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Vikings X200 Laptop
  1. Vikings X200 Laptop

Vikings X200 Laptop – FSF RYF certified (sold out)

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Permanently sold out
(36 customer reviews)
SKU: VKGS-LAP-X200RYF Categories: , Product Condition: Acceptable

This product is permanently sold out – we still offer the X200 coreboot service.

 

The Vikings X200 – FSF RYF edition is a refurbished, ultra-portable and durable business-grade laptop that respects your freedom and your privacy. It comes with coreboot boot firmware & Intel ME completely removed.

Ready to rock! The X200 Laptop – FSF RYF certified includes the following (updated on 18 April 2024):

  • X200 laptop
  • 8GB of RAM
  • Battery
  • libre-friendly Atheros 450Mbps WLAN adapter
  • UltraBase docking station for extra connectivity (out of stock since 18 April 2024)
  • power supply (plug according to the shipping destination)

Please note the following before placing the order:

  • If stock is ≤ 1: it may take approximately four weeks to ship after the payment has arrived in full.
  • We try our best to find the best laptops available and we invest a lot of time in refurbishing and testing each X200 that you order. Please note that, given that age and the unavailability of new replacement parts, we cannot guarantee the exceptional condition that you can normally expect from Vikings. We consider it sort of a service to the FLOSS community to offer these laptops refurbished where seemingly nobody else does that professionally. Please note: If you are looking for a laptop in exceptionally good condition, this may not be the right one for you.

The Vikings X200 – FSF Respects Your Freedom edition

The Vikings X200 a refurbished, ultra-portable, durable, business-grade, slightly vintage laptop that respects your freedom and your privacy. It comes preinstalled with a fully libre software BIOS replacement based on coreboot. Enjoy the freedom of having control of your computing, improve your privacy and security by using this great laptop.
It features a magnesium alloy casing on both the top and bottom of the body. To go along with the external magnesium alloy casing is an internal magnesium roll-cage skeleton that reinforces the overall feel of the notebook, there’s little flex to be found anywhere.

For upgrades and repairs that might come up down the road, the Vikings X200 keeps the user in mind with easy to remove access panels and covers. The most frequent upgrade items being the hard disk and RAM, are accessed through panels on the bottom and side. Other items such as the keyboard and wireless cards can be reached by removing a handful of labeled screws on the bottom and easily pop out.

The Free Software Foundation’s “Respects Your Freedom” hardware product certification

The Vikings X200 laptop fully meets the criteria for the FSF’s hardware endorsement program and has been certified on 3 March 2017

“The desire to own a computer or device and have full control over it, to know that you are not being spied on or tracked, to run any software you wish without asking permission, and to share with friends without worrying about Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) —these are the desires of millions of people who care about the future of technology and our society.
Unfortunately, hardware manufacturers have until now relied on close cooperation with proprietary software companies that demanded control over their users. As citizens and their customers, we need to promote our desires for a new class of hardware — hardware that anyone can support because it respects your freedom.“

Keyboard and touchpoint

The keyboard on the Vikings X200 is a standout in the field of ultraportables. It’s entirely comfortable for typing with no adjustments necessary for smaller keys you often find on ultraportables. Each key is individual, there’s no sink to the keyboard no matter how hard you push, and the feedback you get from each key is so perfect it’s just plain satisfying for a laptop. It’s also quiet and won’t click or rattle to annoy others.

To save space the Vikings X200 omits the touchpad system in favor of a touchpoint. The touchpoint is easy to use and allows you to move a cursor around the screen more efficiently as you can keep your fingers placed on the keys and use it without lifting a hand down to a touchpad.

The mouse buttons just below the space bar are easy to use with a nice travel distance, good smooth feedback, and no stiffness or annoying click noisiness.

Display

The X200 is equipped with a widescreen LCD with a resolution of 1280×800. This means there is more horizontal desktop space available at no cost to vertical desktop space. The Vikings X200 200nit screen is also brighter than it’s predecessor’s (X61) 150nit screen and offers a good number of levels of brightness adjustment. The screen also has very good contrast levels and produces decent blacks. Its viewing angle capability and the usable vertical viewing angle is standard among laptops. Overall, we think the screen pleasant to look at indoors in both high and low light conditions. It isn’t quite bright enough for use outdoors in direct sunlight.

Because the Vikings X200 is a refurbished laptop, the display that comes built-in is also in a refurbished condition. We can not guarantee a specific condition of the display. It may have blemishes/cuffs/marks and the backlight may be on the darker side. We’ll use the best display we have available at the time of the order.

Speaker

The Vikings X200 has one mono speaker located on the bottom of the laptop. System sounds are mostly fine and audible, but you will want to use headphones for a decent music listening experience. You can also use the docking station (see info below), which provides for stereo sound and improved sound quality.

Battery

The Vikings X200 Laptop can be used with one battery at a time. A battery is included (capacity may vary, at least 1.500mAh).

Performance

The original Thinkpad X200 has shown an impressive performance when it’s been sold as new between 2008 and 2010. Today, the performance is still good enough for the most common use-cases and even occasional graphics design. Especially together with the maximum spec of 8 GB of RAM (included) and a solid-state drive (SSD), the system is fit for some more years of work. You get between 2.26 and 2.66 GHz of dual core power and a 3MB L2 cache, Intel Turbo Memory and RAM running at 1066 MHz. We deem an SSD drive necessary for best performance and don’t offer HDDs.

Heat and noise

The fan is quiet when it runs and does its job well. You’ll appreciate the fact there’s simply no areas of noticeable heat on the Vikings X200 for normal use-cases. Even if you put your hand up to the heat vent area it’s hard to feel anything more than a bit of warm air coming out.

Libre-friendly wireless (currently out of stock)

An Atheros 802.11n wireless card comes preinstalled, ensuring full compatibility with libre driver software in GNU/Linux. It provides a data rate of 450Mbps net in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wireless networks.

Expansion capabilities/docking station (currently out of stock)

Partner the Vikings X200 with the included ‘UltraBase’ docking station and it can be your desktop replacement. It allows you to use the following ports: UltraBay Slim (SATA), 4x USB 2.0 ports, VGA, DisplayPort (maximum resolution: 2560×1600 or 4,096,000 pixels, whatever comes first), microphone in, headphone out, stereo speakers, RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet, cable lock slot and a battery charger. A key is not necessary to operate (lock/unlock) the docking station and may not be included.

No malicious software or back doors

The Vikings X200 does not contain any known back doors. It comes with the Intel Management Engine and Intel Active Management Technology fully removed. The boot firmware is fully free software and as such the source code is fully auditable. The option to order the X200 with a pre-installed operating system (OS) allows you to select a distro supported by the FSF or you can choose to install the OS yourself. The selection of available OSs may vary.

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