W530 Owner's Thread

[dimsdale]

A lot better.

I went with the 1600x900 on my W530 build. While I really liked the clarity, and brightness, of the FHD screen, the 1920x1080 just starts to make icons and controls really small.

While most text sizing can be increased or decreased in Chrome or Word, etc, all the controls do not resize. On the FHD panel, things like the ribbon in MS Word, the system tray, and other controls aren't as easy to navigate.

Would have liked to have gotten it though.

[shanman]

Care to share the details on that other issue that required the W530 to go back?

The laptop wouldn't post? whatever that means.. it was either send it back to them or to get it repaired for six days... Ill take a brand new unit every day

[K_Wall_24]

Can't wait to receive mine. Just ordered it tonight.

[llRobinll]

I'm thinking about buying one with these specs: Lenovo N1K2AMH W530 ThinkPad - notebooks | Icecat.biz

I'm going to use these programs:

-Maya
-Zbrush/Mudbox
-Houdini
-Alias automotive
-Adobe CS5
-V-ray

Would that be overkill? The laptop is for school and they estimate the price around 1000 euro. (This one will cost me ~2200 euro)

[Chipper57]

can somebody recomend me a hard drive 7200 rpm at least 1 TB to replace mine with when my system comes in.

[Kaso]

a hard drive 7200 rpm at least 1 TB

At least 1TB? Only up to 1TB in 2.5" form, at this time. 7200rpm? Unlikely.

This Seagate 1TB 7200rpm has 15mm height and won't fit in the W530. Most 2.5" drives have 9.5mm height. This one is 1TB 5400rpm 9.5mm. This one is 500GB 7200rpm 7mm.

An option is to install the large HDD in the UltraBay for storage and have a small SSD in the primary bay as boot/OS/apps drive.

[Thors.Hammer]

If you want a HDD, the 750GB 7200rpm Hitachi is one for consideration. I have one in the ultrabay of my W510.

[jeff007]

Hi, guys

I wanna customize a Thinkpad W530, but when it comes to
Optical device: 2nd 320GB HDD, 7200rpm with Bay Adapter, what does Bay Adapter look like?



Is it ThinkPad 12.7mm Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter III, Part number:0A65623 ,

please see the detail on ThinkPad 12.7mm Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter III | 0A65623 | Lenovo | (US)




Could anyone who got the W530 help me conform that is it exactly the one 0A65623? Your kindness will be appreciated.

Regards!

[Kuroi-Tsubasa]

That's basically what it looks like. I have a similar looking model from NewModeUS, except it's silver for most of the part (except faceplate) and there's no plastic "flap"

Also, since you're getting that straight from Lenovo, you're also getting that 320GB drive as well. Both of them will arrive pre-installed inside the W530.

[slapshot30]

Anyone using a Logitech M510 mouse? Just got mine in but the receiver won't fit in the USB port... fits perfectly in my other laptop but not with any on my W530.

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