The X200 is Lenovo’s new 12-inch business notebook and has a starting price of just $1,434, making it an excellent value for anyone who needs a fully-capable notebook that can get them through a full work day.
The X200 is a whole different animal than the 13.3-inch X300, which is optimized to be as thin and light as possible and has a low-voltage processor, built-in DVD burner, and a solid state drive and has an eye-popping sticker price of $3,225 (available for $2,400 after discounts and ecoupon use). The X200 doesn’t have an optical drive, but it does have full-speed Intel Core 2 Duo processors, an array of drive options and an optional docking solution.
The X200 is extremely fast for an ultraportable. Launching Microsoft Office applications is virtually instantaneous and the X200 ripped through installing applications and editing photos.
Lenovo equiped the X200 with a full-sized keyboard that is very comfortable to use, as you can expect from an enterprise-class ThinkPad. The X200 has an UltraNav (eraser-head style) pointer instead of a trackpad.
The X200 doesn’t have an optical drive, but it can be docked with an UltraBase that packs a DVD burner, four USB ports, a Display Port and more. The UltraBase can pack an extra hard drive and can charge an extra battery while plugged in- a great feature for business travelers.
ThinkPad X200 Specs:
ThinkPad X200 Hard Drive Options: 80GB, 160GB, 250GB and 320GB (5400rpm); 100GB and 160GB (7200rpm) or 64GB SSD.
ThinkPad X200 Ports: 3 USB 2.0, VGA, Headphone, Microphone, modem + 5-1 media card reader or no modem + SD card reader, ethernet, express card slot
ThinkPad X200 Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo processor P8400 (2.26GHz, 3MB L2, 1066MHz FSB)
or
Intel Core2 Duo processor P8600 (2.40GHz, 3MB L2, 1066MHz FSB)
ThinkPad X200 Memory: up to 4GB; PC3-8500 1067 MHz
ThinkPad X200 Display and Graphics
12.1 WXGA, Intel Integrated Graphics X4500