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    Thinkpad X250

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Bluesfella, Aug 19, 2014.

  1. kgorczewski

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    Hey guys, I'm seriously considering picking up a refurb X240/X250 to replace my Sony Vaio Duo for portable stuff. My only issue being screen resolution. Most machines I can find come with the HD screen, and not the FHD 1080p option.

    How does everyone with only the HD IPS option find it? I'm not sure I could cope with the downgrade in resolution after coming from the lovely screen on the duo, but then again I might be able to make it work if the difference isn't that notable.

    I'll be using it mostly on trains and planes for typing, web browsing, watching movies and playing some steam games.
     
    Pommie, May 25, 2015
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  4. th_mi

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    Does anyone have the x250 1920x1080 Ips touch display? Is this display glossy or matte? On the Lenovo site there are no information if the display is more matte or glossy like a mirror...
     
    th_mi, May 25, 2015
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    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    I do and it is glossy.
     
    Jayayess1190, May 25, 2015
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    All touch screens are reflective, like a glossy screen, due to the glass used in the touch surface.
     
    ZaZ, May 25, 2015
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    That's not true. The X60 tablet up to the X230 tablet have had multi-touch gesture screens that were matte.

    Unless we are talking about just the X250 here, in which case they would all be glossy indeed.
     
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    Raidriar, May 25, 2015
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  8. ZaZ

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    I'm not speaking of the screen itself. It can be matte or glossy underneath, makes no difference because it's the glass in the touch surface that causes the reflectivity. I had a X200t with a matte Hydis LCD, but it was very reflective.
     
    ZaZ, May 26, 2015
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  9. th_mi

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    First thanks to all replies.

    The reason for the question is that I'm currently unsure if I take the non touch or touch version of the FHD display. If the display is very glossy I may think about taking the touch display.
    Unfortunately I did not found any pictures that show the differences of the display surface at all. I do not want a "mirror" display like the Notebooks hat ~5-6 years ago.
     
    th_mi, May 26, 2015
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  10. th_mi

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    @ Jayayess1190
    Is is possible to take a picture to see how glossy the screen is? I did not found any pictures showing the touch screen to find out if it is too glossy for me...
     
    th_mi, May 27, 2015
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  11. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    I tried:
     

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    So are you saying there is only one module in the x250? If so that would crush my plans of getting the 4gb model and upgrading it later...

    Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
     
    N7leadfarmer, Jun 16, 2015
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    wrightc23, Jun 16, 2015
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    Wow, that's about $120 cheaper than the one I found through my own research, and thanks to you I know that it for a fact works! That's awesome, thank you. Anything special I need to do when my laptop comes in to prepare it for this new stick?

    Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
     
    N7leadfarmer, Jun 16, 2015
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  16. th_mi

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    Short question, when the X250 is powered off and charging, is there a charging indicator showing the device is charging or fully charged?
    Got my X250 today and first I'll charge the device completely.

    -- Edit --
    Also an additional question, in the control panel energy options I'm able to define actions when I'm pressing the power button, close the lid, press the sleep button. That is fine, but the X250 does not have a "sleep button" at least not a button with a "moon" on it.
    On the TP T530 is it Fn+F4, and the button has a "moon" on it. My old Samsung Q210 Notebook it was Fn+F1 and also there is a "moon" symbol.
    Is a sleep button on the X250 present or not? I'm wondering since it is available in the control panel power options...
     
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    th_mi, Jul 2, 2015
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  17. Fred_Huang

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    Wondering how satisfied you guys with your X250, with single channel ram? I am shopping for laptop for next 3-5 years and currently I have a T510 with dual channel 8 GB running smoothly. At least i don't want the new computer perform worse than my current one...
     
    Fred_Huang, Jul 7, 2015
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  18. Bluesfella

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    I just placed my order for a brand new X250 with the following specs.

