ThinkPad X220 user's thread
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:28 pm
Just got my X220 up and running today. 
Installed Microsoft Office during the initial setup (I had a spare Microsoft Office Student and Home key). Installed some other must have software.
Updated Windows 7 and Microsoft Office. Windows 7 SP1 was not installed, so I installed that. Probably 60 or so updates total.
Updated the UltraNav driver to the latest version. Also disabled the TouchPad from the UltraNav tab.
Created the Product Recovery Media. I started out with DVD's and used 4 total (one boot media disk and three data media disks). I have a Lite-On external DVD writer which I used for this. I just checked the boot media disk in 'My Computer' and it reports 242 MB used (I could have used a CD/R instead). Disk 1 of the data media is 3.79 GB. Disk 2 of the data media is 4.11 GB. Disk 3 of the data media is 233 MB. As before, you can only create one set of Product Recovery Disks - I checked.
I looked at the Lenovo recovery partition in 'My Computer' and it reports 1.54 GB free of 9.76 GB.
IPS display is clear and bright. Do wish it was taller though...
I note that this X220 runs quite a bit cooler and quieter than my T42. Palmrest is acceptable for touch typing.
Here is my Windows 7 Experience Index rating
Base Score 4.7 Determined by lowest subscore
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2540M CPU @ 2.60GHz 7.1
Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 5.9
Graphics Intel(R) HD Graphics Family 4.7
Gaming graphics 1696 MB Total available graphics memory 6.1
Primary hard disk 252GB Free (287GB Total) 5.9
System
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Manufacturer LENOVO
Model 429033U
Total amount of system memory 4.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2
Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 297 GB
Disk partition (C:) 252 GB Free (287 GB Total)
Disk partition (Q:) 2 GB Free (10 GB Total)
Graphics
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Display adapter type Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Total available graphics memory 1696 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 64 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 1632 MB
Display adapter driver version 8.15.10.2321
Primary monitor resolution 1366x768
DirectX version DirectX 10
Network
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Network Adapter Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
Network Adapter Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205
Installed Microsoft Office during the initial setup (I had a spare Microsoft Office Student and Home key). Installed some other must have software.
Updated Windows 7 and Microsoft Office. Windows 7 SP1 was not installed, so I installed that. Probably 60 or so updates total.
Updated the UltraNav driver to the latest version. Also disabled the TouchPad from the UltraNav tab.
Created the Product Recovery Media. I started out with DVD's and used 4 total (one boot media disk and three data media disks). I have a Lite-On external DVD writer which I used for this. I just checked the boot media disk in 'My Computer' and it reports 242 MB used (I could have used a CD/R instead). Disk 1 of the data media is 3.79 GB. Disk 2 of the data media is 4.11 GB. Disk 3 of the data media is 233 MB. As before, you can only create one set of Product Recovery Disks - I checked.
I looked at the Lenovo recovery partition in 'My Computer' and it reports 1.54 GB free of 9.76 GB.
IPS display is clear and bright. Do wish it was taller though...
I note that this X220 runs quite a bit cooler and quieter than my T42. Palmrest is acceptable for touch typing.
Here is my Windows 7 Experience Index rating
Base Score 4.7 Determined by lowest subscore
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2540M CPU @ 2.60GHz 7.1
Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 5.9
Graphics Intel(R) HD Graphics Family 4.7
Gaming graphics 1696 MB Total available graphics memory 6.1
Primary hard disk 252GB Free (287GB Total) 5.9
System
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Manufacturer LENOVO
Model 429033U
Total amount of system memory 4.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2
Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 297 GB
Disk partition (C:) 252 GB Free (287 GB Total)
Disk partition (Q:) 2 GB Free (10 GB Total)
Graphics
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Display adapter type Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Total available graphics memory 1696 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 64 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 1632 MB
Display adapter driver version 8.15.10.2321
Primary monitor resolution 1366x768
DirectX version DirectX 10
Network
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Network Adapter Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
Network Adapter Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205
Congrats on the new TP!