Are there obvious hard drives (not ssd) I should be looking at? I'm more concerned with performance rather than battery -- a fair amount of time will be spent processing photos.
Sorry, one other question: now that I'm looking, I can see that the windows key is totally worn off the bottom of my laptop -- is there a simple way to get that key back? I gather I can perform a clean install with the Win7 upgrade, but I assume I'll have to enter that key? On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:28 PM, RWM <[email protected]> wrote: > Requirements vary; mine are flying/travel machines so I sought the lowest > idle power SSD in the 128Gb class yielding longest battery life. > > The Kingston V+100 drives seem to fill that bill and at an attractive price > point. > > There are certainly faster SLC and more expensive drives, but MLC are fine > for my application. > > > > On 6/30/2011 12:11 PM, Scott Matthews wrote: >> >> Is there a "sweet spot" hard drive anybody might suggest? >> >> I was planning on stepping up to SSD for the X220, but I'm a bit >> reluctant to put an SSD in the older X61s. >> >> I have 100GB/7200rpm drive in now, but a somewhat recent interest in >> photography has chewed through a decent chunk of my capacity. Are >> there any particular drives that I should most closely consider? >> >> Thanks again, -Scott >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 12:00 PM, RWM<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, only 3Gb addressable in 32bit, though I have given thought how to >>> placing pagefile in the 1Gb stub; a vdisk or something like that. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 6/30/2011 11:35 AM, Scott Matthews wrote: >>>> >>>> Is your RAM then maxed out at 3GB? (ie, unless you were to switch over >>>> to 64bit Win7?) >>>> >>>> Apart from the fact that you can't run 64bit Win7 because you need to >>>> support particular applications, the x61s otherwise generally supports >>>> 64bit Win7? >>>> >>>> If you were running 64bit Win7, could the X61s support, say, 8GB? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:11 AM, RWM<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have both x60 and x61s -- upgraded to Win7 Ultimate, SSD, max RAM -- >>>>> and >>>>> find them to be snappier and have longer battery life than >>>>> out-of-the-box >>>>> WinXP and 5k/7k drives. >>>>> >>>>> Haven't gone to 64-bit due to some program incompatibility. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 6/30/2011 10:00 AM, Scott Matthews wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I recently purchased an X220 to replace my X61s, but there seems to be >>>>>> an ongoing problem with the IPS displays and Lenovo doesn't quite seem >>>>>> to know what to do about it (my X220 has been sitting at ezserv for >>>>>> over 3 weeks). >>>>>> >>>>>> So, now I'm thinking about just upgrading the RAM (currently 2GB) >>>>>> and/or drive (currently 100GB/7200rpm) and possibly the OS in my X61s. >>>>>> >>>>>> Right now it's running 32bit Vista (yes, I know, everybody hates >>>>>> Vista) -- but I don't have an extra copy of XP or Win7. I was planning >>>>>> on switching to 64bit Win7 with the X220, but now it's in limbo. >>>>>> >>>>>> Perhaps my first question should be: is 64bit Win7 a good match for an >>>>>> X61s? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks! -Scott > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
