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    x200 and DDR3 mem

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Clutch, Jul 19, 2008.

  1. Clutch

    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    In terms of battery life would there be a diffrence between 800 and 1067 RAM?

    Would the to proccecers (spelling?) have a diffrent battery life?

    For both by diffrence I mean more than 20 min diffrence on avg.

    How much is the expected cost for the dock for the x200 (I guess 150-200)

    As long as I get at least 1 hour per cell I would be happy but how much might the battery life change?
     
  2. Faruk

    Faruk Notebook Evangelist

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    I am also curious about this! Furthermore, I wonder how much it would help the performance of the integrated graphics?

    The unit that was reviewed by notebookreview had a single 2GB DDR2 667Mhz stick inside it. How much of an improvement would we see in 3dmark06 with 2x2GB DDR3 1066Mhz?

    From the review though, it seems that the 9-cell battery lasts 9+ hours, and the 6-cell lasts 6+ hours, so I would assume that the 4-cell would last about 4 hours on light usage. Maybe even undervolting the CPU might give another 20 mins.

    I am really looking forward to this notebook.. I will personally buy a 4-cell battery to keep the weight down.

    Edit: I may be wrong, check this out: http://shop.lenovo.com/ISS_Static/merchandising/US/PDFs/x200_datasheet.pdf
    According to that PDF, a 4-cell battery will get you 3.3hrs under XP and 3.1hrs under Vista.
     
  3. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    My guess would be little to no difference in battery life. The CPUs are a different story. The P models like the P8400 run at 25W while the Ts like the T9300 run at 35W.
     
  4. Clutch

    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    with the cpus I meant the 2.16 and the 2.4 GHz P8xxx series.