what are the difference between w510 and w500?

[elninio]

what's with the new color calibration wheel? i just need a computer for programming , not making art ...

[freakwave]

Just made the jump from T500 to W510 (820QM) over the weekend.

Overall it is a nice machine, but I am a bit disappointed, here is why:

Performance
I think it is even slower than my T500 (T9600 @ 2.8GHz).
Any jboss/websphere startup takes about the same time, and sometimes is a bit slower than with the old machine.
I guess it is due to the lower clock of the CPU when handling more than one thread at a time.

Display
Another thing is the screen, although it is very nice in regards to colors, contrast and brightness, the 16:9 ration is something you have to get used to.
I placed it next to my T500 which has the 16:10 (1680:1050) and the disappointing part is that the new display (1920:1080) even though it has the same vertical pixels, is at least half a inch short. It is just so much wasted space.

Noise
the CPU whining is very noticeable

Battery life
pathetic, no more comment

[w0qj]

freakwave,

I'm wondering if you can help post back the physical size of your W510 LCD screen?

My T42 LCD screen is 28.6mm X 21.6mm (WxH), for 1400x1050 screen resolution, 4:3 ratio, and the DPI is just perfect for me.

I'm wondering how (bad) the physical vertical size have become for the FHD W510 LCD screen with 14:9 ratio, which I suspect is starting to affect font readability. for DPI is significantly higher from what I've heard.

Thank you in advance for your help!

[GrandMasterKhan]

Can you further describe or better yet document the whine? Am interested in a new TP but too many stories about the whine and want to hear what I might have to deal with before making a decision. I recognize this happens across all notebook brands not just TPs but also Sony Vaio etc. Do you use YouTube? Can you upload for us?

[Greg Gebhardt]

Just my opinion but I founf the W510 a pretty good upgrade in perfornace over my 2.8Ghz W500.

The keyboard on the W510 is the best I have ever used.