Thinkpad T510 Owners lounge

[Convoluted]

I returned my T510 because of the absolute rubbish screen - I've seen better screens on eMachines, seriously. And that is coming from somebody that has owned literally over 100 laptops.

So which laptop would you suggest for a great screen?

[utopian3]

I returned my T510 because of the absolute rubbish screen - I've seen better screens on eMachines, seriously. And that is coming from somebody that has owned literally over 100 laptops.

How bad is it? Is it Because of Color accuracy? Veiwing angle? Brightness? Reflection surface? Corner distortion? Color consistency?

I am asking this because i am planning to buy the W510 with either HD+ or FHD screen and i would like to here more comment.

I believe all (PC) laptop nowadays are all pretty much the same with the same price range. They all have the same technology, same OEM, all built the similar ways and same specification.

Man, you must have exceptional good eye and superia color sensitivity.

[scout929]

Screen is fine on mine. Colors are great; I have the HD+; 1600 x 900 screen. Granted, it isn't a Macbook Pro screen with a 98% color gamut but it is nice enough to watch movies and edit photos with. Heck, I even played Need for Speed Shift on the laptop and the graphics looked gorgeous.

[MidnightSun]

From the pictures I've seen so far, the T510/W510 FHD screen looks gorgeous! It'd be interesting to see some side-by-side pictures of the T500's WSXGA+ CCFL and the T510's FHD screen ... although it will likely make me even more envious

[Mutnat]

*crossing my fingers* that the T510 HD+ screen is decent....

[cygy2k]

I certainly may have gotten a lemon, but the screen was very similar to the most recent T400 I had late last year. Whites are very yellow and the backlighting goes from perfect in the center of the screen to a gradient like effect to very dim on the right and left edges.

This was the 1600x900 on the T510.

The reason I doubt it's a lemon issue is that I've worked with over 200 T400's at work and about 65% of them have similar rubbish screens.

[antsiou]

T510 First Official Review I could find... IN german but you can use google Translatehttp://www.notebookcheck.com/Test-Le...k.25431.0.html

[scout929]

Maybe it was a lemon because my whites don't have a yellowish tint by any means. It is beautiful; love my T510!

[scout929]

Seriously, did I mention I love it. I tested alot of laptops in making a choice; probably looked at laptops for about 6 months before settling on this. It was between this and a Macbook Pro. Although the Macbook Pro had some features that were very cool such as the backlit keyboard and some of the software in the MAC OS, I decided to stick with the more customizable PC laptop. Great computer though; love the keyboard, the screen, the build quality, love the rubberized top. Did I mention I love it?

[infinus]

What kind of battery life are you guys seeing on your T's? Also if you could comment on whether that's with Intel or Nvidia graphics. I'm so torn between the T and W. It's the graphics adapter that has me so torn. It's just a bit hard to stomach that a 2 year newer Thinkpad purchase will have graphics that are equivilant to my current T61P, but I guess I've never really gamed much on it so it shouldn't be too big a deal.