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Go to Lenovo’s online store looking for an X Series laptop to call your own and you’ll be greeted by the familiar X201. But go to Lenovo’s spec sheet repository and you’ll find a lush PDF file detailing a new ThinkPad X220 model that seems set to become available very shortly indeed. Sized at a somewhat unconventional 12.5 inches, this fresh contender will feature a new “buttonless” touchpad — though it retains the mouse keys in support of the TrackPoint navigator — while offering the sweet nectar of a 1366 x 768 IPS display, up to a 2.7GHz Core i7-2620M CPU, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, and a choice of Intel SSDs ranging up to 160GB. The 9-cell battery is rated to last you 15 hours and there’s an additional external battery pack that will keep you tether-free for 23 hours. Click past the break for the full specs.

[Thanks, Chris]

Update: Hello! The X220 Tablet is listed on Lenovo’s site as well. Thanks, Joe!

Continue reading Lenovo posts ThinkPad X220 specs online, includes IPS display, SSD, and 23-hour battery options

Lenovo posts ThinkPad X220 specs online, includes IPS display, SSD, and 23-hour battery options originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We know, last week we told you that Lenovo’s ThinkPad X120e wasn’t going to be available until March 8th, but we guess you could call us liars, since the new AMD Zacate-powered, 11.6-inch laptop is up for sale right now on Lenovo’s site. The base model with a 1.5GHz E-240 processor and three-cell battery starts at $399, but if you’re looking to go up to the 1.6GHz E-350 processor, 4GB of RAM, and a six-cell battery — the configuration of our review unit — it’ll set you back $569. According to the system configurator most systems will ship within eight business days. You’ve had a few weeks to decide at this point… so, are you going to get one or what?

Scratch that, the Lenovo ThinkPad X120e is on sale now originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Most things deserve a second chance, right? Hey, if they promise improvement, we think so, and that’s exactly what we’re giving Lenovo’s ThinkPad X120e. If you recall, the previous X100e was quite a disappointment, and that’s actually putting it rather nicely — not only did the 11.6-inch system redefine the term “lapburner,” but it struggled to last 3.5 hours on a charge. It was bordering on tragic, but Lenovo’s ready to right all those wrongs with the X120e. While it has kept the chassis and the wonderful chiclet keyboard unchanged, it’s subbed out AMD’s older Neo chip for the long awaited Fusion Zacate APU. The same platform already proved to be pretty awesome in HP’s Pavilion dm1z with an almost perfect blend of power, graphics, and endurance, but does the X120e reap the same benefits? At $399 ($579 for our review unit), is the perfect, affordable ThinkPad ultraportable finally here? Has Lenovo finally gotten it right? And how does it compare to the other new Fusion affordable ultraportables or notbooks, as we’ve taken to calling them? We’ve got those answers alright – hit the break for our full review.

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Lenovo ThinkPad X120e review originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Back in 2008, Lenovo’s ThinkPad X200 was getting folks all hot and bothered, and it seems some people never cooled down. If you’re one of the few looking to reignite the flames sparked when your first laid eyes on the laptop, take a look at this impressively rendered knockoff. Despite the absence of a Lenovo logo and slightly off dimensions, it really does look like the X200, — that is, until you look under the hood. The original sports a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor, while the knockoff’s got a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450; the real deal has SSDs up to 64GB, while the fake doesn’t even have the option; and finally, the impostor lacks 4GB RAM upgradability. According to M.I.C. Gadget, the ThinkPad clone rings in at 1900 Chinese yuan (about $286), and can be purchased online, though we couldn’t tell you where. Anyway, you weren’t seriously considering it … were you?

Lenovo ThinkPad X200 clone takes us back, way back originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Watch out, Toshiba, your tiny SSD modules aren’t the only game in town for ludicrously small flash storage anymore. Intel’s just announced a new SSD 310 line that offers spectacularly minimal 51mm by 30mm by 5mm dimensions, while retaining X25-class performance (up to 200MBps read and 80MBps write speeds). To give you an idea of what those measurements mean, the industry-standard 2.5-inch form factor, an already diminutive footprint, is eight times larger than these newfangled storage chips. 40GB and 80GB variants of the SSD 310 are shipping out to OEMs already and Lenovo has confirmed it plans to roll these into its next refresh of the venerable ThinkPad laptop line. Prices are set at $99 and $179 (depending on size) when bought in batches of 1,000, though direct sales to end users are predictably off the table for now. Better start saving up for that next ultrathin laptop if you want one.

Continue reading Intel 310 mSATA SSD knows that size matters, fits 80GB into less space than a credit card

Intel 310 mSATA SSD knows that size matters, fits 80GB into less space than a credit card originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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