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    T400, T500 - battery

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by eaadams, Jan 26, 2009.

  1. eaadams

    eaadams Notebook Consultant

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    Ok so I spend probably 95% of my laptop time with it plugged in.

    But for the other 5% I am on a plane west coast to east coast.

    Does anyone have any pics of a side by side of the T400 / 500 with the diff batteries?

    Does the larger battery effect the usability on a JetBlue type coach tray table?

    Arg... trying to choose 500 vs 400 sucks. I've decided the first to get some sort of update is what I go with.
     
    eaadams, Jan 26, 2009
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  2. LaptopGun

    LaptopGun Notebook Evangelist

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    I was unable to use my W500 and nine cell battery on the traytable when flying Northwest (one plane was an Airbuss 300 I think), but I was ok on my lap. A little cramped though. I think it's the size of the computer above anything that made the whole thing awkward.

    Here's a thread over on the ThinkPad forums with pictures http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/...s&thread.id=393&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

    Note the 9 cell for the t500 sticks out basically the same as the 6 cell for the t400
     
    LaptopGun, Jan 26, 2009
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