Thinkpad T420 Owner's Thread

[junior21]

Thinkpad arrived yesterday - so less than a week from order to delivery - pretty impressed by that since it was a customised one too.

I put the ssd in it since the rails were standard on mine, and it's pretty quick now.

I like it so far, still getting used to the keyboard and small arrow keys, I do mostly application development with Visual Studio 2010, I'll try and do a review once i've used it for a couple of weeks. Thanks for the advice so far - i'm sure i'll be back for more...

Just ordered my thinkpad yesterday, how long do you think before it comes in? The rep said 3 weeks and I also bought it through the canadian site.

Also was upgrading to an ssd easy, and if you upgraded ram too, was that easy?

[wkearney99]

Also was upgrading to an ssd easy, and if you upgraded ram too, was that easy?

You'll have some time before your machine gets here. Take some of that time and READ THE MESSAGES HERE. It's all been covered.

[blinder]

Just ordered my thinkpad yesterday, how long do you think before it comes in? The rep said 3 weeks and I also bought it through the canadian site.

Also was upgrading to an ssd easy, and if you upgraded ram too, was that easy?

All I can do is say how long mine took, I've got no inside knowledge of Lenovos lead times at all - sorry.

My machine arrived with the right size rails so yeah my upgrade to SSD was really easy, undo some screws, take out original disk, put ssd in - do up screws.
I didn't copy an image over or anything like that, I generally rebuild my machines from scratch anyway, the only thing I haven't done yet is make a recovery set using the ThinkVantage tools, but im told thats easy enough - i'll do it once all my apps are installed.

I bought it with all the ram so didnt upgrade that.

Going to to the ultrabay and msata next - we'll see how that goes.

[darkciel]

Like Junior21, I recently ordered my T420.
Just curious but how much of a risk would I be taking to upgrade the RAM under the keyboard?

[XX55XX]

Like Junior21, I recently ordered my T420.
Just curious but how much of a risk would I be taking to upgrade the RAM under the keyboard?

You might damage the ribbon cable that connects the keyboard to the motherboard, but that's pretty much it.

[darkciel]

You might damage the ribbon cable that connects the keyboard to the motherboard, but that's pretty much it.

What about the SSD? How risky is that?

[XX55XX]

What about the SSD? How risky is that?

You won't have to remove the keyboard if you are installing an mSATA SSD.

[darkciel]

Thanks! Just curious, but what do you think is the most crucial upgrade for the T420?

And also, are there any accessories that you would consider to be important if it is being carried around the university campus?

[XX55XX]

Thanks! Just curious, but what do you think is the most crucial upgrade for the T420?

And also, are there any accessories that you would consider to be important if it is being carried around the university campus?

1. An SSD is the best upgrade that money can buy. Imagine your system booting up in less time than it takes you to read a full newspaper article. They are that fast.
2. A case, bag or sleeve to protect your Thinkpad would be ideal when transporting it around campus.

[junior21]

Can anyone reccommend a good SSD?