Thought I might share this with all you ThinkPad fanatics. Starting price is $1700, and that includes the LED option!!! add an additional $75.00 and you get the 1.86Ghz processor. Follow the link:
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/...-category-id=27260E1983734A91A115802FE145A51A
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The upgrade to 3gb DDR3 is 110 usd!
The 6-cell batt is a free upgrade.
Comes out to 1964.00 usd with 3gb, bt, 9-cell, fingerprint, sl9400. There is no discount for cpp yet. =/ -
Yes, I'm also wondering where is the option for WWAN?
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I wish they would just stick the wxga+ LED option int he x200. I dont want a LV proc!
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At just shy of $1800 shipped for me with 2GB of memory and the SL9400, it's too rich for me. While it'd be great to have, I don't need that kind of portability and my R60 still more than meets my needs. For those you get one, I'll still be jealous. -
Does anyone think a transplant will work CCFL wxga -> LED wxga+? Or will the new casing be too different for a reasonably priced swap?
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Technically a transplant ought to work, but such question better be discussed with a skilled Lenovo technician.
I think the X200s is the perfect notebook for me. Now I just have to haggle with Lenovo Switzerland about a reasonable price for students. How I love that... -
Mr. Cameltoe:
Just wait two weeks or better a month, as I do, and get the educational/student version, should be much cheaper (just compare the different x61s models, up to 50% discount). -
For Jackboot,
You asked "Why France". I don't know, but it seems the CCFL screen is indeed not an option for the USA X200s version, and you are obligated to go with the ultra-high resolution of 1440x900 LED screen. -
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For example:
- No customized models
- No ordering directly from Lenovo (correct me if I'm wrong)
- CPP/EPP only with a valid business license AND Lenovo contract
However, we will get the X200s, at the earliest, in two weeks.
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As an aside, the model that is currently up for sale starts at $1679 with Vista Basic. After the regular 33% off (as all other models, including the X200 have), that price drops to $1125. The X200s is going to be a HOT seller once it has the same discount as the other notebooks! -
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Or, like you mentioned, the $1500 config from provantage is a good enough deal. You can save a few bucks (about $30) you could order from costcentral who also offers free shipping:
http://www.costcentral.com/proddeta...GB_121_WXGA_BT_FP_XPP/74663HU/T35290/froogle/
If you want it right away, check out Bottom Line Telecommunications who lists the X200s as arriving today:
http://www.shopblt.com/cgi-bin/shop...1000100U0112_BT35290P.shtml&order_id=!ORDERID!
Personally, I'm sitting tight with my Aopen MiniPC (desktop) until I can get the X200s at the price I want. Hopefully I don't have to wait too long... -
Considering that the topseller model is available right now for as low as $1486 (better processor, hard drive, bluetooth, fingerprint reader, 2GB memory, Intel 5100, 6-cell battery) it is probably a good idea to just go with that unless you are set on configuring your own machine. -
add CPP to that and i think it will give you 32 or 33%
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Lenovo's new VIDEO piece on the X200s (and X200t):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz9ErmQg2eU
Interesting points from the video:
- Advertized battery specs only valid with LED screen AND SSD.
- Speaker has improved in bass and volume (3 decibel increase).
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A few thoughts of mine:
I think the LED screen accounts for most of the battery savings since current SSDs have not shown to be significantly more battery efficient than HDDs.
The 3 decibel increase in real-world terms means that the speaker will be perceived as twice as loud as the X61 speaker (physics majors correct me if needed). I don't know why the presenter didn't put it this way (i.e., the X200 speaker is twice as loud as the X61).
Matt at Lenovo (the presenter) is a good example of why PCs are Anthropomorphised as John Hodgman in the Mac commercials. I'm sure Matt at Lenovo is a nice guy and is ideal for the Lenovo blog where he can respond to technical questions in an informed way, but for marketing a notebook, he just looks like a total geek. Lenovo really needs to get on the ball with their marketing efforts. They make the best PCs on the market but holy ****e they sure don't know how to market these machines to anybody but IT directors and enthusiasts! -
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Actually, human hearing is not linear. In other words, doubling the power of an audio signal will not result in a perceived doubling of the sound that we hear. This is precisely the reason why sound is measured in dB, which is a logarithmic scale.
If you've ever wondered why a 200W speaker system will not sound that much louder than a 100W system, that is the reason
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I just placed an order... estimated ship date is October 8, so two weeks. This is with the su9300, 64GB SSD, and 6-cell battery. I don't know if some other options might cause a longer turnaround.
It's certainly expensive... but I tried finding and configuring similar systems from other companies and they end up at the same price, but without a trackpoint or known-good keyboard; also the focus of this machine is just perfect for my needs: small, light, rugged, and very low power (for solar)... but still sufficient for serious software development.
Waiting a little while would certainly be more economical, but I need something very soon... before I lack a useful shipping address!
Thanks to this forum for banter, reviews, and shared knowledge which helped me hone in on the X200s! I probably would have ordered the X301 last week if I didn't hear about the new variations of X200. -
I too will be getting an X200s with the first round of ~20% off discounts.
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Is this the Provantage deal that people are talking about? Why does it say X200 and not X200s?
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From the cpu and screen resolution you can tell it is x200s, although the title only specifies as x200
I think the price is great if you don't wanna wait for the cpp discount show up.
I did a math using the x200 discount and the prices for optional upgrades.
It came out like around 14xx after 7% tax with 4G ram, but 80g hd. Provantage doesn't charge tax in my area so pretty much the same price. -
Yes, I just noticed this post.
That's more or less exactly the spec that I want (5300 WiFi would be nice, as would 3GB RAM)...
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If you can hold out on the memory for a few weeks to a couple months I think supply will catch up on DDR3 memory and it will sell for close to the same price as DDR2. In the meantime you could always buy a turbo memory card which will work very well in a notebook with just 1GB of RAM.
The 5100 and 5300 are nearly identical cards. The 5100 has a higher transfer rate but unless you are doing huge file transfers on a wired gigabit network you won't notice the difference. The 5300 also is supposed to have slightly better range but I'll believe that when I see a test showing that is actually the case.
Since the model in question at provantage is a topseller model you should get it fairly quickly - I'd say within 2-3 weeks but maybe even within a week. The topseller model was supposed to be in stock with suppliers yesterday from what I understand. -
LOL what's going on with X200s pricing right now?
- downgrade to Vista Basic: ADD $100
- upgrade to Vista ultimate: ADD $249
- change from Vista Business 32 to Vista Business 64: ADD $179
On the X200, those OS options are -$63, +$56, and $0 respectively.
Also of note, it costs $10 to get the 5-in-1 card reader on the X200s and it is a $0 option on the X200. Weird stuff... -
I think there are some monkeys loose in their system.
Last week the X301 had PC-DOS as an OS option for $-179, which I imagine used to be a valid option in days before the pressure to push Vista, but never in the age of the X301. Well I immediately filled in options to make an order, because PC-DOS is just as good as "no OS in my way"... I was giddy with glee until I added it to the shopping cart and it said there was an invalid entry.I even called them up, but they said no it must be a mistake in the web forms.
Oh well, at least I found out about the X200s because of that delay. And I like it so much I had to give in again... I hate paying MS for a product I don't want... it's not even a pleasure to blow away their system. The **** thing is going to be using some writes of my SSD drive. -
Thinkpad X200s now on Sale!!!!!
Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by blackbox, Sep 23, 2008.