hm, seems you could get it for $36: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=4GB+PC3-10600+DDR3+1333++laptop&x=0&y=0
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Andrew Webber <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, > > Friday, June 17, 2011, 10:16:03 AM, you wrote: > >> * Buying RAM and hard drive is always cheaper by going 3rd party and >> that for almost if not all manufacturers. Apple is the same as is >> Dell. This is one of their way of screwing customers :( Get the >> minimum and replace as soon as you get your machine. > > Sure, make it up on the add-ons. For the RAM, it's easy, Kingston's > price for KTL-TP3B/4G (4GB 1333MHz Module for the X220) is $67@ and > that's for the name-brand version without shopping around. Lenovo is > $80. > > For the HD, it's a little less cut-and-dried, the X220 comes with > 250Gb/5400rpm and it seems to be 2.5". Upgrade to 320/5400 is $30, to > 320/7200 is $70. It was harder to find alternatives because no one > seems to have a "tell me your machine and I'll find you a hard drive" > they way they do with RAM. But using newegg.com, the cheapest > 320/5400/2.5" is $42 (Hitachi Z5K320). Cheapest 3200/7200/2.5" is $55 > (Seagate ST9320423AS). So yeah I can see it's cheaper to buy 3rd-party > for the 7200rpm anyway. > > To complete the picture, 128GB SSD is +$350, Intel 160GB is +$430. > Cheapest on newegg.com are $210 (Samsung) and $308 (Intel), > respectively. There's actually a $188 128GB by Wintec but it's rated > 1/5 by the customers. > > I don't know (and it seems really hard to find) what the Lenovo units' > specs/models are so I just took the cheapest on (US) Newegg.com and > the upgrade prices from Lenovo (Canada) configurator. > > It seems almost impossible to buy just the Intel 2x2 wireless adapter > from a third party, though. Newegg seems to list it (but out of stock) > but it's about $35 (vs. $20 from Lenovo). Does that make sense. > > >> * About nVidia graphics, if I understood well, you can on some models, >> dynamically switch from Intel to Nvidia and vice versa which means >> that on a power consumption point of view, you lose nothing by >> choosing nvidia if you do not use it much. Budget though is a >> different issue. > > It's becoming a graphic world, that's for sure. As it turns out, > Nvidia is not an option on X220, only on T420s. Though I hadn't ruled > out the latter when I posted last night, I'm really thinking of an > X220 now and seing how it turns out. > > I'll get it with the upgrades that seem to make sense from Lenovo, > i.e. webcam, Bluetooth, IPS, Intel 6205, and very expensive USB 3.0 > (since I have to take i7 to get it), and stick with 2GB RAM and 250GB > HD as you and others have cleverly suggested. > > Unless it's easy and cheap to get some of those things later too. > > Thanks again! > > > -- > Andrew mailto:[email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
