x100e dual core overheat?

[zzj1981914]

I'm gonna purchase x100e dual core model this weekend but I've heard lots of people talking about the overheat issue about the x100e dual core model, I hope I can get some advice from the owner of  x100e and if this problem really exists and will effect the usage I might go for the single core model instead.

[The_Solutor Retired Guru]

If you compare the dual core with an intel culv, yes it is a lot of warmer.

But if you compare the dual core v.s the single core you have to keep in mind that the dual core drains just 3 W more than the single core (18W,V.S. 15W), but it has a lot more of (computational) power.

So the same task will be executed in less time and the processor will be in idle / low power state for more, so there is't great difference in the power consumption (and heat generation), probably the l625 is fresher than the single core counterpart in the average use.

[rwbisson]

I bought my X100e (Dual Core) to replace an Ideapad S10e (Uni-core Atom N270) as a more useable alternative with the capability to run virtualised applications using VirtualBox (mainly to have a rudimentary Unix box available to hand when I need it). The X100e has a very quiet fan; quieter than the S10e though it does appear to push out significantly more heat particularly when the processor is being pushed, as when running guest operating systems. The Turion Neo dual core is quite a capable processor; Windows 7 and common office applications are perfectly usable.

[zzj1981914]

thanks for the quick reply, I think I will go for the dual-core model.

[kubel]

I've got an L625 equipped dual core X100e. Yeah, it gets hot... much hotter than Intel CULVs. But I don't think it overheats. The fan is more than capable and it can pump out quite a bit of air when it needs to.

However, from my own personal experience, I would recommend against purchasing the X100e. I regret my purchase. Poor paint finish durability, poor battery life, high temperature, lack of HDMI, bad drivers- this thing just doesn't have what it takes to be called a ThinkPad.

[rwbisson]

> Poor paint finish durability

I would tend to agree with this point. For some reason, whatever surface finish is used for the palm rest, when the laptop is closed the plastic surrounding the screen seems to rub against it with the effect that after just a month or so of use, there are visible marks on  the screen surround and places where the palm rest has lost its paint job.

It is disappointing insofar as the X100e is not a completely new machine - it was first released in the UK in the single core variant so you would think that problems of this nature would have been identified early on in the product lifecycle; mine, being dual core, is presumably a second generation product.

But, the X100e is as far as I know, the only laptop that has a footprint not much bigger than a network with more power and screen real estate. The keyboard is particularly nice to use although I do not like, at all, the buttons at the foot of the trackpad - notwithstanding the problem (posted on this forum) I have been having with them.

I have owned several ThinkPad's. All of them have been very well built. This model does fall somewhat short of the usual ThinkPad quality I have become used to but this, I figured, was a pure consequence of price.