I Love My X220

This thread is nothing more than just a tribute to how much I love myX220. I am coming from a mac background with using the air and 15 mbp's and this X220 just feels so right.

I don't care if I have some excessive backlight bleeding during boot for now or the 7mm hard drive that makes it harder for SSD installation but this thing is a on the go monster.

With the mac's, I felt I had to guard the machine from theft, cosmetic damages, or damage in general. But now, I throw this machine everywhere, into the car, the couch, the trunk and even on the floor a couple times because I like going extreme to test for durability. The results? no dents, just a few scuffs and it runs like a freaking champ.

Too all the mobile monsters out there, the x220 has it right and the trackpoint is getting sexier by the day to use as the trackpad is fully disabled now.

P.S. This keyboard is feels like a heaven to type on.

 

It's really the best notebook being sold right now, in my opinion.

 

I would not say best but one of the top ultra portables.

 

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I am just thinking of keeping this for a few weeks until I have time to get someone here to replace it. Hopefully they replace it with a good one though :X

 

I come from a Mac background as well, and I will have to say that the x220 has convinced to make my move away from Macs permanent. I've owned about six Macs during the past decade. The number of dents in those laptops despite treating them with kids' gloves was ridiculous. Besides, the Mac aesthetic has worn off and seems stale to me. They also suffered from massive overheating. Compared to my previous Macs, my x220 is an ice cube. Finally, I didn't realize how crappy the Dock was until I started using the Task Bar extensively in Windows 7. When my wife needs a new laptop, I am definitely getting her a ThinkPad.

 

Only windows laptop that trumps the X220 is the current gen Vaio Z... but you pay an arm and a leg for it, while you get 1900x1080 resolution screen it's not an IPS screen. Fixed onboard memory option so no future upgrade. X220 has more & longer battery options.

 

My last laptop (I went through three of them) was the Samsung Series 9. While it was REALLY good looking and got a lot of attention, it required so much work! And a number of things didn't work right (but I don't want to cover all those again).

I can't believe how well the X220 just works and gets the job done. I have not encountered a SINGLE problem with mine. It is so much faster than the Samsung Series 9 too.

While the new Ultrabooks appear to be desirable (and thin), I have done a lot of research and there is NOT one, currently available or announced, that can compete with the X220 on so many levels.

 

That is the thing... Seems the older I get the more the mac aesthetics start wearing off. But I guess everyone go through that stage and not to mention windows 7 did appeal a lot more to me than vista.

The only reason I would go back to mac would be for apps development and nothing more.

I was actually debating to get the vaio z but the heating issues and onboard memory and SSD was a huge turn off. But then again, you cannot compare the x220 to the vaio z as the sony is considered an ultra portable.

 

X220 is an ultra portable as well, no?

Both have full power CPUs.


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I am coming from the laptop height stand point. The x220 is quick thick compared to the vaio z and air.

 

It's the best notebook being sold right now. Show me another notebook that is light and portable, offers an IPS screen and great keyboard, 10 plus hours of battery life, can have two drives with the mSATA, is durable that can be had for less than $800 and I'll shut up.

 

Even with a door buster discount, you cannot get that setup for under $800 with tax included. But yes, I agree that it is a great value for what you get but there are competitors are there that are on par. You cannot make the argument about IPS as mac TN panels are just as good but with a little worse viewing angles.

 

My X220 cost $750 shipped. Granted, I have the i3, but the i5 was only $50 more. The Mac panel is an above average panel, but it's not as good as the IPS panel on the X220. Click on the MacBook Air review link in my signature. There's a picture of the Air next to my X220. You can see the colors are not as good. The Mac is a bit washed out too.

 

What about the sony SA? No IPS panel but higher resolution. Similar weight and slimmer than x220. But not as good battery life, although it does have discrete gpu. It's a close call between the two on which is better.

 

Spent some time on the Sony Z and felt that the lid was way too flimsy for such an expensive laptop. Even though the lid is carbon fibre and supposedly stronger, it tends to flex too much for my liking, especially if you open the lid with 1 hand.

Love the X220 and will love it more when I get my mSATA SSD installed! Woot!

 

Going from HD to HD+ nets you about an extra three lines of text. While that's nice, I don't think it's that big of a difference. Most of the extra space is on the sides, which doesn't have as much value. Back in the day when you went from XGA to SXGA+, you got a much bigger increase in vertical resolution.

 

well, I am waiting for the X230 with Ivy Bridge.

So yeah I will have a better, faster laptop than yours! Take that OP

 

X220 is an ultraportable for sure.

In the Engadget review the cute reviewer asked Sony engineers about this and they said it's designed to flex to relieve pressure from damaging the screen.

But yes, the Z runs very hot and X220 runs very cool, it's a night and day difference.

 

I would call anything between a Thin/Light (Thinkpad T400) and a UMPC (Fujitsu U820) an ultraportable.

 

Just make sure you will start a thread says "I Love My X230"

 

That is the beauty of lenovo x series. They are such a bargain compared to everything else that if the x230 does release and lenovo works out the kinks, I would just resell and buy revision.

 

I feel like I've missed out all these years. This is my first Thinkpad and I really can't imagine using another keyboard. My buddy even used my 220 to type an email and asked, "Where can I get one of those keyboards for my laptop?"

 

The more I use the lenovo x220 the more problems I notice... One of the biggest would be the CPU whine when CPU Power Management is enabled in bios and the screen refresh rate going from 60hz to 50hz switching from AC to Battery.

Throw in some excessive screen bleeding and you have yourself a laptop that has terrible quality control. I am also afraid of calling lenovo tech support as it is good as returning the laptop for a full refund.

I should name this thread "My Love Affair With The Lenovo X220".

 

I thought they already fixed the screen bleeding issue with a new revised panel?

I'd keep the refresh rate at 60.

 

The new panels are much better. I don't know how you got the old panel, but you should call Lenovo and get that replaced.

 

Refresh rate makes no difference. The screen issue is still in the wild.

 

Sending it back to lenovo will be a nightmare. No thanks on that offer.

 

Both of those issues apply to a vast number of Intel-based laptops produced in the last 5 years.

They did. Or at least the new panels improve it. Most laptops have backlight bleed, it's just a question of how much. The first round of X220 IPS panels weren't great on this front, but the replacement FRUs are much better (though still not perfect.)

 

That's a negative. My macbook pro 2.5 i7 quad does not make any whining noise and that goes for the 2.8 ghz core 2 duo I had before that too.

So no, it is not a vast majority, just poor quality control.

 

Well if you aren't willing to do anything about your complaints, why complain?

 

So you went from loving your thinkpad to hating it in just 2 days. You also repeated your complaints in several X220 threads. I wonder if the moderators are reading this?

 

I am doing something, I am letting people know that the pre-existing problems that inflicted X220 still pre-exist.

The only way to really help Lenovo as a company to avoid my rant and everyone else's is to stop churning out systems with ignorance for quality.

 

That is a complete separate thread. This thread was my love affair with X220 but then defects started appearing.

This thread is nothing more than my experience with the X220 and the other is strictly focused on the cpu whine that many still do experience.

 

There will always be problems. Lenovo is more than willing to try and fix them, but you aren't even letting them try.