ThinkPad X220 review
by James Kendrick | March 7, 2011 8:34am PST | Image 1 of 26
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You need to get a better camera, or have someone else take pictures for this. They might notice all of the crumbs on the keyboard as well.
Sorry, but it seems to me you never had one.
The only thing what sucks now is the wide screen with way to small vertical resolution - you have to scroll all the time.
The only thing what sucks now is the wide screen with way to small vertical resolution - you have to scroll all the time.
Its very square. Everything Lenovo (and IBM) makes has all 90 degree edges. Elegance must cost too much.
The pictures have a shallow depth of field, which is cured by closing the aperture, try out F13 - f22, or a point and shoot with a very small sensor... I have three thhinkpads and love to upgrade to this one.
Sorry but even without the Slice battery the thing looks bulky and outdated. With the Slice battery its even worse. I give my wife crap about her school laptop they loaned her. It was a Thickbook as I called it not a ThinkPad. They are not pads they are Books! This appears no different.
I have a Lenovo x201 tablet, which I use to write all of my business meeting notes, record audio, video conf, use Office Suite, Adobe Suite, and anything else imaginable. All in a slim package. Looks outdated? So what, it works, every time.
Your white balance is wwayyy off. I believe that the background was meant to be white, not pink...
As for the Brick - nice keyboard, but man, is it ugly. Why is it only Apple that can put aircraft aluminum on it's products. I HATE square-edged, hard plastic cases...
As for the Brick - nice keyboard, but man, is it ugly. Why is it only Apple that can put aircraft aluminum on it's products. I HATE square-edged, hard plastic cases...
@scripscan but I like when my computer freezes and crashes all the time!
This device is geared toward enterprise users, not users who are watching movies and want pretty colors. If you are worried about these things, you are probably not going to pay the premium these devices charge anyway. Then again if you are buying a Mac, you are paying the huge premium for something that doesn't work in the enterprise anyway.
@riveroad Right, Mac's not working in the Enterprise. Uh huh...ok, right....
@riveroad Sorry, but almost everyone in our 'enterprise' is on a Mac. Your view is approximately 7-10 years out of date..
@ereaderfan your 'enterprise' is pretty atypical then. iTunes, iPhoto, and Garage Band aren't typical use cases.
Fair to say that OSX has gotten much better in the last couple of years but directory services integration, network print integration, secure SMB, inability to be managed by enterprise software deployment and configuration management tools are but a few reasons why these haven't worked well in the near past. Latest gen remote management (e.g. vPro) tools are nowhere to be found on Macs either. I know, I know, nobody really needs those.
Fair to say that OSX has gotten much better in the last couple of years but directory services integration, network print integration, secure SMB, inability to be managed by enterprise software deployment and configuration management tools are but a few reasons why these haven't worked well in the near past. Latest gen remote management (e.g. vPro) tools are nowhere to be found on Macs either. I know, I know, nobody really needs those.
Don`t care what anyone says it looks cool! Also Thinkpads don`t have the cool factor, also most people now days all they want is something made by Apple, Hp, Compaq, and Acer.
Don`t see too many people with a Thinkpad under 18 yrs.
Don`t see too many people with a Thinkpad under 18 yrs.
@riycou Actually HP = Compaq. And Acer, are you kidding? Also I see plenty of older people in my area with Thinkpads. Its like a having a sportscar or a young girlfriend. They just look stupid. If you want cool, HP Envy is where its at.
looks like the same old thing to me. I pulled every thinkpad we had out of the field, they were failing like old Compaqs
The posters here are correct. My R61 is square edged, not stylin' at all, and somewhat heavy. However, in the 2.5 years I have owned it, the machine has never given me any problems, and it runs 24/7. It has a shock absorber around the drive, a reinforced cage and software to lock the drive if it gets knocked around. The 15.4" screen with 1680 x 1050 res is as good as I have seen, and with the 7200 rpm and T8300 2.4 ghz processor, it is plenty fast. I will give up the esthetics to get a machine that is so much more durable than the Dells I have owned before. Assuming the X220 has similar architecture, it will be a great machine.
the look and feel of this computer is just.. tacky... its bulky blocky and totally ugly... and the system comes with VGA out? SERIOUSLY? ever heard of HDMI? also.. world is moving to solid state... needs an update dont you think?
So a keyboard is whats cool on a business class machine.. Nothing else to talk about right? Totally agree that given the prices IBM puts on their products one should expect more. Try keyboard on a MacBook, if that is all what makes a laptop stand out.. Besides, the 768 pixel vertical resolution for the bloated Win7 interface is pushing this product into FAIL. Period.
This is a coprorate grade laptop. Most companies who by this are not focussed on how th eunit looks but whether it will performa nd stand the test of time without a failure.
How many USB ports are there? Even an enterprise machine needs more than 1 or 2 USB ports. 1 for the mouse, 1 for the printer, 1 for memory key, 1 for charger or to be able to replicate cell phone.
I have to agree. Thinkpads are definitely made for the enterprise. it's a no-frills, geared for business (no time for playtime), get-the-job-done-ASAP, high-survivability, no-crap-deployability, ugly-as-hell-but-highly-useable BUSINESS TOOL... 
I have a ThinkPad and love it. Functional, practical and rugged. I have used other brands and they seem plastic in comparison. Lenovo make very good products for the enterprise. If you are a showboat type, then go for the more expensive Mac.
I own a Mac Pro which I use for my private stuff. And a Lenovo T410s with the same keyboard layout when on the road for my firm. I like both, except for the mac being too heavy for the use case where I have it beside me on the chair next to me and me wanting to get it with just my left arm stretched out for it! No biggy with the Lenovo, because it is so light in comparison to the older Lenovo's. But all in all, I wished I had a Mac that would be as light as the Lenovo, for the above use case, boasting the IBM's keyboard. Mac's keyboard is great. But when you do heavy editing, it's Lenovo for me. But again, what do I know after I grew up with 3270 terminal keyboards and the original IBM keyboards' typical clicketyclack keyboards.
Because there is no picture of fruit on this product, the haters come out of the woodwork.
wow.. that is an amazing piece made by high tech.. i would love to have one like that...
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