| Lenovo is a great brand name manufacturer of | | | | too high. |
| laptops. You will be hard pressed to find laptop | | | | 3. Display |
| models from Lenovo which are of inferior quality. In | | | | The 13.3-inch display screen has a 1440 x 900 |
| this article, we will take a look at the Lenovo X300 | | | | resolution, which is unprecedented in almost every |
| laptop, one of the latest models to be released by | | | | other ultraportable. Most other laptops come with a |
| Lenovo. | | | | 1280 x 800 resolution. |
| 1. Overview | | | | 3. Keyboard and Other Controls |
| The first thing you notice about the Lenovo X300? | | | | The full-size keyboard on the Lenovo X300 is great |
| Its price. At $3000 street, it is certainly not a cheap | | | | for typing on. If you've used ThinkPads before, you |
| laptop. However, it goes head-to-head with the Apple | | | | will find the X300 keyboard to be right there in terms |
| MacBook Air in terms of weight- except that it has all | | | | of comfort. You also get a TrackPoint pointing stick |
| the sensible, solid computing features a business | | | | and a slightly compressed touchpad. |
| traveler would need. | | | | 4. Ports and Connections |
| A few other things about the X300 - it comes with | | | | The Lenovo X300 comes with three USB 2.0 ports, |
| an integrated WWAN modem, a GPS chip, and a | | | | but it lacks a Firewire and S-Video port. You have |
| next-generation WiMax wireless chip. You also get | | | | one VGA-out (unlike the ASUS U6S which has a |
| standard 802.11n wireless, and the machine comes | | | | HDMI port). All in all, those ports are more than |
| with Bluetooth 2.0. | | | | enough for the business user. |
| 2. Design | | | | 5. Battery Life |
| The Lenovo X300 comes in with measurements of 9 | | | | The X300 is one of the longest lasting laptops I've |
| x 12 x 0.9 inches. That makes it thicker than the | | | | seen. It provides, using its low-voltage CPU, over 5 |
| MacBook Air - however, once you consider the | | | | hours of battery life. In comparison, the MacBook Air |
| features in the X300, you'll realize what engineering | | | | gave only around 3 hours. The machine is also PC |
| went on behind the machine. | | | | Magazine GreenTech Approved for its power |
| Besides a built-in optical drive, a 13.3-inch display and a | | | | efficiency. |
| full-size keyboard, you also get a magnesium alloy | | | | 6. Shortcomings |
| composite chassis (a common feature in all | | | | The Lenovo X300 does not have many shortcomings |
| ThinkPads). | | | | - perhaps the only outstanding one would be the |
| The Lenovo X300 also comes with a 64GB SSD | | | | presence of the SSD. Instead of the pricey SSD, I |
| (solid-state drive). Now that SSD is the reaons why | | | | feel that I could live with a bulkier laptop (with a |
| the laptop is priced at a premium. You get speed | | | | conventional hard drive), plus all the other features |
| with an SSD drive, but the storage capacity suffers | | | | found in the X300. |
| because the price-per-megabyte for a SSD is simply | | | | |