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k3davis wrote:if the blue LED in the thinkvantage button can be turned off

I haven't seen an option to turn that off, but it's just the sides of the button that are transparent enough to let the light show. It's a very dim blue glow that shows.

nonny wrote:With my normal workload, Rosetta@home running in the background and the screen very bright, the battery lasted 96 minutes. I'll try timing it in a more conservative mode tomorrow to see how many minutes I can eek out of it.

OK, that was last night with everything running wide open. This morning, I've been using it with the Maximize Battery settings. I did turn the screen brightness up a little over halfway and kept wireless turned on.

I've been listening to podcasts, intermittently reading RSS feeds, answering e-mails, letting it just sit while I worked - just my normal daily usage. Periodically, the screen would dim itself if it sat too long with no activity, but it didn't stay that way for long before I moved the pointer for something. I did turn rosetta@home off.

It hibernated itself at 3 hours 26 minutes with around 6-7% showing on the Power Manager Gauge.

nonny wrote:It hibernated itself at 3 hours 26 minutes with around 6-7% showing on the Power Manager Gauge.

that's ok, I'd probably get the extended battery anyway. does it run vista? thanks.

edit: oh yeah, I forgot to ask, where are the system lights? I can see three on the outside of the screen, but not on the inside, and they're quite important.

experttease wrote:edit: oh yeah, I forgot to ask, where are the system lights? I can see three on the outside of the screen, but not on the inside, and they're quite important.

They are on the keyboard:
http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/31209.jpg

thank you gator. it's interesting (and pleasing) that they're finally catching up with led technology (i.e. different colours for different indications, and the supposedly brighter thinklight). a pity they aren't still on the screen though, which made more sense to me, but this is minor.

experttease wrote:

nonny wrote:It hibernated itself at 3 hours 26 minutes with around 6-7% showing on the Power Manager Gauge.

that's ok, I'd probably get the extended battery anyway. does it run vista? thanks.

I probably could have gotten more time out of the battery had I worked at it. I just did the obvious things to extend my time.

Yes, it's preloaded with Vista.

nonny wrote:...They really did a good job with the keyboard on this one; the screen is bright and clear; there's almost no heat coming out the vents (and I'm running one of the @home projects on it 24x7).

It's so light that I have to be careful when I switch back and forth with the X61 Tablet. I told Mark I almost tossed it across the room when I first got it as I lifted it out of my lap to stand up - I was used to picking up the weight of the tablet, and it almost got away from me!...

That really sounds like it is a fantastic notebook.
As for the screen resolution, have you noticed anything using VISTA that seems too tiny, or is everything perfectly readable?
Also, Mossberg said that the larger battery did not stick out at all, just added more weight. Is this correct?

Andrew

I adjusted the DPI and the text size in IE7, and so far, I haven't run into any problems in being able to see any text.

This one apparently has the smaller battery, so I can't answer that question.

Thanks.

Andrew

aamsel wrote: Also, Mossberg said that the larger battery did not stick out at all, just added more weight. Is this correct?

The big battery is not longer, like in the older models, but thicker. The battery compartment is underneath the palm rest. I think that with the large battery, the keyboard is paralell to the desk, while with the smaller one it slopes down like the X40/X60.

How is the display (panel) connected to the main body?

pxa270 wrote:

aamsel wrote: Also, Mossberg said that the larger battery did not stick out at all, just added more weight. Is this correct?

The big battery is not longer, like in the older models, but thicker. The battery compartment is underneath the palm rest. I think that with the large battery, the keyboard is paralell to the desk, while with the smaller one it slopes down like the X40/X60.

Do you think there would be any perceivable comfort difference in the typing angles created by either battery?

Andrew

Mind you, I haven't actually seen a X300 in person. The sloping vs straight keyboard with extended battery was something I picked up on another forum. And it seems plausible enough, as I've seen a video with the extended battery that did extend downwards. Anyway, I don't think you'd notice any difference in ergonomics The X40/X60 series also had a slope, but it's so shallow that you don't really notice. Given its thinness, I think the X300 is similar.

This battery is under the palm rest, so I'm having a problem visualizing what the extended one would look like.

It extends downwards out of the case. You can see it on this vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eET4uS3Ybv4
right after around the 1 minute mark.

I haven't it noticed anywhere, but concering the SDD/HDD.
Is it standard size like 2.5" wide and 9,5mm high or something special?

donzoomik wrote:I haven't it noticed anywhere, but concering the SDD/HDD.
Is it standard size like 2.5" wide and 9,5mm high or something special?

the X300 uses a 1.8" drive size.   2.5" drives unfortunately won't fit.

Too bad those 1.8" drives aren't compatible with the X40/X41 series of Thinkpads which were the first Thinkpads to incorporate a 1.8" PATA drive. Unfortunately those 1.8" mechanical drives have an even smaller form factor than the SATA 1.8" SSD drive and are really s-l-o-w (4200RPM). Not to mention that the largest drive made in that form factor was a measly 60Gb.

Thanks for the pics. Do you have larger versions hosted elsewhere too?

moore101 wrote:The X300 didn't come with a WWAN card built in. I took a internal Verizon WWAN card from a T61 and it works great in the X300.

Was this a difficult process? Can you post the part number of the card or the Thinkpad model/type you took it out of? No bios or connecting issues? Any info would be appreciated-I am considering doing the same thing.

k3davis wrote:if the blue LED in the thinkvantage button can be turned off (if photos seen on Flickr were accurate).

X300 Blue Light Special