Comments on: Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Review http://www.digitgeek.com/lenovo-thinkpad-x200-review/ Hardware reviews and Tutorials Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:52:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kickem http://www.digitgeek.com/lenovo-thinkpad-x200-review/comment-page-1/#comment-7604 Kickem Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:16:28 +0000 http://www.digitgeek.com/?p=1362#comment-7604 The laptop in the picture is the Thinkpad SL300, 13". The X200 looks totally different!! Change that, will you! The laptop in the picture is the Thinkpad SL300, 13″. The X200 looks totally different!!

Change that, will you!

]]> By: SevDer http://www.digitgeek.com/lenovo-thinkpad-x200-review/comment-page-1/#comment-7039 SevDer Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:01:51 +0000 http://www.digitgeek.com/?p=1362#comment-7039 I own this machine and I cannot say that I agree with every item above. I dumped my old Dell XPS M1210 for this one and 1. Suprisingly it is slower I have 2GB RAM, 2GB Turbo Memory, SSD and still slower. I recently turned off Turbo Memory and seen some improvements. I am still waiting additional 2GB ram to conclude but I am frustrated with the performance. One of the most frustrating part is the network speed. For somereason it seems like, machine has some stops or waits while opening sites which I've never experienced before. I am a software developer and I know things well and I feel like something is missing here. There is some mistake somewhere. I cannot even use the power of SSD, SSD seems to be working slower than 7200 rpm drive in this (I have 128GB Transcend). Battery life is not as good as my old M1210. The webcam does not come with any software for recording any video or taking any photo shots. I look for touchpad a lot but finally got wireless mouse to work with. Will write more when I receive 2GB more ram. I own this machine and I cannot say that I agree with every item above.

I dumped my old Dell XPS M1210 for this one and
1. Suprisingly it is slower
I have 2GB RAM, 2GB Turbo Memory, SSD and still slower.
I recently turned off Turbo Memory and seen some improvements.
I am still waiting additional 2GB ram to conclude but I am frustrated with the performance.

One of the most frustrating part is the network speed. For somereason it seems like, machine has some stops or waits while opening sites which I’ve never experienced before.

I am a software developer and I know things well and I feel like something is missing here. There is some mistake somewhere.

I cannot even use the power of SSD, SSD seems to be working slower than 7200 rpm drive in this (I have 128GB Transcend).

Battery life is not as good as my old M1210.
The webcam does not come with any software for recording any video or taking any photo shots.
I look for touchpad a lot but finally got wireless mouse to work with.

Will write more when I receive 2GB more ram.

]]> By: relay_fi http://www.digitgeek.com/lenovo-thinkpad-x200-review/comment-page-1/#comment-6777 relay_fi Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:41:58 +0000 http://www.digitgeek.com/?p=1362#comment-6777 I don't like the X200 at all, it’s too big, too ugly and has too high dpi. I was the user of X32 and now I am using an X60. I like the form factor of X60/X61, only wish if Lenovo can upgrade the hardware and solve the palmrest heating problem. Then it will be a perfect machine for me. When X200 came out, I was initially very interested in it. But when I saw the picture, I was really pissed off. For hell's reason why someone in year 2008 should come up a computer with such a HUGE bezel, that's for 1990s. Moreover, I do not see any reason should an ultra portable to become BIGGER! The keyboard on X60 was perfect and I cannot feel any different from typing on X60 and on any decent desktop keyboard. The DPI on X60 was also just fine, even though it was already a bit high. I would prefer 1024x768 on a 14 inch, but on 12 inch is somehow manageable. The X200 came up a monitor with resolution of 1280x800 on a smaller (and wider) 12 inch; I have to question the rational for such 12 inch widescreen - to watch movies? ThinkPad should be a business machine; I need to see text clearly. No movies, thank you! BTW, no webcam thanks. I just want a small, light, and beautifully engineered machine like X60 with some updates. LENOVO, please come up with an X62, not X200! I don’t like the X200 at all, it’s too big, too ugly and has too high dpi.

I was the user of X32 and now I am using an X60. I like the form factor of X60/X61, only wish if Lenovo can upgrade the hardware and solve the palmrest heating problem. Then it will be a perfect machine for me. When X200 came out, I was initially very interested in it. But when I saw the picture, I was really pissed off. For hell’s reason why someone in year 2008 should come up a computer with such a HUGE bezel, that’s for 1990s. Moreover, I do not see any reason should an ultra portable to become BIGGER! The keyboard on X60 was perfect and I cannot feel any different from typing on X60 and on any decent desktop keyboard. The DPI on X60 was also just fine, even though it was already a bit high. I would prefer 1024×768 on a 14 inch, but on 12 inch is somehow manageable. The X200 came up a monitor with resolution of 1280×800 on a smaller (and wider) 12 inch; I have to question the rational for such 12 inch widescreen – to watch movies? ThinkPad should be a business machine; I need to see text clearly. No movies, thank you!

BTW, no webcam thanks. I just want a small, light, and beautifully engineered machine like X60 with some updates. LENOVO, please come up with an X62, not X200!

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