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I ordered a Y410 from Lenovo last week and it should be coming in soon. But I realized I never looked into how easy it is to swap out the HD and RAM on this particular model. Is it as easy as it was with my old Y470? (Also, should I expect the 24GB SSD to be a normal sized 3.5" than can be swapped like the rotating HD?)
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QuarkJets posted:Why didn't you ask these questions before making your purchase? You could have saved some money on the HDD Nice. So when they advertised it as "1TB + 24GB SSD", I figured it was two separate drives. (I should have realized there would be space issues if that was true, but I R dum.) I assumed the SSD was where the OS was going to be stored and the HDD was just for storage. Well poo poo. AlternateNu fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Dec 13, 2013 |
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Dec 13, 2013 23:15
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I've been on a Lenovo T460 for the last few years (and Thinkpads in general for at least 15) and am looking to upgrade, but I know jack poo poo about the current environment. Is the E14 a proper scale up? I also hear good things about the X1, but looks pricey as gently caress. Is there something similar in, say ASUS? Big items I'm looking for are the 14" screen with as high a resolution as I can get; the classic durable ThinkPad type design; and something with a bit more video processing power, so the frame rate doesn't chug when I plug it into a 4K TV. No budget (but looking to be realistic on performance vs. price when talking $2000+).
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Jun 11, 2021 02:23
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~Coxy posted:E series is a step down. If you want classic Thinkpad then you should look at e.g. T14 Gen2. Lockback posted:The Asus line won't be as durable or feel as "tight" (if that makes sense) as the T460, but it'll feel a lot better than how you'd generally think a consumer laptop would. I agree with BurritoJustice that if you're just doing 4k monitor then you probably are alright whatever you choose. Thanks, guys. Are the X1 carbons built like the T-series re: durability? I might as well splurge, and it is looking like T14gen2 w/ the UHD display is impossible to find let alone one with the added GPU. Lenovo is doing a June sale for all their Thinkpads, and it looks like the X1 is the only one they have in stock w/ a UHD screen. (The giant SSD HD, extra RAM, and faster DDR4 don't hurt either.)
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Jun 11, 2021 16:25
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Anyone here fiddle with a Framework DIY laptop? Is the hardware good for the price? Or is it more of a faux DIY gimmick with a few extra self-repair options?
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Jul 10, 2023 13:33
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Anybody use an Asus ROG Zephyr G14? I'm looking for a 14" with some more video processing oomph to replace a Thinkpad X1 Carbon. But I've never used an Asus laptop before. Is the construction/form factor up to snuff? I understand it won't be quite as slim, but good hinges and cooling that doesn't sound like a typhoon when doing medium level video editing?
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Nov 21, 2023 02:09
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Man...I've been waiting for 14" Razers to adopt a 16:10 aspect ratio. This is looking really good, but my current laptop is less than 2 years old. And I'm not exactly sure I need this much horsepower. >_> https://www.bestbuy.com/site/razer-...p?skuId=6549075
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Nov 24, 2023 23:44
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I like Lenovos. I have a X1 Carbon right now, and my last one was a T14. That said, my X1's motherboard exploded after 3 months, and their customer service is absolute horseshit. Their call-in system in the US is linked with IIRC HP or some other manufacturer. I got routed around so many times, I almost just tossed the drat thing. The only saving grace is that I had an authorized repair center a short subway trip away and that guy was pretty on point.
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Dec 2, 2023 14:58
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Might be a dumb question. Does the 16GB version of Razer laptops come with 2 x 8GB sticks or 1 x 16GB stick? Just wondering how much extra RAM I'd need to buy.
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Dec 29, 2023 00:31
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Mental Hospitality posted:I've had 4 moderately expensive gaming machines in the last 16 or 17 years. 2 Asus, a Lenovo, and an MSI. They all had two occupied dimm slots. I don't know much about razers though. I don't think they'd be foolish enough to sell one of their premium gaming laptops with a single channel ram setup, but I guess you never know for sure. Best bet would be to search the particular "model number + teardown". Odds are someone somewhere has prized off the bottom panel. I appreciate all the responses to the DIMM slot question. Haven't been able to find an answer for this year's Razers, but I guess for thread cognizance, ROG Zephyrus 14s from this year (which is the other one I'm looking at) come with one 16GB soldered and one open slot while the 2022 and earlier models were all 8 + 8 soldered which  BestBuy seems to have a decent deal on a trimmed down Zephyrus 14 prime for easy SSD/RAM upgrades.
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Dec 31, 2023 19:30
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Hadlock posted:
I have a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 9, and my main USB-C power stopped taking a charge three months after getting the MB replaced because the power supply just blew up and fried the whole thing which happened 2 months after buying the drat thing. (At least the port still does data.) Lenovo makes great machines (usually) but has some of the worst customer service on the planet. So, I just use the secondary USB-C port to charge it. 
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Feb 2, 2024 03:03
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down1nit posted:It's fine for now, but in case you want to get it fixed Lenovo usually have great input protection in the form of polyfuses that are supposed to reset themselves but sometimes don't. It could be you just need a new one, or a new USB port controller; they absolutely can half die. Bet it doesn't output video or powers off your adapter. It doesn't touch low speed usb signals if designed right so you can put a memory stick in, but it'll only run at 2.0 speeds, generally. Huh. Good to know. Thanks.
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Feb 2, 2024 19:20
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change my name posted:Hell yeah, this brings back memories of saving up money from my high school job to buy a fat brown Inspiron 1520 that would overheat and show corrupted textures in Crysis, Fallout 3, Kane and Lynch etc etc etc if you played for longer than 20 minutes at a time When I was in high school, the new hotness we played on our chonker laptops was Alpha Centari. 
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Feb 6, 2024 02:49
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99pct of germs posted:After a lot of looking and researching I think I finally settled on the 14'' Legion Slim 5 with Ryzen 7 7840S, RTX 4060, 32GB RAM and an OLED screen. It's checking all of my boxes: lowkey design, portable, nice build quality, beautiful display, great battery life, great gaming performance for what I would play. Where did you find a Legion Slim 5 with 32GB ram and a 4060 for $1400?
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Feb 12, 2024 01:24
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Huh. I actually checked lenovo's site before posting, and I completely missed the build-your-own option. That said, why don't they offer 32GB ram with a 4070? Does it cost that much to standardize on additional variant with what is essentially a swappable graphics card?
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Prescription Combs posted:Someone please talk me out of this: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-L...00&from=/search 16 inches? Gross...
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