Where are the reviews for the T400/T500/W500 - DEAD - DEAD

No switch, handles it on the fly on its own.

 

okay, so does this mean..

we can't use discrete graphics while unplugged and vice versa? In other words, is it out of the user's hands whether or not your laptop is set on discrete or integrated.

 

Kev, ETA on the review? Tonight, tomorrow, Smarch?

 

Think of it like this

In the ATI menu you can select max battery life or max perf for either battery mode or AC power mode. Depending on the current load (sitting on desktop or gaming) it switches to the best mode for that situation.

Basically you can let it go into high performance mode under battery or AC power.

 

when can we expect the review?

 

Is switching supported on WinXP or is it Vista only?

 

Better yet, what about Linux? I read in another post that the bios can be set to always use the ATI card. I hope this is true since I'll be formatting mine and using Linux.

 

+1 to that

 

Make that +2

 

+3 to that.

wait, my other personality wants the review too.

+4 to that, then

 

make it +4

 

make it +6

 

I think he's dodging that one lol

If he says tonight or whenever and it's a bit later, we'll burn NBR down

 

I have to agree with that one.. there would be how many complaint treads..

 

A good rule of thumb to remember is that it will be done when it is ready.
Tim

 

Want to make the review go faster? I need someone with a T61 to tell me if their optical drive connector looks like this

http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/6/3/9/0/0/webimg/81216162_o.jpg

 

I have a T61 14.1 inch and my optical drive connector looks like that drive connector in the picture.

 

Goodie, the review is now that much closer to being done, hahaha

 

lol.

I'm refreshing the homepage every 15 minutes to see if u (kevin) post the review.

 

Yeah, I have some concerns about this. Maybe some kind of special unified driver for the Intel X4500 and ATI discrete card is used, and that probably complicates things for other platforms, or overclocking, etc.

 

Me too...but I don't want to hurry him...a good detailed review is going to take time

 

It wont be up tonight, that I can say for sure. Dont wear out your F5 button.

 

Is there any reviews of a t500 coming?

 

hahaha, don't worry for my F5, i had a lenovo keyboard.
By the way, no pressure kevin, it's me being anxious. I agree that i want a good detailed review.

thanx man.

 

I have a lot of reviews I need to see:

Lenovo T400 / T500 / W500
Dell M2400, M4400, E6500, E6400

 

It must be exciting to do something that many people are expecting...since it won't be on the NBR tonight...I can go to sleep early

 

I second the above post.

Kevin, thank you very very much for putting up with us!

 

Well I can say with a good amount of certainty that the T400 first look will be up early next week (coughmondaycough). The T500 which is now in my hands will be following it soon after.

 

Excellent news, thanks!

 

Muy bien.

 

Could you post the 3dmark results for both the T400 & T500 units when you get to that point.

 

How about reviews of the w500 and w700? With the news of the w700 I am starting to lean towards that model over the t series, but it would be nice to see reviews of them to compare. Thanks.

 

You might have to wait for the full review for those scores, but I can say that
I live at 2575 Kingston St Apt #4362.

 

Just to get a general idea, about how impressed are you with the T400 and T500 Thinkpad laptops?

 

I think the T500 is too dim, personally. I know, I know, business laptop. Still.

 

Looking at the sale prices of the T400 to replace my T60.

 

Some of us dont wear sunglasses in the office though.

 

I'm sorry but I wish I could believe that. I mean, I think that might be best case scenario, i.e., nothing on, screen nearly dark, idling.
I think that most notebooks with the same components these days should have similar battery life given a similar size battery. What this tells me is that the battery life seems to have gone up, which is always good. If the 9 cell could get 5 hours of usable battery life, I'd be happy. I usually cut the battery figures in half to get it right. Maybe I'm just venting b/c a T61 6 cell gave me 2.5 in what I consider ideal conditions. I want 4 hours off a six cell, 3/4 brightness, wifi. That's what I desire. I had an m1330 with six cell LED screen and that too gave me about 2.75 hours with brightness 2 notches from the top with just wifi. Oddly enough, my macbook pro really gets great battery life around 3.5 hours, which is completely strange to me since I think it must be the operating system that's responsible b/c again it's similar components and a similar-sized battery.

 

I gotta stay coooool.

 

Something is still going slightly nutty since I installed Steam to pull in my games, but here is a screenshot of the battery life so far. figure chop 1 hour off while it gets used over the entire workday, but so far the T400 has given some amazing results.

 

Is that with the 6-cell battery?

 

9 cell. The 6 cell is getting 4-5 hours in early estimates.

 

is this comparable to the T500?

 

hey kevin, any chance we'll see that review today?

 

Sadly no, the T500 has the larger screen, non-LED backlit, and better graphics card. It is more in line with what my T60 was getting in the 5.5-6hr mark.

Nope

 

darn! well i'll go check out the sr at the sonystyle to bide my time... thanks kevin

 

wait, to clarify, the T500 is getting 5.5-6hr with the 9cell battery? And this is w/ discrete graphics or integrated?

T500 seriously needs some LED bling

 

This is with discrete graphics and the 9-cell battery. Not really doing as well as the T400 which has the LED backlit screen and lower graphics card.

 

Yea, I heard that around the place you live the T500's HD3650 performance is comparable to dv5t's 9600M GT.....and that T400's HD3470 is a around 20% better than 9300M GS

 

this is really coming down to a tough choice....14.1" versus 15.4"

Kevin, are you planning test out the gaming capabilities of both laptops?