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One of the questions that has come up from time to time about the ThinkPads is the speed of the SATA interface. Usually the question is about the Ultrabay hard drive adaptor. But more recently this question came up about the T400, W500 and...
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Now that System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 has released, I’m sure many of you are wanting to kick the tires. The good news is that we’ve made that relatively easy to accomplish on a laptop but there are some assumptions to make...
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Now that I have the ThinkPad W500 back from the TS2 team, I decided to run back through the install of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 using the instructions I documented for the ThinkPad T400. As expected, the instructions are nearly identical. In...
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If you decide to flatten your Lenovo ThinkPad T400 or W500 and install another operating system, the good news is that all of the core drivers are on the Lenovo Support Downloads and Drivers area . I installed two different operating systems to...
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I have two of Lenovo’s latest and greatest machines sitting here side by side. If I were forced to choose between the two of them, it would be a hard choice. Since I already did a short review of the ThinkPad W500, let’s focus on the T400...
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I recently had the opportunity to take a look at the Lenovo ThinkPad W500 (model 4061-2KU). This machine is really similar to my ThinkPad T61p in many ways, but there are some improvements that have been made in some key areas. Video The W500 I...
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WARNING – this is a progressive download video. It is not streamed. Therefore the entire 400MB video is downloaded and played if you click the big START button above. What’d you expect for 60 minutes of video? If you want to download the video and play...
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Lenovo ThinkPad W500 out-of-box experience. I received a new Lenovo ThinkPad W500 evaluation unit Friday morning and thought you might be interested in the screenshot above. I’ll be writing more later but until then, suffice it to say that...
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Blair Bigger of Microsoft MCS Federal informed me today that a BIOS update gives Latitude D630 users access to 8GB of memory. This does of course assume 8GB is installed and you are running a 64bit OS. Blair indicated it is the BIOS update dated 8/13...
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I was on a thread today regarding some issues a user was having with their laptop. The msinfo32.exe information was requested and received. I was looking at the usual stuff then expanded the Startup Programs node of information and saw the...
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There’s an acronym from the past for you. Run Time Improvements (RTI). I am always looking for ways to squeeze another speed improvement out of Windows Vista . In fact, a few weeks ago I made some changes to my Dell Latitude D820 and...
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I received a flurry of questions via email when I posted information the other day that I had 8GB of memory in my Apple MacBook Pro . At the time of my post, I had only intended to boot the OS and see that it appeared to work correctly, recognize...
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Anyone out there have an Apple MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM? No? Don’t tell me you are going to let a Microsoft Windows evangelist totally beat you to the finish line on this one!!! All kidding aside, I decided to pull the two Kingston 4GB...
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As you probably are already aware, I received a couple of 4GB 200pin DDR2 SoDIMMs from Kingston for testing with my ThinkPad T61p. Almost immediately I received requests to borrow those SoDIMMs so they could be tested with another machines. Phat chance...
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In this case, a picture is worth a thousand words. I spent some time this afternoon and evening setting up for a fun little test of the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p I have. As you’ll recall from my previous post, my laptop is loaded up with 8GB of...
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Kingston Technology was kind enough to sent some evaluation 4GB SoDIMMs to me for installation and testing. They arrived a little later than expected this week but were sitting on the front porch when I got home tonight. They are now installed...
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If you've been paying really close attention, you noticed Dell quietly began to sell Windows Vista 64 bit Precision M6300 workstation class laptops. They've actually been selling them for a while. What's new is that they are taking orders...
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A few days ago I ordered the Matrox DualHead2Go Digital Edition . You are probably wondering what I am talking about. It's a cool device that allows a laptop, or a regular PC for that matter drive two monitors in one of the Windows Vista ...
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I've been hearing for months and months how great the Apple MacBook Pro is at suspending and resuming from sleep, and how Windows Vista sucks. Don't believe it. My Lenovo ThinkPad T61p thumped the MacBook Pro handily in my testing this afternoon...
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Here are the notes I took during my Windows Vista Ultimate x64 installation on my HP 6910p notebook . The notes below were written primarily for my team but I like to share. In case you were wondering, the HP 6910p has performed remarkably well...
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One of the benefits of working for a software company is watching a product release develop then ship. Of course sometimes dogfooding software has pitfalls so some would debate the "benefit" statement. It's pretty rare for our internal...
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Santa keeps bringing me toys and it isn't even Christmas yet. This time I received the long awaited HP 6910p notebook computer. I like to do first impression posts pretty quickly on new hardware because first impressions count, and I forget...
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Don't get mad, get even. I must say I didn't like the " review " Ryan Block gave the new Zune today on the engadget.com website. Maybe it's because I own an Apple iPod Video 80GB. Maybe it's because I own a Playstation portable (PSP). It might be because...
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Here are my notes on how I install Windows Vista Ultimate x64 to a Lenovo ThinkPad T61p. There are a number of features present in Windows Vista I do not install or use. Therefore, you will need to make changes to the procedures where applicable for things...
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I'm always like a little kid on Christmas. It doesn't matter if it's a boring hard drive being delivered or something more expensive. It's fun to track packages and watch for the delivery person. Then, it's time to open your present. Sean told me that...
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