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Lenovo announces laptops using new mobile Xeon processors

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Re: Lenovo announces laptops using new mobile Xeon processors

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Post by 4ad »

Finally ECC memory in a laptop, I've wanted this for years!

However, I am seriously unimpressed by the maximum memory specifications. 64GB?! I had 32GB in my ThinkPad W510, which was released over five years ago.

I've also had 16GB in my seven year old T400. 16GB was enough for me back then, 64GB now is barely enough for me, it will certainly not be enough in a few years, although by then maybe we'd get larger memory modules, which might work just fine.

Since this is such a huge machine, they should have put more memory slots inside.

I also hope they release a 13''-14'' machine with quad-core Xeon CPUs (or some other CPUs that support ECC, some i7 chips do as well).

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Post by justThis1Post »

chuckup wrote: post #10

Lenovo is now using rootkit-like techniques to install their software on CLEAN Windows installs, by having the BIOS overwrite windows system files on bootup. Someone detailed this here: http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=29497693&sid=dd... I had this happen to me a few weeks ago, on a new Lenovo laptop, doing a clean install with a new SSD, Win 8 DVD + wifi turned off. I couldn't understand how a Lenovo ser…

RMS is sounding less and less crazy with discoveries like this. To think a manufacturer would essentially rootkit their own machines is testament to how bad things have become.

Would running TrueCrypt full disk encryption protect you from your own hardware? If the BIOS can't read the disk on boot, I don't think it would inject the binary into the file system.

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Post by kev009 »

4ad wrote: post #11

Finally ECC memory in a laptop, I've wanted this for years! However, I am seriously unimpressed by the maximum memory specifications. 64GB?! I had 32GB in my ThinkPad W510, which was released over five years ago. I've also had 16GB in my seven year old T400. 16GB was enough for me back then, 64GB now is barely enough for me, it will certainly not be enough in a few years, although by then maybe we'd get larger memory…

It would probably need 4 SO-DIMM slots to accommodate more the 64GB with current density.

Re: Lenovo announces laptops using new mobile Xeon processors

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Post by 4ad »

kev009 wrote: post #16
4ad wrote: post #11

Finally ECC memory in a laptop, I've wanted this for years! However, I am seriously unimpressed by the maximum memory specifications. 64GB?! I had 32GB in my ThinkPad W510, which was released over five years ago. I've also had 16GB in my seven year old T400. 16GB was enough for me back then, 64GB now is barely enough for me, it will certainly not be enough in a few years, although by then maybe we'd get larger memory…

It would probably need 4 SO-DIMM slots to accommodate more the 64GB with current density.

W510 had 4 slots in a machine with smaller footprint.

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Post by creshal »

bitL wrote: post #13

If only they had a non-chiclet keyboard... I guess I have to wait till retro ThinkPad :-(

That's very likely still going to have a chiclet keyboard – they didn't ask for user preferences on it –, but it will at least have a proper seven-row layout.

Personally, I don't mind the chiclets – the mechanic is the same as in the old keyboards – as long as the layout gets fixed…

Re: Lenovo announces laptops using new mobile Xeon processors

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Post by creshal »

4ad wrote: post #11

Finally ECC memory in a laptop, I've wanted this for years! However, I am seriously unimpressed by the maximum memory specifications. 64GB?! I had 32GB in my ThinkPad W510, which was released over five years ago. I've also had 16GB in my seven year old T400. 16GB was enough for me back then, 64GB now is barely enough for me, it will certainly not be enough in a few years, although by then maybe we'd get larger memory…

Mind you, this is up to Intel to dictate, Lenovo has zero input. If Intel doesn't allow more than 64 GiB RAM, tough luck.

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Post by jmnicolas »

4ad wrote: post #11

Finally ECC memory in a laptop, I've wanted this for years! However, I am seriously unimpressed by the maximum memory specifications. 64GB?! I had 32GB in my ThinkPad W510, which was released over five years ago. I've also had 16GB in my seven year old T400. 16GB was enough for me back then, 64GB now is barely enough for me, it will certainly not be enough in a few years, although by then maybe we'd get larger memory…

What do you do on a laptop that requires more than 64 GB of RAM ?
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