*Hi Frank* Is the battery life really 11 hours? Whats your experience with a brand new one? from http://www.slashgear.com/lenovo-thinkpad-t420s-t420-and-t520-up-to-30hrs-battery-life-21134836/
BTW: Nice reg hack! Thx <http://www.slashgear.com/lenovo-thinkpad-t420s-t420-and-t520-up-to-30hrs-battery-life-21134836/> .peter.gfader. http://blog.gfader.com On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Frank Schwieterman <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm pretty happy with it. I did get the FHD monitor upgrade, it > looks nice though I don't know what the cheaper version looks like. > The only strange thing is that the battery attachment has a little > wiggle room if I push it, I wonder if I let a pad get loose or > something. I don't know laptops well though so this is a subjective > judgement. > > I did have trouble finding drivers when I wanted to install on a 3rd > party harddrive, they weren't available online but were on the > recovery partition in a "SWTOOLS" folder. Kind of a hassle > considering I didn't look there until after I'd swapped out the > original harddrive. > > The memory and SSD harddrive upgrades are overpriced, I got the > minimum available from Lenovo then installed my own. > > The control key hasn't been a problem, though I do swap CapsLock w/ > the Windows key > ( > https://github.com/fschwiet/fschwiet-local-config/blob/master/registry%20changes/swapCapsLockAndLWin.reg > ) > but I do that with all my PCs. > > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Kent Skinner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Frank - how is your T520 working out so far? > > > > I'm tempted by the T420s because it's so light, yet powerful. The > > MacBook Pro is tempting too, but not sure it's the right choice for > > Windows development (heeding Brad's cautions above). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. > > -- .peter.gfader. http://blog.gfader.com/ http://twitter.com/peitor -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.
