03/8 for X395 without WWAN and 512GB SSD only.
09/8 is for today T495.



This post has been edited by Benefon: Aug 10 2019, 03:28 PM

apple to apple? cheap!

Lol, wait for end of September has better offer with Citibank card holder
If you wanted to deal with cheaper ThinkPad in the world

This post has been edited by Benefon: Aug 10 2019, 03:27 PM

Just saw a Reddit post with someone getting his x395
The ram is running dual channel.

Now I just wish the stupid Lenovo sales and billing team would quickly settle my payment issue.

I think that DD4 all comes with dual channels, except DD3 2133mhz.

From what I know, 1 stick is single channel, 2 stick is dual channel.
It doubles the bandwidth.

Imagine single channel as 1 straw and dual channel as 2 straws.
The speed is how fast you can drink from the straw.
2 straws makes a big difference.

This post has been edited by Jackie-Cham: Aug 10 2019, 04:12 PM

Maybe is due to your configuration.
Let say 8gb = single channel
Add on 16gb = double channels
Both are onboard

I'm thinking they use 2x 8GB
But I'll check when it arrives.. if it arrives.

To be honest business laptop do not need that fast , unless you need to run rendering such as solidworks or 3D model.
If all of them you do not touch then play safe from 8gb of ram.

Just want to post this here to show you an apple to apple comparison of the discounts that lenovo offers. Doesn't mean you use the citibank 45% offer you get a better deal. For example today, there is WEEKEND code deal for 26% off. And if you compare with my earlier purchase in above post, you will see today is actually about rm50 cheaper.

Note: don't get me wrong, i am not saying the deal is bad, in fact i will only buy lenovo from now on cause price to value is too good compared to other companies. I am just saying be aware of the way Lenovo prices their laptops and the discounts they offer isn't always too good to be true. Its more that this is the price they intend to sell to you but make you belief that you are saving a lot of money.





This post has been edited by kuci_mayong: Aug 10 2019, 07:17 PM

yeah i saw something similar. i always thought dual channel requires 2 sticks, but seems nowadays 1 stick also can run dual channel. i rather get proper technical information about this rather than believe someone on reddit about it if you intend to have dual channel. a lot of misinformation online these days.

Now i think he is talking about x395 which only have 1 ram slot. so we all know dual channel requires 2 ram slot to work. so the questions is "is x395 with 1 ram slot, able to run dual channel?". I am also wondering about this.

This post has been edited by kuci_mayong: Aug 10 2019, 07:39 PM

The answer is here.
https://www.laptopmain.com/thinkpad-x390-review/

ThinkPad X390 has dual channel 8gb of Ram.

X395 does not had additional slot for you to add on in future.
That’s is soldered onboard.

"What’s more, the ThinkPad X390 comes with two 8GB DDR4 memory chips with the dual passage."

This makes sense. All this while i thought it was 1 ram stick. So X390/395 actually has 2 ram sticks soldered in the laptop for dual channel.

This post has been edited by kuci_mayong: Aug 10 2019, 10:01 PM

Actually 8gb of ram is consider more than enough, I don’t think that everyone needs 16gb for multitasking.
Recent ssd speed good than enough to handle for opening more software at same time.

If you can please try to adding 8gb so total up = 16gb, good for future purposes

I don't get it. These 2 quotations of t495 r from the same place? And 26% off is cheaper than 45% off?

I did a little check myself.

With Citi promo, price without discount (for my selected specs) is 5.8k
With weekend promo, price without discount (same specs) is 4.7k

So yes, they are playing around with the base config prices based on discounts.
Upgrades are the same price, so if you don't upgrade much from base specs, you will save a little compared to the Citi discount.

This post has been edited by Jackie-Cham: Aug 11 2019, 12:04 AM

Yeah, I always recommend my friends minimum 8gb. More ram comes in handy when you use chrome and have 100 tabs open. More ram you have, better the laptop handles the opened tabs on chrome.

And with the lenovo prices, they are too darn cheap compared to other companies so makes sense getting 16gb because they price it so affordable.

Yes from the lenovo website itself.

For example you will notice one day the T495 base price will start at rm4000 but they offer you 45% off (so means starting RM2200). Another day they will offer base price at rm3000 but offer you 25% off (so means starting RM2250).

But the main point here in both circumstances, the real “actual” price is actually closer to RM2200-2250.

Nonetheless, what lenovo offers in terms of price to value is still better than the competition. You just have to be “informed” about their pricing techniques.

This post has been edited by kuci_mayong: Aug 11 2019, 03:03 AM