Lenovo 3000 N100

I just bought a Lenovo 3000 N100 6 month ago. Now it’s time for some review on this piece of hardware. The hardware specification is as follows: Model: N100 0768-FFG CPU: Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83 Ghz Memory: 1Gb DDR2 PC5300 Hard Drive: 120 GB HDD (Fujitsu) SATA Screen: 15.4" WSXGA+ 1680x1050 Glossy Optical Drive: DVD-RW Matshima GPU: NVIDIA 7300 Go 128 MB (dedicated) Network/Wireless: Intel Wireless 3945A/B/G, Realtek 10/100 Ethernet Card, Modem and Bluetooth Inputs: 84 Key Keyboard with Two Button Touchpad with Scroll Bar Buttons: Power, Lenovo Care, Power Up and Down, Mute, and WiFi/Bluetooth On/Off Switch. Ports:

  • Four USB 2.0
  • Four-Pin Firewire
  • 4-in-1 Card Reader
  • Ethernet
  • Modem
  • VGA Out
  • S-Video Out
  • Microphone
  • Headphone
  • Security Lock
  • Power Connector

Integrated Camera (1.3 MegaPixel) Fingerprint reader 6c Li-Ion It was delivered with Windows Vista Business Edition. And some other software that makes it run slower than it should. Thus after the 1st month having Vista on it, i decided to downgrade back to Windows XP SP2 Pro. And this is just so fine. Beware before doing this operation make sure that you download any Driver that are needed. Since the set is not delivered with a driver CD. I found all the drivers on the Lenovo website. Here are some stats and test that i did. Using CPUz(http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php) CPU Cache SPD Mainboard Super Pi Calculation (http://www.overclock.net/downloads/28044-definitive-super-pi-thread.html) Will be coming soon… let me get some time.