Lenovo W520 Owner's Thread

[Out of the Maelstrom]

I had my first look at the FHD screen today. (It was on a T520, not a W520, but I don't believe that will make much difference in viewing experience of static pictures, which is what I did.)

Yeah! Very nice screen. Colors are BRIGHT! Makes my son's T410 screen (1200x800) look pale by comparison. Colors are even brighter than my T60p FlexView IPS. In fact, the colors almost appear iridescent, "radio-active", as some have called it.

There has to be a way to adjust the color saturation, right?

[Mech0z]

If I get a W520 with 2720QM and Quadro 1000M can I make do with a dockingstation with 135W powersupply? or will that make it throttle? (Can save 50euro)

[infinus]

I had my first look at the FHD screen today. (It was on a T520, not a W520, but I don't believe that will make much difference in viewing experience of static pictures, which is what I did.)

Yeah! Very nice screen. Colors are BRIGHT! Makes my son's T410 screen (1200x800) look pale by comparison. Colors are even brighter than my T60p FlexView IPS. In fact, the colors almost appear iridescent, "radio-active", as some have called it.

There has to be a way to adjust the color saturation, right?

You can turn down the saturation in the nvidia control panel. The other way to go is to color calibrate the screen and then view your photos using software that is color aware (ie: Photoshop, Firefox with the right plugins, etc...). Photos in photoshop after calibration look exactly how they should, the colors are not over saturated.

[CMS94709]

Just placed my order using the Mastercard Marketplace discount. I think this is a steal:

4270CT CONFIGURED SYSTEM
07/29/11 $1,207.93 $1,207.93
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0A68553 SBB 500GB HDD7200RPM
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0A68529 VBB ECS+4IN1CR
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[Mech0z]

Just ordered
1 x Danish keyboard 35.90EUR
1 x Upgraded warrenty to 3 year onsite NBD 27.00EUR
1 x ThinkPad T420/T420s/T520/W520 Mini Dock Plus Series 3 - 170W #0A90204/433710G* 168.00EUR

Thinkpad W520 4282W16 i7-2720QM (2,2GHz),
4GB
15,6" FHD LED 1920x1080
2048MB NVIDIA Quadro® 1000M
Intel 6300n
X-Rite® color calibration
9-cell battery
Win7 Prof. 64
1,654.00EUR

[kirayamato26]

Just ordered
1 x Danish keyboard 35.90EUR
1 x Upgraded warrenty to 3 year onsite NBD 27.00EUR
1 x ThinkPad T420/T420s/T520/W520 Mini Dock Plus Series 3 - 170W #0A90204/433710G* 168.00EUR

Thinkpad W520 4282W16 i7-2720QM (2,2GHz),
4GB
15,6" FHD LED 1920x1080
2048MB NVIDIA Quadro® 1000M
Intel 6300n
X-Rite® color calibration
9-cell battery
Win7 Prof. 64
1,654.00EUR

Holy crap. That machine (after currency conversion) is $2236.99 CAD. That's $900 more than what we can get the machine for (which is enough for a T520 with a FHD screen + some other stuff).

I feel sorry for you guys in Europe.

[Out of the Maelstrom]

You can turn down the saturation in the nvidia control panel. The other way to go is to color calibrate the screen and then view your photos using software that is color aware (ie: Photoshop, Firefox with the right plugins, etc...). Photos in photoshop after calibration look exactly how they should, the colors are not over saturated.

Thanks very much, infinus. I would guess the control panel is eye-ball reckoning and takes the place of a machine calibrator.

[Out of the Maelstrom]

Holy crap. That machine (after currency conversion) is $2236.99 CAD. That's $900 more than what we can get the machine for (which is enough for a T520 with a FHD screen + some other stuff).

I feel sorry for you guys in Europe.

It's the same pretty much everywhere outside of the U.S. Here in Korea a T520 with an i5 and the FHD screen -- and no other special goodies -- goes for US$2200. Thank your stars you're living in America.

I'm going to probably buy a machine (W520 or 8560w) in America, then have it sent to me in Korea, but then I have to pay shipping (~$150) *and* a duty of probably another US$220+. You don't know how good you got it living there!

[Mech0z]

Holy crap. That machine (after currency conversion) is $2236.99 CAD. That's $900 more than what we can get the machine for (which is enough for a T520 with a FHD screen + some other stuff).

I feel sorry for you guys in Europe.

But is your price with 3 year onsite warrenty? At least that changes it, 3 years is mandatory in germany so they cant offer lower (which raises the price) but yes prices are a lot higher in europe, and this price is discounted here, if I wasnt a student it would be 300-400 euroes higher

[sgt_deacon]

The stock is a generic Realtek or some other brand of wireless card, in 1x1 configuration which means that it will have problems holding a reliable signal in a RF-crowded environment (like a college apartment/dorm building with hundreds of students using wireless). Price-wise, the wireless card should be the least of your worries, since the most expensive WiFi card (and the best one of the bunch), the Intel 6300, is only ~$40; when you're buying a +$1400 laptop, $40 is a drop in the bucket and I'm sure you would be able to haggle over the wireless card if you talk to a rep, especially if you buy other, much more expensive upgrades.

You have a point, I'll just upgrade to the better wireless card then.

Lenovo Employee Pricing + Additional 12% Off:

What are the conditions of this, just use a mastercard?

*for people looking for the link go back to huberth's post that I quoted, I had to remove the link from this one.

Also should I go with the:
Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (3x3 AGN)
Or
Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250?

I'm thinking ultimate-N as the other one is Advanced-N + something that I don't think I need, but if anyone knows what it is talking about please let me know.