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    New config. for X200 on Lenovo Canada website: T9400, T9600, LED backlit screen

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by zephir, Aug 25, 2009.

  1. zephir

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    Cool. Wonder how much battery life an LED screen would garner.
     
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    it's good to see the LED upgrade giving a $200 credit over the standard.   it really makes that $9749 T9600 upgrade hurt a little less. :p
     
    erik, Aug 25, 2009
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    Too bad it's still a WXGA 1280x800 screen.

    The X200s used to have a 1440x900 LED, and getting that on the faster X200 would be pretty sweet.
     
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    Anyone care to venture a guess on IF/WHEN this option will appear on the website based on past Canadian/US offerings? I realize you don't know, but please GUESS!

    Zephir, you have put me back into a holding pattern (been waiting for x200s to offer LED again) and potentially thrown my wife into a rage (tired of sharing her T500 with me).

    Anyway, how does that X200 led screen compare to the 1440 X 900 that WAS offered on the X200s...is it the same? Also, why is it $200 less than the non led option?
     
    gordie79, Aug 25, 2009
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    Wow. I'm kind of sad now. I just ordered an x200... I've been waiting for ages for the x200 to have a LED backlight.

    I wonder how much it will cost...
     
    webdtc, Aug 25, 2009
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    12.1 WXGA TFT w/ LED BL [subtract $200.00]

    Why is it $200 cheaper?
     
    mbaha, Aug 25, 2009
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    I'm sure that is a mistake.
     
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    It really does, doesn't it? :p

    Usually when Lenovo USA gets new configuration, it takes about one month later for Lenovo Canada to get those configurations. So now that the situation is reversed, I would venture that it's going to take at most one month.
    I'm guessing that the price of the LED screen is a mistake, just like the over $9000 CPU options.
    I doubt that anybody has the screen yet, so it's only possible to speculate how good it is compared to the LED screen on X200s
    Also, a disclaimer. I'm not responsible for you and your wife getting into an argument :p
     
    zephir, Aug 25, 2009
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    I assumed it would be the same one from the X200s or at least the same one, albeit different dimensions, used on a different lenovo notebook.
     
    gordie79, Aug 25, 2009
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    How more is an LED screen normally? say when you had both options on the x200s
    Does a LED backlight screen look better?
     
    mbaha, Aug 25, 2009
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    Usually has better contrast ratios, brightness and uses less power (more battery life).
     
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    I think it can also be thinner and lighter. Also they are supposed to be more durable and last longer than CCFL backlights.
     
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    They can be thinner, but lenovo won't take advantage of that unless they redesign the LCD rollcage and plastics (see X30x and T400s series) for a new model. The T400 with LED BL displays have the same roll cages/plastics/thickness as the CCFL counterparts.
     
    StealthTH, Aug 25, 2009
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  15. mbaha

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    all back to normal now....
     
    mbaha, Aug 26, 2009
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