On 1/6/13 9:52 AM, Scott Garman wrote: > The main reason is that I found the T430S (note the 'S') which is only a > pound more, but doesn't require dongles, has a DVD-R drive I can remove > and put in another HD if I want, still has the same high-res screen and > great keyboard, and is significantly cheaper, too.
I recently became a ThinkPad dork (and reseller) after years of considering it and much recent research. I need to run PC-BSD and the T4*0 and T5*0 models with NVidia graphics (can be disabled) and Intel wireless are the way to go. They are very much a "truck" but that truck can take UltraBay drives plus even an mSATA, making for a very flexible workstation. I am pleased with these caddies though removing some SSD's can be tricky: http://www.newmodeus.com/ Note the slimmer "S" models as Scott points out and I think the factory Lenovo ones might be made for these and fit the taller models with a gap. The above caddies are an exact fit and support the eject etc. The x2*0's are a great way to go if your OS has great Intel video support. At the other end of the scale, stores like Office Max sometimes have Lenovo 16"-ers for insane prices like $288 on up. I don't know they they ship all the parts around for that! They are Sandy/Ivy bridge and will take 16GB of RAM but... my mouse button quickly wore out and I suspect they have the same components under the hood as the Acer or HP to the right or left of it. This may be the case with UltraBooks like the X1. There might be only a few reference models out there and vendors clad them to suit with cosmetics like, well, carbon fiber. Handy tip: http://outlet.lenovo.com and always buy your RAM elsewhere. I think Lenovo even beats Apple's markup on RAM. Michael _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
