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What is the difference between a 380ED and a 385ED?
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 1:17 am
by PowerPC
I understand that the letters attached to the numbers determine features. E, ED, XD, etc.
But I am not being able to figure out what makes a ThinkPad a 380 or a 385.
Re: What is the difference between a 380ED and a 385ED?
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 4:52 am
by ilakast
Probably ... no differences. They were introduced simultaneously to the market even. Only IBM knows...
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/researc ... WIK-3RMPD4
Re: What is the difference between a 380ED and a 385ED?
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 12:25 pm
by Tasurinchi
At that time there were a bunch of submodels. Which ones exactly do you want to compare?
380
380D
380E
380ED
380XD
380Z
385D
385ED
385XD
Re: What is the difference between a 380ED and a 385ED?
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:32 pm
by PowerPC
380ED to 385ED. What does make them different?
Re: What is the difference between a 380ED and a 385ED?
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:51 pm
by Tasurinchi
Seems it was only the hard drive size, the rest looks the same
380ED:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:380ED
385ED:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:385ED
Hope this helps!
Cheers
Re: What is the difference between a 380ED and a 385ED?
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:14 pm
by PowerPC
Well, you found a difference. Congratulations.
Thanks for pointing it.
However, that's odd. The one with the higher number normally is superior in some way.
Re: What is the difference between a 380ED and a 385ED?
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:46 pm
by Tasurinchi
I found it odd as well... Maybe they marketed it as a cheaper version
Re: What is the difference between a 380ED and a 385ED?
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:12 pm
by pianowizard
PowerPC wrote:380ED to 385ED. What does make them different?
Compare their detailed specs yourself:
http://www.lenovo.com/psref/pdf/twbook.pdf
PowerPC wrote:I understand that the letters attached to the numbers determine features. E, ED, XD, etc.
IBM used to add an "E" to denote a newer model, then an "X" for the successor to the "E" model, and a "Z" for an even newer model. For example, 770 --> 770E --> 770X --> 770Z, and 600 --> 600E --> 600X (no 600Z). The 240 went straight to 240X, and then 240Z.
Re: What is the difference between a 380ED and a 385ED?
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:15 pm
by rkawakami
According to the twbook of the day, the 385ED was marketed as a
retail model. Which basically means that the pre-installed software included AOL, AT&T WorldNet and CompuServe packages and that apparently the on-site service option was not available (as with the 380ED).
ref:
http://www.lenovo.com/psref/pdf/twbook.pdf
Re: What is the difference between a 380ED and a 385ED?
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:40 pm
by PowerPC
rkawakami wrote:According to the twbook of the day, the 385ED was marketed as a
retail model. Which basically means that the pre-installed software included AOL, AT&T WorldNet and CompuServe packages and that apparently the on-site service option was not available (as with the 380ED).
ref:
http://www.lenovo.com/psref/pdf/twbook.pdf
That explains everything. Including why the 380 version is so common (they were corporate laptops, the kind that floods the market when a company gets rid of its inventory).
With the 385 being a final user version, of course it is more difficult to find one.