ThinkPad X1, X230, X230t, T430, T430s, T530, W530, L430, L530 Official

Well the W520 is confirmed that if you did not order RAID, you will never be able to set it up. I would assume the same applied to the W530 based on the configuration options online. You might be able to see if they can set you up with a RAID capable motherboard by phone without ordering RAID. For most users, RAID isn't a big deal though. It would just be nice if they enabled it on all configurations...

Thinklight ftw.

 

Did not it will trigger you like that! The surprise this time is that because of you, I did not get W530 By the way, is this forum for only people who are expert in all aspects of life, including but not limited to, sales, marketing, technology, art, ... etc?

 

couple of things i noticed there:

1. No thinklight for tablet (i thought they included that this time for some reason)

2. Full-size displayport for tablet (only computer in the thinkpad line to keep that, everything else has moved to mini dp)

 

Funny you mention art. I am going to an exhibit this weekend.

Ok, peace.

Is it happy hour yet?

And by the way, I really only frequent a few forums. This area, the Samsung forum area here, and the Lenovo forums at lenovo.com. I'll look at the Dell and HP forums if I am interested in a model but I usually lose interest pretty fast in their stuff.

I occasionally pop into thinkpads.com or dslreports.com, but that's about it.

 

The guy in the vide states at the end that they also have an unboxing vide for T430 but could not find it on Youtube or their videos section. Any idea where this could be?

 

Maybe they are uploading it now?

 

cool. thanks for the heads up.

looks like they may be coming sooner than i thought though:
ASUS first out the gate with 802.11ac laptop according to Broadcom -- Engadget

 

802.11n is plenty fast for the time being. 802.11ac is a set of improvements to the N standard, is going to be only marginally faster in practice, is backwards compatible with N radios, and isn't going to be supported by anything outside of your house for at least a year. No need to hold off on any purchases to wait for an N radio. Lenovo likely won't have them anyways until Intel releases a Centrino chipset for 802.11ac.

 

I'll keep an eye on it but it's not there yet

 

I will need to connect my ordered T430 to an HDTV and to get the sound on the monitor, I guess I will have to get a mini-DP to HDMI converter but Lenovo does not offer it. Do you think one should also have both the mini-DP to VGA (available) and to DVI (not available) converters or only one of them?

 

There is no mini DP on the T420. I assume you mean T430.

I'd recommend buying these types of adapters at monoprice.com. You can save a small fortune.

See http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10428&cs_id=1042802&p_id=5311&seq=1&format=2 for instance.

Prolly time to start a T430 Owners thread.

 

There's a T430s thread, but no T430 thread, so far.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/668678-t430s-owners-would-owners-thread.html

 

Buy what you need, and it doesn't have to be from Lenovo. These are standardized ports and transfer protocols. Buy one from Amazon that has good reviews and does what you need it to do, and you should be fine.

 

Not sure it was mentioned already, but the new tabook contains most of the _30 models.

 

You're right, I meant T430 (corrected). Yes, I guess it's time to start opening a T430 thread.

 

oops looks like I was too lat on the subject


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Nope. Nope.

 

I'm really interested in a W530.. so for those of you who get it, I'd love if it you could post your impressions here when you get it.

So there is actually no way to do what I want? If you have two drives in there, they *have* to be RAIDed?

I just wanted to have two drives in there. One 7200 RPM drive in the bay as my "data" drive that I write a lot to. Then I'd have an SSD in the main HDD slot that would hold the OS and applications. They would be completely separate from one another.

 

your application is fine. Two hard drives not in raid will work fine, with one as a primary and one as a secondary.

what you cant do is order a non-raid laptop and then later set up two drives in raid (presumably you would do this because lenovo charges too much for their hard drives/the drives you want to raid are not available from lenovo).

 

Oh okay cool. So to confirm, I could order without raid... then order a hdd bay and just slap my platter drive in there and be good to go, right?

Yeah I'd never order raid as it jacks up the price so much and I already have spare platter drives. Actually I'd probably just use the 320 gig drive that comes with the laptop as my data drive and put my SSD in the main slot.

 

I am getting T430 and my question is about purchasing the docking station. Should I get the one with 90W adapter that is perfectly compatible with this model or should I get the one with the 170W adapter in case in the future I got a different model (though this should not happen in 2-3 years) like the W530 that requires higher power? The way I think about it is that you do not carry the docking station around with you so it may not matter if the adapter is huge (though it will occupy larger office space) and also the one with the 170W adapter is only $20 more expensive, thoughts?

Also, I just found that they are leaving the DP on the dock while changing this to mini-DP on the machines. Why this confusion of different port types?!

