I guess we'll find out soon enough when CES starts, but I'll ask anyway: With the leak about the other new Lenovo laptops not including any mention of an x210, is it fair to assume that it won't be announced at CES and won't be available for sale in the next few weeks?
I'm curious because I haven't yet bought my new x200s, despite the very good advice and feedback I received here in response to a previous post.For my needs I probably don't require whatever faster/more powerful upgrades the x210 will bring, but have been holding off to see if the x210 (or x210s) might be as light as the x200s but have a built-in webcam, HDMI, better SSD options or other improvements.
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Second-hand rumor has it that the successor to X200(s) will be X201(s), and that all X201(s) will come with built-in touchpad.
Edit: Matt Kohut said on lenovoblogs "For you X series ultraportable fans, not to worry, we’ll have something for you before too long." -
Built-in touchpad would be pretty nice. As much as the trackpoint is handy for quick mousing around without moving your hands, I get far better fine precision with a nice touchpad. Here's hoping the X200 replacement will still be 16:10 and allow the AFFS panel upgrade.
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X200 is an ultraportable and most people whom use them want a good battery life, low weight and high strength........ most of the upcoming thinkpads have increased their thickness to increase airflow around the new and more powerful GPU/CPU set.... which is not really an option for the X200.
But the X100e is released so it did steal some limelights for the X200....... -
http://chinese.engadget.com/2010/01/07/lenovo-thinkpad-hands-on-andy/
I'm guessing the X200 shown here is a shop? -
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I don't mind using the trackpoint, but I find it impossible to get the same level of fine precision as a good touchpad, which is in turn eclipsed by almost any mouse in this respect. I would own an X200 right now if it had a touchpad. I'm waiting to see the new x-series updates.
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JabbaJabba ThinkPad Facilitator
Having said that, I wouldn't be surprised if they added a touchpad just like they did on the X100e. Aesthetically they have done a good job in integrating the touchpad on X100e, so from that point of view I wouldn't mind if they added it. But as I see it ThinkPads were meant for a no nonsense effeciency purpose and the TrackPoint is definitely the most efficient navigating tool if one masters it. Preference is a different discusssion. -
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JabbaJabba ThinkPad Facilitator
If one masters it, it will be more efficient than using a touchpad efficiently for the purposes I mentioned previously. Just doing quick scrolling vertically and horizontally will prove the point quite easily. I am not saying everyone prefers it. But there is a difference in the user's (in)ability to maximize the TrackPoint's potential with its actually objective capability. -
I'm a TrackPoint user, however... As long as I can turn it off and as long as they don't shrink the keyboard to only 6 rows to fit it in, I'm kind of indifferent about whether or not they add a touchpad.
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It works for you, which is fine, but like I said I prefer the pad and I really don't want to master it.
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Could someone give me some sort of guestimate as to the difference in performance between the fastest x201/x210 which would be brought out and the currently fastest T410 s?
Am i right in thinking that the P8700 2.53GHz x200 is faster than the most powerful T400 s configuration? -
Ultraportable are already constrained in many departments, fitting more stuff in a small area would also affect usability. Lenovo have bypassed the dedicated numpad on their new thinkpads, while the competitors have not missed the chance of including it. I think if Lenovo is serious in retaining the core customer base for the classic Thinkpads, they would not include the Trackpad on the X201 (especially if it is going to the 16:9 route) and retain the full size keyboard. Obviously, the design for these machines would already have final approval, and is probably going through production testing phase, so Lenovo did include the trackpad in the upcoming x200 successor, there is little we can do.
Also, the ultraportable market is rather small, and most people whom use Thinkpads Ultraportable in the 12.1 inch format, would usually have some previous experiences with Thinkpads, the barrier to purchase of these machines is not the trackpoint but usually the price and functionality/feature set of these machines. -
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Would you be able to tell me whether I could *somehow* get coupons for the US website whilst being from the UK?
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No x210 yet?
Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Southside77, Jan 4, 2010.