Lenovo X200s rant
by Mats Hellman on 16.Mar, 2009 under Vista, Windows
I got my Lenovo X200s in January, it’s a small and great laptop and easy to carry in server rooms etc. But since I got it I’ve never got the Ericsson F3507g HSDPA module working properly. I can’t even get it to initialize and it’s driving me mad. So today after a power outage here at home I thought I’d really dig in to the problem and try to get it solved. So first of I head over to Lenovo to find drivers, click support and downloads and drivers. WTF!!
This is not the way a site should look from one of the largest laptop manufacturers. And believe me this is not the first time. It probably won’t be the last either.
So I get annoyed but think what the heck, I’ll find the drivers to the Ericsson module somewhere else. Well dream on. I can’t find any drivers for this god forsaken thing.
Access connections tell me nicely that the system contains incompatible drivers and I need to get the latest drivers and install them on my system. WELL I WOULD GOD DAMMIT! If I could get them somewhere.
So now I think I can get something from Thinkvantage System Update, but no. There are no updates available for this machine.
If you are reading this and you are considering a Lenovo ThinkPad X200, think twice. I can’t say the laptop itself, it’s a nice piece of machinery but Lenovo has THE worst website I ever had to use. Of the 50+ times I’ve had to visit them the error rate has been well over 60% and that’s just not acceptable these days.
I even remember when I was trying to decide on my next laptop and doing research I couldn’t get specifications on the X200 from their site(to make it even more ridiculous it doesn’t work today either). I guess that should have sounded a few warning bells.
I used to be mad at HP:s download site because the download speed was really low but at least their site works. If you’ve read this then I thank you and you are really welcome to comment to ease my pain. And if you have found a solution for the Ericsson module then PLEASE let me know.