    They had a 10% off deal. I ended up paying €1510 for this (this is including 21% sales tax)

    - Intel Core i5-5300U Processor (3MB Cache, up to 2.90GHz)
    - Windows 8.1 Pro 64
    - Windows 8.1 Pro 64 - WE MUI
    - 12.5" FHD (1920x1080) IPS Display 400nit, WWAN
    - 8GB PC3-12800 DDR3L SDRAM 1600MHz SODIMM
    - Intel HD Graphics 5500
    - Security Chip Enabled
    - Keyboard Backlit - US English Euro
    - UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) with Fingerprint Reader
    - 720p HD Camera
    - 256 GB Solid State Drive Opal 2.0 - Capable
    - ThinkPad Battery 3 cell Li-Ion (23.2Whr) Front
    - ThinkPad Battery 6 cell Li-Ion (72Wh) Cyl HC Rear
    - Country Pack 45W AC adapter EU Generic
    - Intel 7265 AC/B/G/N Dual Band Wireless + Bluetooth Version 4.0
    - Integrated Mobile Broadband upgradable
    - Publication - WE (FR/GE/IT/DU/EN)
    - Standard Economy Packaging
    - 3 Year On-site


    Order takes around 3-4 weeks total because of custom specs and shipping.

    I'm excited!
     
    Bluesfella, Aug 10, 2015
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    Bluesfella, Aug 10, 2015
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  20. th_mi

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    I have my X250 since 4-5 weeks with the followed config:

    •Intel Core i7-5600U Processor (4MB Cache, up to 3.20GHz)
    •Windows 8.1 Pro 64
    •Windows 8.1 Pro 64 - English
    •12.5" FHD (1920x1080) IPS Display 360nit, Multi-touch, WWAN
    •16GB PC3-12800 DDR3L (1 SoDIMM)
    •Intel HD Graphics 5500
    •Security Chip Enabled
    •Keyboard Backlit - German
    •UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) with Fingerprint Reader
    •720p HD Camera
    •500GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm, 2.5"
    •16 GB Solid State Drive, Serial ATA3 ,Single
    •3rd SSD Slot
    •ThinkPad Battery 3 cell Li-Ion (23.2Whr) Front
    •ThinkPad Battery 3 cell Li-Ion (23.2Whr) Rear
    •Country Pack 45W AC adapter EU
    •Intel 7265 AC/B/G/N Dual Band Wireless + Bluetooth Version 4.0
    •LTE Sierra EM7345

    At all a very nice machine.

    I updated to Windows 10 a few days after the official Win 10 release.I cloned my original windows 8.1 HDD to a 1TB SSD and swapped the HDD and SSD. Than I performed the Windows 10 Update. At all no problem with the update, all components work as expected. On a Desktop system Windows 10 is very nice IMO, better than Win8.1 in usability.
     
    th_mi, Aug 13, 2015
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  21. Pommie

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    Have they stopped offering the TN panel as the lowest option on the X250?
     
    Pommie, Aug 13, 2015
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  22. th_mi

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    No at least in Germany you are able to buy in the cheapest verion of the X250 - Lenovo offers 3 different base versions in Germany - the " HD-Display (1366 x 768), TN 200 Nit, WWAN" display. The "HD-Display (1366 x 768), IPS, 300 Nit, WWAN" would be 47.60€ more.
     
    th_mi, Aug 14, 2015
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  23. Pommie

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    Interesting, I can honestly recommend everyone to spend a little bit more and get the IPS panel. The TN panel is horrible. I had a look at the Australian Lenovo config screen for the X250 and thought it had been removed as an option. I must have missed it.
     
    Pommie, Aug 15, 2015
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  24. eighta

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    Thinkpad Rulez
     
    Last edited: Aug 21, 2015
    eighta, Aug 21, 2015
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    Not sure if this is the official X250 owner's thread? I couldn't really find another.. Shocking to see no post since august.. Can't believe it!! Anyways..

