Had the screen flicker problem the only solution seems to be adjust the brightness, works well with VMWare and you can run at least four servers.
Anyone had any problems after start-up the keyboard does not react and you need to re-boot

Can anyone give me pointers in the right direction for a replacement battery? Am having a pig of a time trying to find anywhere that sells them - any help would be greatly appreciated.

Does anyone know the difference between the x51 and x61 ?
Is it the upgraded version because I've looked at both specs and they look very similiar.

Bailey wrote:

Can anyone give me pointers in the right direction for a replacement battery? Am having a pig of a time trying to find anywhere that sells them - any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have spent 3 hours on the phone today trying to get a battery with no luck. Can anybody find these????

Try the Skymoon Twinhead store in Germany. As The X51 is a Twinhead 12D I would expect the batteries to be exactly the same. The url is:

http://www.computerverkauf24.de/default.php?language=en

The batteries are €99 plus shipping.

I'm selling my laptop on ebay if anyone's interested. Its as-new with 10 months left on warranty and set back to its original configuration.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Philips-freevents-freeline-X51-Centrino-slim-laptop_W0QQitemZ8810630735QQcategoryZ177QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Just bought one of these fantastic little laptops today (The last one which was in stock!!)

So far had NO problems with it and its a great little machine, works fine with a vodaphone 3G card and GPRS

Just runnign the battery calibration crap atm

Plastic screen cover

I have left the heavy duty screen cover on so far, mostly because I have been travelling and using at trade shows and heavy duty environment. I also find it easy to clean as it is.

Any pros or cons from removing ??

Had a Phillips X50, loved it but did have problems with touchpad, when machine was warm the touch pad would not work at times. Anyway the hard disk of the x50 died after 4 months, sent it back after several helpline calls (they have no idea about IT, some of them can't even follow their prompt sheet properly). The x50 eventually went back to PC servicecall (PC world repairs) 4 weeks later I am still waiting,.

Went into PC world today they offered replacement however, no X50s in stock, neither the X51 so I demanded my money back.

I Loved the machine so searched to buy an x51, it seems there are none in the country!!! has anyone got any ideas?

Went to buy an X51 in Currys today. Last one was on display but none in stock and none coming. Assistant was very helpful. He found on the stock computer that a new model is due in 2 weeks or so - the X52. He printed off the spec, brief list below:

Philips X52
CPU - Intel Core Duo T2300 1.66GHz
2MB Cache, FSB 667MHz
RAM - 1GB DDR2
HDD - 80GB
Optical Drive - DVDRW Dual Layer
Screen - 12.1" Widescreen Bright Display WXGA
Graphics - Intel GMA950 up to 224MB
Modem - 56K, Wireless - "enabled" (no spec)
USB - x 3, Firewire - NIL, Infra red - NIL
TV Out - NIL, Ethernet - RJ45 (no spec)
Li-on battery (4 hours), Audio AC97 16 bit
XP Home, Works 8.0,
1.85kg, 297 x 213 x 36.5mm
Silver, 1 yr warranty

£799.99

I ordered it straight away. 2 weeks to go.