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    U530 Touch Thread

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by longbodie, Apr 7, 2014.

  1. longbodie

    longbodie Notebook Enthusiast

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    Looks like we don't have a thread for U530 touch owners, do we?
    How is your u530 treating you so far, what tricks, upgrades, concerns you guy have?

    Wonder what inside u530 & want to swap in a SSD, here is Lenovo u530 under the hood peak and also:
    U530 User Guide V1.0_en.book - Lenovo (short-cut keyboards, buttons functions ...)
    U530 Manual (step-by-step how to disassemble and replace hardware parts...)

    My question: putting in a SSD is possible but you have to remove the HDD case, is it ok so far?
     
    longbodie, Apr 7, 2014
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  2. Darrenp

    Darrenp Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Longbodie, how have you found the battery life? Does it make 10 hours on battery with normal browsing / web processing?
     
    Darrenp, Apr 28, 2014
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    longbodie Notebook Enthusiast

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    LOL NO WAY.
    "with normal browsing / web processing" and brightness set to 80% max time u can get on battery mode is 4 1/2 hour to 5 hours (with 7300GT VGA (if so equipped) disabled all the time), not too bad.
     
    longbodie, Apr 30, 2014
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    Darrenp Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sweet, cheers :)
    Mulling over the Dell 15 Inspiron 7535 now


    Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
     
    Darrenp, May 1, 2014
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  5. RJH2014

    RJH2014 Newbie

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    I picked up the U530 Touch (i7) from the Lenovo Outlet store at a steal of a price ($600 after tax). Haven't played with it enough to write a full review and I'm not super tech savvy. First order of business will be upgrading the RAM. Currently only has 4 GB. Not sure how easy that is or how to go about figuring out what I need to purchase.
     
    RJH2014, May 7, 2014
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