The limitation on the W520 with BIOS update?

Hey everybody,

My decision was very long, and whenever I get the motivation to upgrade to a W520, I always get worried about the forums. My main concern the limitation on the battery and the blocked processor clock. Since the last update of the BIOS, is it resolved? I can handle a small limitation on battery but 800 MHz is all just ridiculous. Before that I have finally let go of my money, buy the W520 in confidence that there is always these problems? I'll have to use this machine for at least 5 years, and if I have to start with these problems, I won't be a happy camper.

Thank you.

Hey, J,

I think you get a view polarized the W520 on this forum. It is a solid and reliable machine. The limitation of problems have been resolved there are some revisions of the BIOS.

Yes, it is not perfect in every way. However, it is a boon to the developer of this software. Yes, I use it to do the real work.

Now that I've sung his praises, I'll do a 180 in saying that I would wait for the "W530" at this late stage of the game. This is probably only a few months at sea and can represent a significant improvement.

BTW: If you want to get one, you will get a better deal by the way for one of the pre-built reseller like Amazon or Buy.com. It is much cheaper to do it and then upgrade only to have Lenovo customize it for you.

For example, I went this route:

Amazon W520

I saw this as low as $1360 model. You can throw in a load of RAM for not much money.

I wanted to talk, Buy.com stocks often this machine, and they have a 45 day return policy.

There is my 2 cents.

ZZ

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