My Laptop and Other Computers

A webpage started by the disputed student notebook ownership 2012. Summarizing all the computers I have. The performance tests, OS, and usage guides. And also thoughts about how to upgrade or improve and maintain a perfect working condition.

ThinkPad x230(i7-3520)

A DREAM COMES TRUE

3-year Intenational Warranty
i7-3520M, 4MB Cache/2.9GHz/1600MHz FSB
2 x 8GiB DDR3 1600MHz (Max. 16GB)
128 GB M5Pro SSD
128 GB M4 mSATA SSD
16 GB SD card, as auxilary storage. 30 MiB/s writing speed
12.5”, 1366 x 768
720p HD Webcam
Integrated Graphics
Lithium Ion 6-cell/Up to 9.9 hours
1.34kg

  • Plextor M5 Pro 128GB SSD Speed Test with AS SSD Benchmark(right after the system installation)

SSD speed test

  • 4 GiB RAM Disk Speed Test using DataRam

RAM disk speed test

  • Windows Experience Index with SSD / 16 GiB RAM / 2 GiB Display RAM

windows 7 experience index

THANKS to ZHM.

System Test After Adding the mSATA SSD

Some test are too slow to carry out.

  • Main SSD with almost full files

The performance is still very good as just bought.

PLEXTOR_PX-128M5_2012_10_15

  • RamDisk is still the best, over 10 times of SSD

RamDisk_2012_10_15

  • Crucial M4 128GB mSATA is slightly weaker than M5P. Not to mention it is empty.

M4-CT128M4SSD3_A_2012_10_15

And also here is a review of this mSATA SSD.

  • Mobile HDD(the original hdd came with x230) with USB 3.0

The difference with SSD is obvious especially the random test.

HITACHI_HTS72505_2012_10_15

  • SanDisk Extreme 16GB Flash Disk

Extrodinary read, poor write and worst random.

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  • SD Card 16GB

Worst at any field.

Ricoh_SD_Disk_De_2012_10_15

XP Installation Guide on IVB Platform

x230 tips

SSD infos

Demystifying External Hard Disk

Several considerations

  • SSD for performance and data security
  • i7 cpu for performance
  • Light weight for mobility

Current condition

  • Thinkpad X230
    • main working env
    • Windows 7 64bit
    • VirtualBox Ubuntu 13.10 64bit
  • Two PCs in office
    • One with Windows XP SP2 - PQ702a - quxiaofeng.no-ip.biz
    • One with Windows 8.1 - PQ702b - abrandy.no-ip.biz
    • Fast enough
    • Docs in both PCs synchronized with the Dropbox, and code with git (github or bitbucket)
  • P8010
    • Using by Jocelyn for office and entertainment purpose.
  • M2010
    • Given to Gavin
  • Home PC