Good news for Latitude X1 owners!

Doesn't look like they're UDMA 5... so you're stuck in UDMA 2 with these drives...

 

In the datasheets (available at http://www.kingspec.com/support/downloads.asp) it says that the both comply to the ATA-7 standard and that they both have UDMA transfer mode 0,1,2,3,4,5,6.

I'm not very good at specs, but I guess that means they are UDMA 5 - right?

 

Well then we only need a guinea pig

 

Yeah! Who's up for it? If I could find one in Europe I'd do it today!

 

I also love the X1 (we own 2 of them) however the Latitude E4200 is more than a worthy successor. 2.2lbs, SU9600 cpu, 5gb of DDR3 memory, backlit keyboard, 128gb SSD and eSATA support.

 

But the Latitude E4200 has a fan - that's a downer. The one thing that make me want to still use the X1 and that make it stand out in the crowd is the fanless design, I'd say.

 

I found this announcement today on storagereview
http://www.storagereview.com/active_media_launches_sabertooth_zt_1_8_pata_zif_ssds
From the manufacturers page:
http://www.activemp.com/SSD/18-IDE-PATA-ZIF-SSD-ZT-turbo.htm

Could it ... really ... be the answer?

Only thing I can't see from spec is if TRIM is supported.

 

I would really like it, if only...

That's the point. I love my Latitude X1 for being very quite. Even more, since I upgraded it with a SSD, it's completely silent. Fan on - fan off - fan on - this kind of noise would drive my crazy. In user's reviews for the E4200 on the (german) Dell website there are many complaints about this. I don't trust in so-called "silent" notebooks anymore, when they have a fan.

I would prefer a message box popping up: "It's getting hot in here. Should I slow down, take a rest, or start the fan?" And once the fan is started, it should stay on until the notebook is cool enough to give me at least 30 minutes of silence again. But in most cases I would choose "slow down", as I don't need 30 frames per second for reading online documentation...

What is the advantage of this drive?

 

802.11.N WiFi on Dell X1

Replaced my intel 2200BG with R52n Mikrotik 802.11n miniPCI card
this card can be had for 30 bucks + shipping here: http://www.balticnetworks.com/shop/catalogsearch/result/?q=R52n&x=22&y=19
or (for Europe): http://www.aerial.net/shop/product_info.php?products_id=670

Driver is available here (AR922X): http://www.atheros.cz/

Plug and play experience, worked the first time
Next step: Windows 7 with the right Display driver (sp34749)

This is my contribution to this very insteresting thread

Enjoy

Yves

 

And 5 GHz works with built-in antennas ?