Lenovo ThinkPad X200

An ultraportable suited for business travel



THE $1,859 THINKPAD X200 ultraportable replaces the business-oriented ThinkPad X61 in Lenovo's line, and it delivers good power in a compact form factor.
The X200's matte-black body is unasumming-some might say bland-and the slip-resistant finish makes toting the 3-pound machine (including a four-cell battery) feel comfortable and secure. As with many other ultraportables, you'll have to make do with a smallish 12.1-inch display; the 1,280x800 screen is bright and crisp, though default font sizes in some apps and Web sites are a touch small on a panel this size.
The keyboard has the excellent tactile feel and feedback we've grown accustomed to with ThinkPad keyboards. Touch-pad fans, however, are out of luck: The only pointing device is Lenovo's responsive TrackPoint stick, though we were happy to see a scroll rocker switch nestled between the mouse buttons.
We were impressed with the performance of X200's new Intel Centrino 2 under-pinnings. The 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo P8600, 2GB of RAM, and Centrino 2's faster front-side bus-1,066MHz versus 800MHz for the original Centrino platform-helped the X200 outspace other ultraportables we've tested. With no optical drive onboard the system, we couldn't run our DVD battery-rundown test, but Lenovo claims the battery is good for more than thre hours of runtime.

Ports and connectivity include 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, three USB ports, a VGA connector,and a PC Card slot. Options include a fingerprint reader, a WebCam (our test machine had both), a multiformat memory-card reader, integrated wireless USB (coming later in 2008), and integrated WAN with GPS support. -Jammie Bsales.

source:Computer Shopper October 2008.
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