The 4319-2RU has really nice specs for the price: $2049 and that is why were ordered them.
i7-820QM, 4GB RAM, FULL HD screen (with Multitouch, not sure for what? will explain later), 320GB 7200RPMHD.

So let me get back to the problem in hand. The first unit was barely in service for an hour and it started freezing up, randomly. Every time it froze the vent was giving out extreme heat. I shut it down, powered it back up and no go. Waited about 10 min, still no go. After an hour it finally booted up again and barely lasted half hour before it froze and repeated the same no boot even to post. Called Lenovo and they sent the box, returned to them and 5 days later was told that the part is on back order. I called back few days later and was told part was on back order. The interesting thing was that the tech agent hadling the call said, oh yah, we have had a lot of calls on this part being back-order. Apparantly I am not the only one in this boat.
W510 Heat problems

Well it took them a few weeks to get the machine back to me and the replacement part inside was some thermal something. I do not remember the workorder.

I have also noticed that the machine starts slowing down sometimes, especially when I am working in Revit or Navisworks and in 3D. The machine runs hot and my screen refreshes are so slow, it becomes un-workable at times. Could it be the Graphics card getting too hot? Not sure.

I started using my other machine and it is doing the exact same thing as the first one. It has frozen on me four times today already, sometimes within 10mins of startup to couple hours. I had an important client meeting and had to make backup plans as the machine would not cooperate. Lenovo is sending me a box next week to send back to depot.

So to make this story short, something is seriouly WRONG with the W510 4319-2RU models. I have a 720QM model that I am going to fall back on for the time being. I just do not trust these anymore.

PS: As for the multi-touch screen. Well its pretty much worthless for me. It is only finger sensitive. You cannot use a stylus on it, which would have been GREAT for redlines, and Naviswork markups.

My favorite features:

• Inclusion/Exclusion masks (can help tremndously not to backup tmp/backup files)
• Partial-file updating
• Email notifications (Highly customizable)
•  Tree based Preview of what to backup (I bugged him to add this feature and he finally did, thanks)
• Run Script before/after
• FTP Syncs
• Realtime syncs
• Powerful scheduling
• Smart-Tracking (detects my moved/renamed files)
• Versioning (save overwritten files)
• Constant updating of the program to remove bugs

And the most important thing I like about it is that he is VERY quick to respond to support requests, open to suggestions and fixes bugs constantly

Issue:
I wanted to experiment the possibility of Redlining Shop drawing submitals using the computer directly as more and more submitals are sent to us as PDF's. Typically the process is to print the drawings out and mark them up and rescan and send them back. This process wastes paper which is not good for the environment and takes more time and cost of rescanning has to be considered as a lot of submittals are 24x36 or larger. Though the process of marking up paper is prefered by the users as they are used to using a pen and marking on paper.

Few Solutions:
1. Use a Wacom board - Problem is that the eye hand coordination is not that great, i.e looking at screen and drawing with hand. (Just needs getting used to is the answer.
2. Use the mouse - Again people are not used to it
3. Use the Wacom Monitor or tablet Pc's = High cost

I thought to experiment with the Wiimote as it seemed a low cost option since we already have a projector in the office and a computer with bluetooth functionality. Plus I wanted to try playing with the Wiimote and smoothboard.

The experiment:

First I started with Front projection and trying different things, but the problem was that I kept blocking the view unless I have a ceiling mounted solution, but even with that the view would be blocked.

So I thought why not try Rear projection but the problem was how am I going to get the wiimote to read the infrared signal through the surface? The answer was cheap, just a 20lb sheet of paper.

I went down to the basement of our office and found an unused picture frame and I drapped the paper over it. I projected the image on the frame with paper drapped over it and to my amazment the contraption worked.

The video explains the setup a lot better.

My next experiment will be creating a "Light Table" using this setup