T400s and Toshiba 128GB SSD?

Help...

I just bought a T400s and looked up the parts based on the s/n at lenovo.com and it looks like this one comes with "45N8202" which has a description of "1.8 SM128 TOS".

Does anyone else have this drive in their T400s? How are the benchmarks? Everything I've read when I search for Toshiba 128gb ssd is that it's not a very quick drive.

Seems all the benchmarks for the reviews of the T400s out there have Samsung 128GB SSD's.

Does anyone have any first hand experience with this drive? Am I correct in assuming this is a Toshiba drive, because the description contains "TOS"?

I don't want to open this one yet (no returns if I open it). I'm worried that the drive will be slow and I'd be better off returning this, buying the T400s without the SSD and getting a SSD aftermarket.

Help! I'm looking for people who have this drive and have done some benchmarks. Even just a crystaldiskmark would be nice.

Thanks!

Edit:
Nevermind, found this post here now that I was able to google around and find the model number.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5168059

 

The toshiba has performance very similar (or better) than the Samsung _ http://www.toshiba.com/taec/Catalog/Family.do?familyid=7&subfamilyid=900314.
I am sure you will be very happy with it. Look forward to how it goes!

 

My new T400s (manufactured August. 10) came with a Samsung 128GB drive, for the record. I wonder how Lenovo distributes the two models over their production...

 

This one was made on 8/17/2009.

Look up your system at lenovo.com. If you look up the warranty status, there is an option to lookup the parts that came with the system.

What is the part # and description of the drive that came with your system?

(Yes, I still haven't opened this one...)

 

1: if you return your t400s , you must pay 15% restocking fee. There is no excuse from lenovo.

2 I don't think toshiba's SSD is slow, take a look of mine. It's fast enought for a 1.8 SSD

 

Agree entirely! Excellent results for the Toshiba SSD! The SSD will be fantastic, as 95% of them are. I worried about heaps of supposed problems before I received my Thinkpad - none of them in fact had much substance. Best just to give the new machine a go - no need to imagine problems before they have arisen (other than from hearsay).

 

I bought it from CDW. As long as I didn't open it, they would have no problem taking it back. Not everyone buys their Lenovo from Lenovo.

I did open it and it's a mighty nice system. Yes, the Toshiba 128GB SSD seems fast in my quick tests. Got about the same as you with HD Tune.

I was worried because initially everything I googled about Toshiba 128GB SSD's was telling me that it was 100MB read and 40MB write. Must have been the old model.

 

Yeah the new models perform around the same as the Samsungs. The models should be these ones:

http://gizmodo.com/5112895/toshiba-512gb-solid-state-laptop-drive-come-to-papa