Thinkpad X220 Picture

Indeed, this new one looks like X20xs side-wise...
I wonder how thin X220s will be? Or maybe there will be no X220s?

 

Can't tell if you are unsure or if he is, but for whoever, what slim laptop doesn't have a soldered CPU?

It makes sense from a design point just not for us who want to upgrade though.

 

In the images there is no bulge in the area of the cooling system. But the thickness of the rest is little different from X20x. You can compare the thickness to a height of USB, VGA.

http://retera.ru/plugins/content/mu...ews.internal.lenovo.ThinkPad_x200.X200_34.jpg

 

They didn't. There are latches on the T510, T410 and T410s. Remember the "leaked" pictures of the T410s with twin thinklights, no latches, no break between palm rest and speaker grilles etc ? http://www.thinkpads.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lenovo_thinkpad_t410s_leaked-2.jpg None of those items happened. The picture of the "X220" here includes something that looks like a cut-out just like the one on the T410s where the latch mechanism is operated from, though the picture shows no latch arms on the lid. Perhaps a conceptual photoshop or fake picture rather than the finished item.

 

There is the displayport logo on the side so it can't be hdmi port.

Also the laptop LCD looks rather thin like that of t4x0s and x30x. So I would imagine this new machine would be similar I'm thickness to these machine class.

 

So will this be able to drive 2 Monitors at the same time? Or a single monitor @ 2560x1440?

 

the docking station probably will allow dual monitors connection, it is inconceivable if we have to go back to single external monitor support of the pre-X200 laptops.

 

The thin lcd should be of concern. The T400s/T410s and X301 have craptacular panels.

 

I think I'll be keeping my X201T's for about two years if possible this time (the X201's I'm selling as soon as the Linux experiment is over), but I would love to see a MUCH lighter convertible when it comes for me to upgrade. 2Kgs is too much of a boat anchor, whatever touch brings to the table (and lets face it, most of the time in the most basic everyday use, it doesn't bring anything).

I'd also like to see a totally revised Ultrabase. There is no way an X201 or an X201T is realistically portable in an Ultrabase - unless you really love lugging concrete blocks. And if you're using it without an external screen it's too high to type on. I'd like them to toss aside the concept of portability for the dock and design a more desk-centric docking station with better port layout and a stand interface.

 

What if you use a desktop DIY graphics card through the expansion slot if it supports two monitors? I think that might be a better way to go than the dock.

 

Can do that. Sandy Bridge chipset supports x1 2.0 (5GT/s), twice as much bandwidth as previous chipsets improving performance.

 

I am hoping you are correct on this. There "leaked" picture might not be finalized. I also think the "traditional" trackpad will come back on 2nd revision on the X221.

 

Of the things that we can see from these pics...
1. Screen size is getting larger? That's the wrong direction.
2. No latch? Problem there too.
3. Touch pad with pressure keys. That's a big problem *if* the pressure activates the keys along the bottom border of the unit. Many people use their laptops on the sofa or in an easy chair and lean the computer up against their stomachs. Pressure keys can kill the usability of the laptop if they go low.
4. Audio combo/3.0/Displayport- all good news!

things we cant see:
Anything on the inside. So there's a lot we dont know and a verdict shouldnt be made...but by looks alone this isnt particularly exciting to this business traveler/run-of-the-mill heavy MS office user.

 

i will never understand why lenovo doesnt paint those ridiculously ugly silver hinges

 

Lenovo has got to address the panel concerns in the 12-14" ThinkPads. It will certainly influence my buying more than it did on the T400, T410 or T410s. Hope they have been listening. We'll see soon enough.

 

Use e.g. the Photoshop's Clone Stamp and Lighter Mask to paint them ThinkPad-lid-black.
Then you'll see why...

 

what's wrong with silver hinges?!...they're just fine.

 

is it because the screen bezel would look even larger?

 

Hey I like the silver hinges. And it could perhaps be to help separate the screen bezel from the rest of the laptop. Either way I think silver on black looks nice.

 

completely agree. this t400 display is horrific and if lenovo doesnt shape up, i'm going apple or samsung.

 

X30x used to have black hinges, as far as I remember.
Anyway, for many ThinkPad users (who care about it) these bare metal hinges are really a kind of very distinctive (ThinkPaddish) trait...

 

http://www.51nb.com/viewnews-63221.html

ThinkPad X220t photos from the same site that provided the X220 photos.

 

Is... is... i... is that... glossy...?

 

Thanks CKX.

The X220t is out.... have a look.... great stuff.

 

I beg to differ. Those silver looks cool. Somehow it gives a sturdier impression on overall black-matte plastic.
Like someone said 'Hey, there is a metal underneath this plastic', well, sort of. Paint it black will create impression that every part of the notebook is plastic.

They can make it symmetric, asymmetric or whatever. Just dont paint them black please.

 

Lol...yeah...I'll second that question: Is that a...glossy??????

And, where is that latch?

