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My worry about the T series is that its a bit of a heavy machine to lug around. How did you swap out the DVD for a battery? Did you buy it like that from Lenov

by mattl 13y ago

My worry about the T series is that its a bit of a heavy machine to lug around. How did you swap out the DVD for a battery? Did you buy it like that from Lenovo?

japhyr 13y ago
I ordered it with the stock DVD in. I think I ordered the bay battery from amazon. I'll check when I get home. It was an easy swap. If you haven't heard this advice, I highly suggest you order the cheapest configuration you can from lenovo. Then order memory from crucial or newegg. You can save upwards of $100 over upgrading with lenovo. I like the t430s form factor much better than my wife's MacBook Pro.
- japhyr 13y ago
  I believe this is the battery I ordered from amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Ultrabay-Battery-0A36310/dp/B0085MPJ3S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1395100569&sr=8-2&keywords=t430s+battery http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Ultrabay-Battery-0A363... It's about $25 more expensive directly from Lenovo: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=460&Code=0A36310#overview http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPo...
codemonkeymike 13y ago
I too have a T430, and love it. Can't imagine that a lighter laptop would be able to achieve 8-9 hours(largest battery 9 cell i think) in a text editor with a 14 inch screen. I also swapped out the HDD for an SSD and removed the DVD and put the HDD in it(they make special caddies for HDD in DVD drive) which I take out sometimes because I like to thow my laptop around and dont want to worry about breaking the HDD. Myne was $820 from lenovo. Edit: also runs Linux Mint like a champ, all hot keys keys(FN) work, but I too get the problem with putting my computer in sleep mode for more then a month.
- baldeagle 13y ago
  I'm running an old Viao X that gets 10-12 hours on the big battery and weighs in at a couple of lbs. Running ubuntu, but the processor is too slow for me to recommend today.

by mattl 13y ago

My worry about the T series is that its a bit of a heavy machine to lug around. How did you swap out the DVD for a battery? Did you buy it like that from Lenovo?

japhyr 13y ago

I ordered it with the stock DVD in. I think I ordered the bay battery from amazon. I'll check when I get home. It was an easy swap. If you haven't heard this advice, I highly suggest you order the cheapest configuration you can from lenovo. Then order memory from crucial or newegg. You can save upwards of $100 over upgrading with lenovo. I like the t430s form factor much better than my wife's MacBook Pro.

japhyr 13y ago
I believe this is the battery I ordered from amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Ultrabay-Battery-0A36310/dp/B0085MPJ3S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1395100569&sr=8-2&keywords=t430s+battery http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Ultrabay-Battery-0A363... It's about $25 more expensive directly from Lenovo: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=460&Code=0A36310#overview http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPo...

codemonkeymike 13y ago

I too have a T430, and love it. Can't imagine that a lighter laptop would be able to achieve 8-9 hours(largest battery 9 cell i think) in a text editor with a 14 inch screen. I also swapped out the HDD for an SSD and removed the DVD and put the HDD in it(they make special caddies for HDD in DVD drive) which I take out sometimes because I like to thow my laptop around and dont want to worry about breaking the HDD. Myne was $820 from lenovo. Edit: also runs Linux Mint like a champ, all hot keys keys(FN) work, but I too get the problem with putting my computer in sleep mode for more then a month.

baldeagle 13y ago
I'm running an old Viao X that gets 10-12 hours on the big battery and weighs in at a couple of lbs. Running ubuntu, but the processor is too slow for me to recommend today.