    I was wondering how does it feel to have FHD display on such small screen? If you lower resolution, will it look terrible? I'm thinking it won't, too small to notice..

    Am i wrong? I was talking about desktop use. Of course for game it'll be necessary to lower.. Other question : is there a free M2 port? mSATA port? The later'll be better..
     
    ddong, Dec 14, 2015
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  26. N7leadfarmer

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    Not sure about everything else you said... But it's m2

    Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
     
    N7leadfarmer, Dec 14, 2015
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  27. ddong

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    Heard there is a mSATA slot, perhaps not free.. What's occupying it?

    Always quote my messages so I get notified quickly!
     
    ddong, Dec 15, 2015
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    I hate to seem rude, but please do not tell me how to format my responses.

    I took my laptop to a frys electronics and we opened the laptop up together to figure out what kind of micro drive was necessary. This laptop actually takes a special kind of M.2 drive, a "low voltage" M.2 to be exact. I can tell you without a doubt that, even if there is an msata drive, it's unusable.

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    N7leadfarmer, Dec 15, 2015
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  29. ddong

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    I don't understand what the format thing is but thanks for the details!

    Always quote my messages so I get notified quickly!
     
    ddong, Dec 15, 2015
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    Oh i forgot! So I need M2 drive BUT low voltage.. How do I know if one is low or not? For example.. Crucial's?
     
    ddong, Dec 15, 2015
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    Tbh, I don't know.. I did a ton of research from others on which ones do/dont work and I landed on this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00KLTPUG4/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    Been working for me since September without issue.

    Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
     
    N7leadfarmer, Dec 15, 2015
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  32. th_mi

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    The X250 is great and works well, why discuss :)

    My X250 used to work well with the Windows 10 Summer Release and now it works perfectly with Windows 10 1511 (TH2)

    I use it in FHD Resolution, but I scaled it to 125%. For me perfect. Even Visual Studio 2015 is perfectly to use...

    It depends on your X250 configuration. The X250 may have two or 3 M.2 Slots. If you have a 3G/4G Card in your X250 you do not have a free M.2 Slot, except you have ordered the Version with a free 3rd M.2 Slot.
    If you does not have a 3G/4G Card in your X250, than you have at least one free M.2 Slot. The WLAN Card is also in an M.2 Slot.

    Only as an addditional hint. The 3rd M.2 Slot is on such a bad place you Need to disassemble the complete X250, including CPU and Mainboard.
     
    th_mi, Dec 17, 2015
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    I buy them used. How do I know if they have 3 ports? Does it appears on the lenovo parts lookup page?
     
    ddong, Dec 19, 2015
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    FinkPad, Dec 20, 2015
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    The 3rd M.2 slot was only available with a HDD that did not have an onboard SSD. If you have a 3rd M." Slot you will have a 16GB SDD installed. But it is like I said, you need to disassemble the complete X250 to get access to this M." Slot. My X250 has this slot, I initial plan was adding a 512GB 2.5" SSD and a 256GB M." SSD, but when I found out there is no w to access this M.2 slot I got a 1TB 2.5 SSD.
    I'm an experienced person but completely diassemble the X250 was too much for me. At all it is tricky to open the X250 case without scraching the case.

    The Modelnumber is 20CLS0EQ08, the serial is
     
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    th_mi, Dec 21, 2015
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    I wouldn't suggest posting your serial number online.
     
    ZaZ, Dec 21, 2015
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  37. ddong

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    Yeah that's not an easy task..!

    Always quote my messages so I get notified quickly!
     
    ddong, Dec 21, 2015
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  38. th_mi

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    To make it easier to imagine where the 3rd M.2 slot would be. On this picture

    [​IMG]

    over the Displayport marking, you see on the product picture the smartcard slot. At this location the M.2 slot is located.
    The problem is you need to disassemble really everything :-(
     
    th_mi, Dec 21, 2015
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