpu. So you need to change boards.

[ZaZ]

why would Lenovo put such junk in the X200s(the higher end machine?)

Cause some customers want the lowest price, so using a Celeron helps shave money off the price.

[TonyJZX]

There are some instances where you want a rugged and enterprise level machine but you only need minimum specs as your workload... is in the cloud.

Many companies run virtualised desktops. So you can get by with a laptop with a slow cpu and 4gb ram.

You just need wireless and/or a nic.

[axur-delmeria]

The Celeron M 723 is a single-core Penryn deprived of features like VT-x and Speedstep (!!).

If you've ever used a Core Solo, that's pretty much it. Or you can actually simulate one by disabling multiprocessing in BIOS, then reducing the max CPU speed to 1.2GHz. Or just try any single-core Atom netbook.

[TonyJZX]

A lot of machines of this age just isnt worth buying.

Even a medium spec x200 like my old one with say a P8700 4Gb 120gb ssd Intel 5300 is a baseline machine.

ie. dont expect it to burn thru your workload.