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x200 oudated?

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Hi,
I am not brand new to this forum just forgot my pw, and lost access to my .mac account.

I am looking to purchase a laptop that is
1) good cpu power (to run cpu intensive poker games/hand database management)
2) good battery life (last me throughout the day)
3) very portable (in college, backpack getting heavy with those textbooks)

I stumbled across the X200 which is 2.4ghz ~3.5 lbs (w/ 9cell) approximately 9 hours of run time from what i've read so far...
I plan on getting an X200 or something similar, adding a 7200 momentus HD and adding 4gb ram.

Questions:
1) is the x200 oudated now? Is there something that I should be waiting for that should be coming soon? I feel like this laptop is amazing because of the strong CPU power, the portability, and battery life! (am i wrong?) I'm not in a huge rush to get a new laptop? any comparable items?
2) any coupon deals I should be looking at from lenovo?
3) any recommendations when I am buying this?

Thanks in advance for any help!
 
Its not dated. It may get a light refresh (internal parts) near the end of summer if Intel comes out with a new chipset/chips, but I don't think it will get a complete refresh this year.

People are hoping for a X200s, but I'm not sure if that will happen.
 
Why would the x200 be outdated? It's stunning. I've got the Tablet version with a low-power CPU (1.87Ghz, 6MB L2), and the thing still flies. It should last quite a while. The battery life and portability are as good as any laptop I've used - I get 7-8 hours real-world use with the 8-cell battery (possibly a bit less on the plain X200 that uses more regular parts than ultra-low-power ones, possibly not).

I highly reccomend it. I also reccomend the large capacity battery (it really is that good).
 
JohnleMVP said:
Its not dated. It may get a light refresh (internal parts) near the end of summer if Intel comes out with a new chipset/chips, but I don't think it will get a complete refresh this year.

People are hoping for a X200s, but I'm not sure if that will happen.
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is the light refresh something I should wait for?

is buying from lenovo direct the best option? other options?
also, should I wait until July 1, I'm planning on running XP Pro on it but I heard you get a free upgrade to windows 7 when it is released if you purchase a computer after July 1

thanks for the quick responses
 
I'd check notebookreview.com for coupons.. they usually have some decent lenovo stuff going on.
Also, there already is an x200s, not sure what you guys are talking about..
 
I'd go with the X200s, personally. The 1440x900 screen would win me over in a heartbeat compared to the 1280x900 in the X200.

Lenovo.com/cpp
familyandfriends for the login.
 
batteriesnotincluded said:
I'd go with the X200s, personally. The 1440x900 screen would win me over in a heartbeat compared to the 1280x900 in the X200.

Lenovo.com/cpp
familyandfriends for the login.
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yeah i found that code thanks though.

right now i have a 1.86ghz core duo laptop (few years old), but it does not have even near the cpu power I need... what is so much better about the x200s in terms of performance doesn't it just have a slower processor? (not trying to have a bad tone, just curious because i am ignorant)
 
The Penryn will be faster than the Yonah, but the X200s is meant more for battery life than the X200 is. If you're wanting a performance boost, you probably just want to stick with the X200.
 
right now i have a 1.86ghz core duo laptop (few years old), but it does not have even near the cpu power I need... what is so much better about the x200s in terms of performance doesn't it just have a slower processor? (not trying to have a bad tone, just curious because i am ignorant)
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Are you sure you're blocking on CPU? There aren't many programs that would be held back by a 1.86Ghz C2D; Hard Drive, Network, GPU, RAM would all seem more likely bottlenecks.
 
Arainach said:
Are you sure you're blocking on CPU? There aren't many programs that would be held back by a 1.86Ghz C2D; Hard Drive, Network, GPU, RAM would all seem more likely bottlenecks.
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i put in 4gb corsair, 160gb 7200 seagate, network i'm on the college network so it's really fast 5-10 mb/s, GPU maybe? the poker database uses postgresql and has a heads up display based on this info... along with ~30 tables running at a time. It's not really graphics intensive but i feel like the cpu is my limiting factor. is there a big jump for 1.86 ghz c2d versus 2.4 ghz c2d
 
your GPU is probably what is making your laptop feel slow.... its probably a GMA 950 running your yonah...
 
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