x200s SSD installation questions

I plan to get a 'cheap' x200s (with SU2300 or SU3500) and put there an Intel x-25 g2 80 SSD.

Couple of things I am interested in:

- If I install a new Win7 onto the SSD (not moving the original system, it goes with HB and I want HP), will it work normally or I will need to add some Lenovo specific drivers/software?

- Do Windows 7 and/or laptop BIOS require any specific settings to work with an SSD?

And the stupid question - it does require 9 mm SSD, doesnt it? Since the same SSD is also in 7 mm version.

(9 mm must be the one that comes with an installation kit)

 

I see you're not stateside. If you can swing a SU4100 or SU7300, I'd recommend it. The SU3500 is a single core and the SU2300 doesn't effectively support speedstep, which means less battery life. If you have a Windows 7 disc just don't put in the key when you're installing it and you can activate it later using the COA key on your machine. The X200 uses a standard 9.5mm drive. Any off the shelf drive should work.

 

I would recommend the SU4100/SU7300 too if 1080P Youtube and 480P Hulu are vital to you. The SU2300 seems to lack just enough power to play all of those videos 100% of the time. Sometimes it's perfect, sometimes acceptable, sometimes slide show. This may be fixed with 10.1 Flash, it's risky to bank on that though.

But I can confirm the SU2300 does not have problems with battery life. It can idle as low as 4.7 watts with 3/15 screen, wifi on and an SSD. If the SU7300 can actually go lower than that..I would be extremely impressed.

For SSD help...lots of threads about that already =D

 

The new flash beta helps a bit. But I agree still with going for the better CPU.

 

It is intended mostly for MS Office work - Word, Excel, Visio, a bit of PP; so more performance is less important than lighter weight of a junior processors versions and battery life.

They have also SU9400 versions here, but the one with SSD drive is out of stock everywhere and not coming soon. Getting a HDD version+installing SSD makes it out of budget.

But also the display quality could be important. Information is pretty controversial, somewhere they write that cheap versions have worse display (sometimes even 'horrible'), somewhere that it is alright.