Thinkpad x130e?

bic · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:51 pm

Mako321 wrote:

Ehh, not as good as the magnesium rollcage in my T60p.

Nothing* can beat the T40s and T60s. :cool:

(*Except maybe the apocalypse.)

vskid3 · **Joined:** Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:28 pm **Posts:** 683

bic wrote:

The x100e/x120e chassis is really great though. :awesome:

When it's fully assembled it has that nice solid ThinkPad build quality, unlike a lot of the creaky plastic laptops out there. One big plate comes off the bottom and gives you access to the hard drive, RAM, and Mini PCIe slots. Two more screws hold the keyboard in, and once that's out you have full access to both sides of the CPU cooler and fan assembly.

Think that's easy? Let me tell you about my Dell Latitude E6400. One screw removes the whole bottom plate, giving you access to everything you can remove. Two screws and the hard drive comes out (don't even have to remove the bottom plate). It isn't as tough as the best of the Thinkpads, but it could hold its own with the current ones. :awesome:

Probably the only line of Dells worth owning, though.

nterror · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:33 pm

Aight. I've made a decision. Sorry to vskid, but I'm buying a new Alienware M11x. My parents decided to put forth the other half at the last minute.

Sorry to get your hopes up, dude

vskid3 · **Joined:** Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:28 pm **Posts:** 683

An R3? Palmer has one for work, says its a beast. A great buy if you can afford it. :awesome:

nterror · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:09 pm

Yes sir

bic · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:27 pm

vskid3 wrote:

Think that's easy? Let me tell you about my Dell Latitude E6400. One screw removes the whole bottom plate, giving you access to everything you can remove. Two screws and the hard drive comes out (don't even have to remove the bottom plate). It isn't as tough as the best of the Thinkpads, but it could hold its own with the current ones. :awesome:

Probably the only line of Dells worth owning, though.

Dell's corporate grade stuff is FANTASTIC to work on. :awesome:

(Well except maybe the clamshell cases on the Optiplex 150-280 series...) At work all our laptops are ThinkPads, but all the desktops and servers we buy are Dells. I just wish they hadn't brought the Optiplex 790 back to the stone age by replacing the eSATA port with PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports. It was faster to pop the desktops open and steal the DVD drive's SATA cable to image the things.

I can't think of many small laptops that are as accessible as the x100 line though. Half the videos on YouTube demonstrating how to replace the hard drives in netbooks are 10 minutes long and walk you through a complete disassembly, because that's the only way to get to them. There's no reason cleaning the heatsink in any laptop should be this complicated. :wtf:

If I ever win the lottery I'm starting a business making replacement bottom halves for laptops so they can actually be serviceable.

vskid3 · **Joined:** Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:28 pm **Posts:** 683

bic wrote:

I can't think of many small laptops that are as accessible as the x100 line though. Half the videos on YouTube demonstrating how to replace the hard drives in netbooks are 10 minutes long and walk you through a complete disassembly, because that's the only way to get to them. There's no reason cleaning the heatsink in any laptop should be this complicated. :wtf:

If I ever win the lottery I'm starting a business making replacement bottom halves for laptops so they can actually be serviceable.

M11x probably comes in a close second behind the x100s. 8 captive screws and the bottom plate comes off, giving you access to almost everything, including the internal battery. However, the heatsink and fan are not included in that, and require a complete disassembly if you really want to clean it.
Took my mom's Acer apart to clean the fan when I was home for Christmas. Pretty much exactly as that video described, but I didn't have to remove the heatsink from the motherboard. I managed to put it together without any left-over screws, too! :tophat:

Bibin · **Joined:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:43 pm **Posts:** 1469

bic wrote:

vskid3 wrote:

Think that's easy? Let me tell you about my Dell Latitude E6400. One screw removes the whole bottom plate, giving you access to everything you can remove. Two screws and the hard drive comes out (don't even have to remove the bottom plate). It isn't as tough as the best of the Thinkpads, but it could hold its own with the current ones. :awesome:

Probably the only line of Dells worth owning, though.

Dell's corporate grade stuff is FANTASTIC to work on. :awesome:

(Well except maybe the clamshell cases on the Optiplex 150-280 series...) At work all our laptops are ThinkPads, but all the desktops and servers we buy are Dells. I just wish they hadn't brought the Optiplex 790 back to the stone age by replacing the eSATA port with PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports. It was faster to pop the desktops open and steal the DVD drive's SATA cable to image the things.

I can't think of many small laptops that are as accessible as the x100 line though. Half the videos on YouTube demonstrating how to replace the hard drives in netbooks are 10 minutes long and walk you through a complete disassembly, because that's the only way to get to them. There's no reason cleaning the heatsink in any laptop should be this complicated. :wtf:

If I ever win the lottery I'm starting a business making replacement bottom halves for laptops so they can actually be serviceable.

I'm extremely glad they brought back PS/2 ports. If you have a choice between PS/2 and USB for a keyboard and/or mouse PS/2 is always the better choice...

bud · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:04 pm

vskid3 wrote:

An R3? Palmer has one for work, says its a beast. A great buy if you can afford it. :awesome:

The R3 is sick. Get the red if you can :3

nterror · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:40 pm

bud wrote:

The R3 is sick. Get the red if you can :3

Too late. Got black :wink:

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