Mar 08

Lenovo’s X220 ThinkPad with ‘24 Hour’ Battery

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Lenovo’s brick-like X220 will run for 24 hours with optional battery pack

If I was going to buy a non-Mac notebook, it would probably be a ThinkPad. Don’t worry — my reasoning is entirely shallow: I like Lenovo’s machines because of their styling, not their substance. When closed, the brutal, square-edged black cases look amazing, and I always think that you’d have to be an idiot to try and steal one: the owner could batter you about the head and upper body with it and the ThinkPad wouldn’t even show a scratch.

But the new X220 is also pretty on the inside, and its main selling point is a ridiculous 24 hour battery life. That’s enough to let you update Excel spreadsheets while a plane takes you anywhere on the planet.

The X220 manages this by packing in a 15 hour nine-cell battery, and offering an optional snap-on external battery to extend run time. But just the standard 15 hours sounds pretty impressive.

Otherwise, the 12.5 inch notebook can be configured to order, with your choice of Sandy Bridge Core 13, 15, and i7 chipsets, USB 2 or USB 3, SSDs up to 160GB and a 720p webcam. Prices start at a reasonable $900.

No word if Lenovo has fixed the keyboard, though. I have never typed on one at length, but every single time I have shared a table with a suit using a ThinkPad, he has been whacking away at the thing so hard that the table would shake, and I would shudder. I always assumed it was due to stiff keys. After all, not every BO-stained traveling spreadsheet jockey could be such a moron, right?

X220 data sheet [(PDF) Lenovo]

Lenovo ThinkPad X220 [PC Mag]

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