X230(t) Owner's Thread

[vinuneuro]

Aw man that's a bummer, I didn't take into account that I won't be able to put windows 7 professional that I paid extra for onto my mSATA.

Use the recovery discs.

[menac3]

I feel ripped off that I paid $1376 after $120 mail in rebate (was paid within 5 days). Looking at the prices ($700-$900) on the US/CA websites, I may return it here in Australia and buy a computer somewhere else when it arrives as this is ridiculous. I mean even if I subtracted the SSD that they tossed in for $40, it's still over $1300.... Our frigging dollar is HIGHER then the USD.

I am also in australia and also would like the deals available in the america. But in saying that when i build a system on bother sites there isnt really that much in it, and then its even cheaper in NZ(nz website gives ex gst price). Another thing to note is when importing item over 1000 dollars in nz you willl have to apy gst ontop(NZ limit is 400).........

[Domski]

I feel ripped off that I paid $1376 after $120 mail in rebate (was paid within 5 days). Looking at the prices ($700-$900) on the US/CA websites, I may return it here in Australia and buy a computer somewhere else when it arrives as this is ridiculous. I mean even if I subtracted the SSD that they tossed in for $40, it's still over $1300.... Our frigging dollar is HIGHER then the USD.

You don't want to know, what I've paid for my x230t (i5, 8GB RAM, 320GB HD, 128GB mSata SSD, Multitouch, Fingerprint).
I had to pay 1400€ - that's about 1728 $ even with the usual student/university rebate (in Germany there is no other rebate available) .
So....every price you've paid is definitely better then mine

[oh a tree]

Windows 8 Enterprise RTM leaked on your favourite torrent site. Downloading a copy atm, might toss it on X230T if it EVER ARRIVES.

[Domski]

Windows 8 Enterprise RTM leaked on your favourite torrent site. Downloading a copy atm, might toss it on X230T if it EVER ARRIVES.

Because of missing drivers it's not that good, that it could be.
Especially Wacom had to release their multitouch driver...that will it make much more cooler because of working gestures etc.

[sbl03]

Does anybody know if it's possible to re-map the Thinkvantage button? I have the SimpleTap application installed and changed the file location in the registry key, but it doesn't seem to work.

[stonecoldtx]

I just received my X230T last night, and installed W8 RTM on it today; it apparently has BlueTooth drivers integrated into it, and while the tablet button didn't work (the one that changes the view from landscape to portrait when you rotate to a tablet), I was able to download the Windows 7 driver and install it, and it works fine now . . .

Oh, and by the way, I'm booting W8 from .vhd (500GB 7200RPM); it's a pretty simple process, and it provides the ability to multiple-boot several different OS's, such as W7, Server 2008R2, Server 2012, etc., but you have to upgrade to Ultimate or Enterprise in order to do this . . .

[x230]

How do I troubleshoot this?:

Mobile Broadband Activation

An error occurred while initializing your WAN hardware.

[trainman261]

How do I troubleshoot this?:

Mobile Broadband Activation

An error occurred while initializing your WAN hardware.

I think we need more details before someone can know exactly what's going on... do you have a WWAN (mobile broadband) card installed? It sounds like you have one in there, but you haven't activated it in Windows 8. Did you activate it in Windows 7? Do you have one? Do you have a carrier?

@ whoever wanted to play Quake 3 on his X230(t), I've been playing Quake Live for the last few days on my $330 Toshiba from last year (I'm still a n00b, though) - 3.6 processor WEI and 4.1 and 5.6 Graphics and Gaming Graphics accordingly - and I've had close to no lag (usually the lag was caused by something else and could be solved with a restart - I normally only restart once a day, and was usually playing this in the evening). So basically, after a restart, I had perfectly smooth gameplay. I don't see a reason why it shouldn't be at 125fps on the X230, but I'm getting my X230T back on Tuesday, so I can test for you then if you want to be sure.

[hotsauce]

Windows 8 Enterprise RTM leaked on your favourite torrent site. Downloading a copy atm, might toss it on X230T if it EVER ARRIVES.

Why would anyone pirate a $14.99 copy of Windows?