 

I calculate the size of X220 on the picture through the known dimensions of the elements (usb, expresscard, power plug)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/..._7ITD-ThX8EmnQNqA/edit?hl=en&authkey=CP7t4sAH

 

I think that is the frameless LCD design that is introduced in some model of x200t.

 

Are they going to be multi-touch or will remain stylus-compatible only?

PS
Waiting for -s version...

PS2
Google translation says: " arc-type TrackPoint button design, and integration of the touch pad buttons "
Is it possible that Trackpoint's buttons are now simply shared with TouchPad?

 

When will new t series be announced? - Lenovo Community

Thanks to Roy whom posted a Japanese website's sneak peak of the T420s.

The T420s don't look too wildly different in shape or chassis design to the T4x0s, however the demo unit on CES is shown with a glossy palmrest, which is ugly. Looks like the new T420s have ditched the ribbed style touchpad.



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What is going on here?!! Glossy palmrests, screens and bezels

 

As I already said - remember those leaked T400s pictures back in dont remember when, but when they first appeared it had 2 thinklights and as already mentioned no latches either?

The same goes for T420s glossy palm rest - remember around a year ago or so there were first pictures of X201t with touchpad from CES or some other big venue, it had glossy palmrest as well. IMO no need to panick, I think both latches as well as matte palmrests will be there as usual

 

google translation of that page says:

so I wouldn't worry (for now)

 

I truly hope that is only a mockup or pre-release model.... Rubberized matte lid + glossy palm rest = messy appearance...

 

let's not get too far ahead of ourselves here.   with the yamato team relocating to yokohama late last year, their time to produce working samples was cut short.   what's shown is an engineering prototype with plastics missing the soft-touch coating.

relax.

 

I was looking at the x220 tablet that was posted earlier and noticed there is no power plug on either side of the tablet. My x201 tablet has the 8 cell battery that covers the whole backside of the tablet (which is why they make the back flat). These pictures of the x220 tablet seem to suggest the same battery setup because the back is also flat which brings the question: "where is the power plug?".

This might very well be a fake.

Link again to the "x220 tablet" pictures.
x220 tablet pictures

You can compare to the pictures in this review of the x201 tablet to see exactly what I mean.
Lenovo Thinkpad x201t full review

 

the X220/X220T power plug is now on the back.

expect the back of the X220T to look close to this:

 

So no 9cell battery? (As I have in my X201T)

Btw any news on those X220's resulution? I really want something better than my 1280x800 I have on this one

 

1. Why wouldn't there be a 9-cell? The battery would just be deeper under the laptop.

3. Expect standard 16:9 resolution of 1366x768.

 

That resolution would really suck :S then its not a highend laptop

 

There's no way they'd move to a glossy finish palm rest on the flagship T-series, they didn't even dare to do that on the ThinkPad Edge series (the lid yes, but not the palm rest). It's a little baffling they'd put a prototype out that indeed has this though, and enough to make you cringe and worry a little...

 

So was this about the only update of the X-series at CES?

 

There was also the t420s.

 

Is that T420s still 16:10?

 

Agreed... Anything less than 800 vertical pixels would be disappointing. If they are moving to 16:9 ratio, 1600x900 would be acceptable by me.

Then again, I probably won't even be upgrading to an X220 any time soon lol... So this probably won't affect me

(Although I may... If it does indeed have the ability to use a miniPCI-E SSD... Then finally an SSD + HDD setup would be feasible on the X200 series)

 

Based on pics on the link, it looks 16:9 to me. The screen is too wide. Goodbye 16:10

 

From the images, doesn't look like it, the edges on either side of the keyboard are too large to be on a 16:10 14" laptop.

The X220t doesn't look bad - I wonder how heat/noise would be with the two-sided cooling duct system similar to the T-series.

The missing bottom UltraNav touchpad buttons are a bit strange though, but I can see why they removed them - the X201t's touchpad was tiny. Having both the touchpad and UltraNav buttons at the top may not be as good ergonomically, but it does allow for a larger touchpad. Either way, since I predominantly use the TrackPoint, it doesn't seem like too big of an issue.

 

There exist matrices 16:9 14 "with a resolution of 1600x900. If this screen are represented in the T410s in the future, it can still be taken.

 

According to this, 16:9 and a horrendous 1366x768 for the X220

Google Translate

Hopefully that site is wrong. If not, there better a higher resolution option for the X220 or with an X220s.

 

Edit: Interesting link under the one you provided, info about ports/chipsets on ThinkPads to come:
http://translate.googleusercontent....&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhjchS6ke-jCRSDzSNNVWTYUW4aoVA
Lots of speculations there, but still interesting read !
No word on mSATA in X series tho.

I think 1366x768 is inevitable for X series just like for any other screen size out there (with 16:9 ratio). The question is whether Lenovo will offer (if there are such panels made) 1600x900 resolution on either X220 or X220s, if theres going to be X220s then it would be natural to offer such resolution just like they did it with 1440x900.