PREVIEW: Lenovo ThinkPad X100e: This notebook, not a Netbook

Along with Edge ThinkPad, Lenovo afternoon show one other new notebooks. His name ThinkPad X100e.


What immediately invite attention? Dimensions! Typically smaller than the ThinkPad X series. "This screen is 11.6", slightly smaller than the X200 is 12 ". This ultraportabel series notebook, not netbook, "said Azis Wonosari (Business Development & Technical Manager, Lenovo) of the LED backlight notebook sail with the 1366x768 resolution.

"Memory can be expanded to 4GB, the 2GB standard. His hard drive was 250GB standard, with option to upgrade to 320GB and 500GB, "added Azis again.

What else other than habit makes Lenovo? Color! As a preview, but that was a black casing, X100e also presented with a red casing. Quite beautiful, despite the packaging must be paired with a black battery. Also will be available also in white. Oh yes, 6-cell battery is claimed to stand for about 5 hours it will also stand out from the back of the notebook. "If you use 4-cell battery is not so," Azis said.

Also of interest, which comes standard ultraportabel with operating system Windows 7 is mengemaskan Neo AMD Athlon processor, not Intel. In addition, the modem module is mounted in the unit, allowing users to stay put while the SIM card to surf the Internet than in the hotspot locations.

"But the modem module can be removed. Will there be two versions sold, with the modem and the modem without a built-in, "Azis said. Unfortunately, the location of the SIM card slot is less easy to reach, because there is behind the cover. "To install the card, had to remove seven screws first," Azis said.

But like the ThinkPad Edge, X100e this mengemaskan three USB ports, one of which is the USB port power-on, aka the USB port can be used to charge USB devices like iPods as the notebook in dead condition. Like Edge ThinkPad, the notebook does not include ultraportabel optical drive. "DVD external drive, optional," Azis said.


In the U.S., this ultraportabel sold at a low price, U.S. $ 499. In Thailand, in 1000 the unit X100e weighing approximately 1.5 kg with 6-cell battery is already sold out when he was released. How in the ground water? Let's see next week how much this officially X100e ThinkPad.