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I ordered the x220i for around 800 USD this is the todays price of two or three good pair of shoes. It has IPS, intel 3000 wlan for better reception and an unneeded but for a trade useful nine cell battery. I want to make it lighter as I plan to use and abuse it on a regular basis. Theses are my ideas:

- replace hdd with msata 310 intel ssd (~ 0.08 kg)
- remove expresscard (~ 0.02 kg)
- remove speakers (~ 0.01 kg)
- use ulv cooler (~ 0.04 kg)
- use four cell battery

The i3 has not turboboost so it is cooler on a average basis, I'll try the cheap ulv cooler option. What made me the x220 purchase was the very low price and the exceptional display. I am still interested in shopping a larger notebook but will try to find out whether a much too small display could help me out on rare occasions when I am on the road. 90% of my time this is docked.

ssd_thinkpad wrote:will try to find out whether a much too small display could help me out on rare occasions when I am on the road.

Please let us know because you and I talked a lot about this and I am curious whether you can adapt to such a small screen. I don't think I can tolerate <13" screens any more. Three to five years ago, I didn't mind 10-to-12-inch screens but that's because my computational needs were much simpler at that time. I had a 10.1" 1366x768 HP netbook recently and while I liked its design and build quality, I never enjoyed using it. The low res was the main problem, but the screen size made it worse. This experience led me to conclude that 13" 1600x900 would be the lowest res and smallest that I could accept. That's why I am very excited by Sony's new 2.6" Z Series.

BTW, do you think you can find a smaller AC adapter for this X220?

pianowizard wrote:Please let us know because you and I talked a lot about this and I am curious whether you can adapt to such a small screen.

I doubt I can use it as a serious computer for efficient working. I can use it as a computer in emergency situations but there's no way I can work with it efficiently - just because of the screen size. Most of the time it will be docked, this will run my home setup and I can take it when I go out. I had to decide whether to take a 15.6 Panasonic B10 or a 12.5 x220 and the B10 is vertically not that much larger, while the x220 has a much better display panel. A 14 inch 4:3 model with sandy bridge would be perfect.

I have a heavy 15 inch IPS T60 for more efficient working, although working efficient with a 15 inch display is not what I can do. If you ever worked on large external displays you don't want to go back.

I doubt there is a lighter adapter available, even panasonic uses a 200g adapter. You can make adapters smaller as lenovo did it with their still heavy 90W ultraslim adapter.