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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
2.5 stars
Pros: People who have seen me using it think it's a toy. But it's a real computer, and works like one too. I adore the portability this laptop offers.
Cons: Gets hot, fast. The battery life is awful. I barely get 2 hours out of the premium settings. The screen, at first, was great, but there's a design flaw where you will get a scratch about 1/3 of the way down the screen. I'm on my third screen. I carry the
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
3.5 stars
"Nice road-warior, if you get the enhanced battery"
Pros: Good build quality, good keyboard and very good connections (GigE on new models). Get the mediabase if you need serial/parallel, it's still quite portable. Runs Linux fine, if you know how to compile a kernel yourself. Use it for wireless surveys/wardrivi
Cons: The standard battery lasts for 2 hours on my 1.4 Ghz model, you really should get the enhanced battery. I guess that's the only reason to buy an IBM X40.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
2.0 stars
"promising, but disappointing"
Pros: lightweight, fast, keyboard touch, docking/undocking capability, media base
Cons: reliablity stinks. Dell responded quickly to our IT person's pleas, but in less than a year we replaced: 2 screens (weird white halo in the middle), motherboard, video card, dvd burner, media base. Add to that the XP OS crashing at least 1x a week and the
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
5.0 stars
"Opinion from an IT Manager (after 3 years of use)"
Pros: Excellent Travel Companion
Cons: Standard Battery Life not Very Good
Summary: A little about me. I run the IT program for ... read more
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
Pros: size, speed, style
Cons: battery is terrible on normal battery, large battery sticks out real far
Summary: i have had this computer for almost a year no... read more
