I recently bought a Lenovo Thinkpad X200 to replace my Compaq Presario C700. I must confess it was love at first sight.
I’ve been using it for couple days and there is nothing that I don’t love about it so far. I work on the road a lot and use a desktop as my computer at home. I use the laptop in school and for my business.
The X200 is very light comparing to all laptops that I’ve had before. I got the 9 cell battery and the laptop itself replaces the space for CD drive for more battery so I can get a astonishing 10 hours of battery life out of it. That is amazing. Most new laptops don’t go over 4 or 5 hours.
- Thinkpad X200′s build and material feels very sturdy and strong.
- The full keyboard is amazing. There is no other better keyboard on the market for laptops. You barely even feel touching the keys and they get types. Yet, I never find myself pressing couple keys by accident at the same time. The pressure required for the keyboard is just perfect. I knew about this before as I had an IBM thinkpad laptop before.
- The red mouse button also adds a lot more productivity than the simple touchpad most laptops have. The X200 doesn’t even have a touchpad (just the red middle button and clicking buttons below the keyboard). Make sure you can work with it. Most people hate it the first two weeks and fall in love with it afterward.
- The no CD drive is a downside. I bought an external CD drive to install my softwares. However, the extra battery life and lesser weight makes it much worth it.
- The wall charger looks very well built too (unlike the ones Compaq or Dell offer with their laptops).
I will post more reviews as I use the laptop more often.
