[ltp] X60: Difference between models

[Martin Lorenz]

On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 03:10:31PM +0530, Atul Chitnis wrote:
> OK, I have a weird one here:
> 
> Lenovo had delivered me an X60s (1702-3QA), which didnt have bluetooth in 
> it. I cribbed, and they promised to replace it with a model that did - 
> this was the 1706-7FA.
> 
> The bluetooth wasn't the only difference - this new TP has a T2400 
> processor instead of the L2400. I was told that there would be "some 
> batterly life difference", but what I am actually experiencing is 3.5 
> hours (max 4 hours with highly aggressive power management) against almost 
> 7 hours (both under windows - under linux slightly lower numbers).

you had 7 hours of battery life? with the original standard battery?

I've got this battery 

cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
present:                 yes
design capacity:         28800 mWh
last full capacity:      29070 mWh
battery technology:      rechargeable
design voltage:          14400 mV
design capacity warning: 1453 mWh
design capacity low:     200 mWh
capacity granularity 1:  1 mWh
capacity granularity 2:  1 mWh
model number:            92P1163
serial number:            2046
battery type:            LION
OEM info:                SANYO

and the best I can get is 2 hours!
I consider this rather bad but am still not sure if I owe this to the
hardware or to myself because I had no time to look into power-management
yet.

fact is, I had some hard time getting the suspend up and running with my
sata chipset. this one works now using some patches to a 2.6.18-rc5 kernel.

how's the difference in hardware between your 1706-7fa and my 1702-55g AND
much mor important - did they give me an OLD model? I got mine only two
weeks ago.


> 
> This is unacceptable to me - I bought the X60 for both the portability and 
> the battery life, and having almost the same battery life as my old 
> notebook from 3 years ago is a major downer.
> 
> Question: anyone here who is using a X60 (1706 series) with longer battery 
> life than what I am getting? Have I been handed a lemon, and should I 
> complain?, or did I get what I asked for? I know that Lenovo has 1702 
> models with bluetooth as well, should I ask for *yet* another swap?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Atul
> 
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