 

I have started a T430 owner's thread for those who have ordered/would be owners in few days!

http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/668971-t430-owners-thread.html

 

Is there a soon to be W530 owners' thread? Seems wrong to split us all up after we've been through so much together.

 

Agreed! but that is life

 

It's like the empty nest syndrome.

Anyway, I was wondering: does anyone know a part number for the DVD Multi recordable that I did NOT take during my order process...and/or any compatible part numbers (that are also 12.7mm)?

 

Also, with respect to the whole process of threading, I know we don't just willy-nilly create a thread.

So, I'm proposing that whoever chooses to create the W530 thread, consider calling it "W530 beta-testers' thread", in honor of all of our brethren in the W520 threads who went "in" ahead of us and cleared the way.

 

New owner threads are exciting times but may I suggest whoever starts the thread to maybe add an useful landing page about the model in question? I think the least thing we want is a replica of the W520 thread where it can be pretty daunting to get relevant information for new users over time, especially after 702 pages!

 

never should have had this over crowded thread to begin with.
so sick of coming in here looking for info on w530, only to find a bunch of garbage about all these other wimpy schoolboy machines GTFO

 

Sorry if this has already been said, but looking at the T530 configurations available, it looks like FHD is standard?
This looks like a typo. I doubt that Lenovo will hold itself to it but it may be worth trying

 

So guys... The keyboard connector on the W530 looks like it's in the same place as the W520: http://i.imgur.com/nqUtt.png

Would've done a Photoshop difference layer, except they're slightly different perspectives.

Methinks we should be good to go on the replace.

 

Here is the Backplate of the new keyboard (thanks to zaz for this picture ):
KB.jpg Picture
Seems like they have reintroduced a more solid backplate. Thats very nice, maybe that means "No more keyboard flex"

Oh, and a short product tour from lenovo for the T-Series (some nice animations):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBGy9_E5uBE

 

I assume your talking about putting a w520 keyboard in a w530? I don't think that it will work properly, as the keyboard mappings will not be correct. It would likely require a BIOS hack.

 

someone tried this in one of their x230 reviews, and yes, the key mappings were way off. Letters were fine but everything else was out of whack.

 

Ach. So close, yet so far.

 

But that's still huge news; that ( at least for the X series) the different keyboards DO physically fit and they CAN be used, though in a rudimentary form (until someone puts out a BIOS mod, that is; which, I'm guessing, is about two months out).

 

Ah, cool. I'm replacing the keyboard on my T430s when a BIOS mod is out, then.

 

Ooh, this would be neat. I suppose one might be able to port over the keycodes from the older BIOS...

 

hum, bios mod. Sounds interesting, man i love ThinkPads and their users. Always trying to improve ThinkPads in ways to make it more functional.

 

My T400 has a BIOS mod. I would like to apply the same mod it has to my T420.

 

Unboxing T430: Lenovo Unboxed: ThinkPad T430 laptop - YouTube

 

I would the old unboxing... Does anyone know the t530 will have thunderbolt?
And i wonder the nvs 5400 is closes to the 620m or 630m.

 

where is this T400 bios mode, i would like to get it.

 

There is no thunderbolt

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That's all I need. These videos really do a good job of making me want to buy.

I have a laptop that could drag race Evil Knievel just so that I can post comments to youtube .

 

Here's what I come up with:

ThinkPad X230 - 1 Year Depot Warranty
Processor: Intel Core i5-3210M Processor (3M Cache, 2.50GHz)
Operating system: Genuine Windows 7 Professional (64 bit)
Operating system language: Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 - English
Display type: 12.5" Premium HD (1366x768) LED Backlit Display, Mobile Broadband Ready, 2x2 Antenna
System graphics: Intel HD 4000 Graphics in Intel Core i5-3210M Processor
Total memory: 4 GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (1 DIMM)
Keyboard: Keyboard Backlit - US English
Fingerprint reader: UltraNav without FingerPrint Reader
Camera: 720p HD Camera
Hard drive: 500GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
Battery: 9 Cell ThinkPad Battery X44++
Power cord: 65W AC Adapter - US (2pin)
Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapters: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200 (2x2 BGN)
Integrated mobile broadband: Mobile Broadband upgradable
Language pack: Publication - US English

$841.68+tax

Is it a good price for an x230? I may wait for a little bit till when the price drops

 

Can anyone confirm that the new dock with USB 3.0 will still come with regular DP and not the mini-DP? I know it is stated in the description but just wanna make sure since I found it strange they are changing to the mini in the machine itself and not the dock

 

where you see the new dock? Can't order, not in the system yet.

 

I think IPS is a must have if we are talking about X230.

 

The 90W 433815U and 170W 433835U are on lenovo.com. Barely.

 

Yes, they are available. You just need to refresh the website may be. I already ordered line this morning.