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Need help, thinkpaders.

I ordered a X200s one week ago and it's on the way to the States. This X200s is supposed to replace my T400 back to last year, since i travel 1-2 times every month.

Occationally read an review about X301 today. They said the CPU of X301 suffered a lot from the low voltage, and the screen quality is too bad for a premium.

So, i am a little concerned about my coming X200s.

1. My T400 is LED backlit, same for the coming X200s. Can anyone who experienced both models tell me are the screen quality identical? Better than X301's right?

2. MY T400's CPU is P8400, and the coming X200s' is SL9400. Will the SL9400 suffer from low voltage? I read a rank before which indicates that P8400 is definitely better than SL9400, but dont know what about from daily performance view, such as start up, Photoshop editing, etc.

My mind is heated now. Please help. If the screen quality is the same as the T400's LED one, and SL9400 is not too far away from P8400 and way much better than SU9400, i will keep it. Or i will never open it when it comes this friday and put it on Ebay immediately.

Many thanks for those help.

And anyone can add a photo of size comparison between T400 and X200s?

I mainly work on word, excel, and ppt. So i dont know if the X200s' screen will be too small?

Should ask these questions earlier before i buy but it's on the plane now.

I've used X200 with P8400 and X200s with SL9400. I don't notice any lack in performance, and I do some intense work, like using Paint.NET, Labview, Matlab, Excel, and Word at the same time. The HDD will be the main component that hinders you, and not the CPU, unless you do some intense calculation. I recommend getting an SSD because of this reason.
Also, the screen quality of the X200s is quite decent. It's better than my original X200's screen.

Thanks.

Anyone who's have suggetions about the size of the screen? I am a university student and need to work on a lot of papers and my future job too since i will teach and do research.