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Hallo,

I don't know if I go offtopic here, so if it's the case I gently ask the mods to move the topic in a different section.
I would like to buy an ultra-light machine; I am an veeeery-happy TP user (see signature) but I am now considering also different machines.
I was looking for very light machines (1 Kg) and I found these two:

Dell Latitude E4200:
http://www.dell.com/content/products/pr ... =bsd&cs=04

CPU SU9400 1.4 Ghz
3 Gb Ram (800 Mhz)
64 Gb HD SDD
LED WXGA 1280x800
Fingerprint reader
SD reader
BT
Wifi
WWAN ready

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s 7466-3SG:
http://www5.pc.ibm.com/europe/products. ... esite=cema

CPU SL9400 1.86 Ghz
2 Gb Ram (1066 Mhz)
250 GB HD 5400 rpm SATA
non-LED WXGA 1280x800
Fingerprint reader
Webcan 1,3 Mpixel
Trackpoint (no trackpad)
No BT
Wifi
WWAN ready

Both machines are around 1 Kg, cost around 1700 Euros and come with 3 years warranty.

Pros for Dell are:
Nice design
SSD
3 Gb RAM
Lighter and thinner

Cons for Dell are:
Slow (?)
No camera
No experience about keyboard and LCD quality

Pros for Lenovo are:
Fast
Know good quality for keyboard
Camera
Big hard-disk

Cons for Lenovo are:
Probably non-LED display is not so good
General battery life not so good
Thicker and heavier
No BT

Anyone can give me a hint?

Cec

PS: I also considered Toshiba Portege R500 11Z but I think is a bit old nowadays (no latest technologies, for what it's worth...)

If you import one for overseas (USA), you get much, much more for that 1700 euros.

As far as I know the Dell has only one RAM slot. So that means you get 1GB onboard + one slot. So 3GB is possible, 4GB isn't. (Or very, very expensive)

Any advice about LCD quality and battery life of both?

C.

The panel in the Lenovo is TN, the worst type of all LCD panels there is.

I don't know for the Dell, but I guess that it's TN too. From the Lenovo's only the X200T seems to have a IPS panel.

As for batterylife:
The Dell has a SU9400, what uses less energy then the SL9400 of the Lenovo. The SSD saves some too.

Ok, I see.
In any case I doubt they have the same panel: X200s is not LED-backlit while Dell is LED-backlit.

Do you think they are both bad quality?
Do you know if the SU9400@1.40Ghz is slow or not?

C.

Hello,

there is BT on my X200s system... Are you sure you got none for the same model??
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Cecilia76 wrote:Hallo,

I don't know if I go offtopic here, so if it's the case I gently ask the mods to move the topic in a different section.
I would like to buy an ultra-light machine; I am an veeeery-happy TP user (see signature) but I am now considering also different machines.
I was looking for very light machines (1 Kg) and I found these two:

Dell Latitude E4200:
http://www.dell.com/content/products/pr ... =bsd&cs=04

CPU SU9400 1.4 Ghz
3 Gb Ram (800 Mhz)
64 Gb HD SDD
LED WXGA 1280x800
Fingerprint reader
SD reader
BT
Wifi
WWAN ready

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s 7466-3SG:
http://www5.pc.ibm.com/europe/products. ... esite=cema

CPU SL9400 1.86 Ghz
2 Gb Ram (1066 Mhz)
250 GB HD 5400 rpm SATA
non-LED WXGA 1280x800
Fingerprint reader
Webcan 1,3 Mpixel
Trackpoint (no trackpad)
No BT
Wifi
WWAN ready

Both machines are around 1 Kg, cost around 1700 Euros and come with 3 years warranty.

Pros for Dell are:
Nice design
SSD
3 Gb RAM
Lighter and thinner

Cons for Dell are:
Slow (?)
No camera
No experience about keyboard and LCD quality

Pros for Lenovo are:
Fast
Know good quality for keyboard
Camera
Big hard-disk

Cons for Lenovo are:
Probably non-LED display is not so good
General battery life not so good
Thicker and heavier
No BT

Anyone can give me a hint?

Cec

PS: I also considered Toshiba Portege R500 11Z but I think is a bit old nowadays (no latest technologies, for what it's worth...)

Yeah, probably I was wrong.
It should have BT.

Anyway I decided for Dell Latitude E4200.

Thanks everybody, Cec