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    Should I repair/upgrade my x200?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Black_and_White_Mage, Jul 9, 2012.

  1. Black_and_White_Mage

    Black_and_White_Mage Notebook Enthusiast

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    Right now I have an old x200 laptop with a failed hard drive and an aging battery. Should I go head and replace the hard drive with a ssd and buy a new 9 cell battery or should I go out and buy a new ultra portable laptop/ tablet?
     
    Black_and_White_Mage, Jul 9, 2012
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    I suppose it comes down to your budget and needs - my tuppence worth would be to definitely consider an SDD and a replacement budget if you have sufficient funds available to you or if your funds can't strech to far consider purchasing a cheap SATA HDD along with the battery. :D
     
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    This would be the 3rd hard drive in 2.5 years I have had the laptop. I think I should give a ssd vs a platter hard drive due to durability concerns.
     
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    Id fix it....lotta good life left in that puppy
     
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    If you need top performance, then a newer machine will offer it, but I would echo what others have said, a X200 for daily usage is an excellent performer. If you want the dual hard drives or the IPS screen offered on the X220 or X230 that seems a better reason to upgrade. A SSD and new battery is maybe $250 depending on what you get while a new X220 or X230 is probably minimum $750 if you can find some good coupons.
     
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    I'm thinking you guy may be right with just upgrading. I don't need the dual hard drives but the a new screen would be nice. Just configured a new x230 on Lenovo's web site cost $1016. Although I could wing it I can't justify spending that much money now. But a part of me want to give a windows 7 slate form factor a try. Any recommendations for ssd brands for the x200. Anything I should look out for?
     
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    If you don't mind dismantling your X200 and your warranty is past, the AFFS upgrade is an option on the X200.

    Personally, I'd buy on price. All SSDs are fast.
     
    ZaZ, Jul 9, 2012
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    There are new 128GB Samsung 470 series SSDs on ebay for $90 bucks. It's the OEM version, the PM810. I bought one for me and one for my girlfriend, they work great.

    A new or lightly used 9 cell on eBay shouldn't run you more than $60 if you are willing to wait for one to pop up on auction, or $100 if you can't want and want it now.
     
    m0biusace, Jul 10, 2012
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    I just searched for the PM810. there is one seller selling for $85.00; however, it list that the ssd isn't compatible with Samsung firmware and the Warranty is very unclear....
     
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    Just an update I order this ssd: "SanDisk Extreme SSD 240GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive- SDSSDX-240G-G25" from amazon yesterday for about $180. Hope this works well with the X200. Still shopping around for a battery; however, the old 9 cell was getting around 4.5 hours the last time I used the machine.
     
    Black_and_White_Mage, Jul 12, 2012
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    An update. I brought a refurbish battery. I just put it in today and the full charge capacity is 95.10 Wh. I though the 9 cell battery capacity was 85.00 Wh?
     
    Black_and_White_Mage, Jul 26, 2012
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