x201/s now available at Lenovo US site

Interesting.. Last I recall was that Laptops sold here in Asia have International Warranty.

 

The Lenovo reseller (in India) from who I bought my R400 very recently told me that a 3-year onsite international warranty is standard on all 'business class' machines. When I asked him what he/Lenovo considered 'business class' machines, he said, the entire ThinkPad line.

When I checked on the Lenovo website (in India) with my machine's model number, I found that at least in my case what the reseller said was true. I should also add that a helpful member of NBR kindly explained to me how to go about checking this info.

Cheers!

 

You might wanna check the IBM order status database

My shipping date is also blank on the Lenovo Order status, but shipping is scheduled for March 22nd on IBM.

 

my order of x201 has arrived at Anchorage, AK, US yesterday.

 

I wonder what this will do to my price if I decide to sell my new X200s.....

 

I ordered an x201 the past weekend.

INTELCI5-540M2.53GHZ3MBL3
GENUWIN7PROFES.64
4GBPC3-8500 1067MHZ
TRACKPW/FINGERREAD+TOUCHP
500GBHARDDISKDRIVE7200RPM
THPADX200SER-6CELLLI-IONBAT
IN.CENT.ULTIMATE-N 6300

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Not sure when they will ship it. The status is still "In Process".

 

Do remember that there is a shortage of labor in China after Chinese New Years and this is for many manufacturers including clothes and bags. I know this for sure because my wife is in Guangzhou now.

http://www.thinkpads.com/2010/03/06/chinese-labor-shortage-leading-to-lcd-shortage/

 

Wow I just checked the IBM order status database instead of the lenovo one and it seems to have more information. Like everyone else the lenovo check has a blank estimate shipping and status: in process. However with the IBM order status the status says scheduled to ship! Is that for everyone though? Can someone check the ibm order status and see if theirs says the same?

 

Where can I buy the x201s without modem for lower weight? According to the pdf at lenovos site it should be possible.

 

does anyone knows what is the speed capability of the embedded modem inside the x201 for AT&T? Is it HSDPA, HSPA? Thanks

 

i was thinking the same thing b4 made my order, cuz i never used the card reader or the modem. but it's not an option to make a change on that...
i'll dismantle the machine and unplug that module, throw it away...
maybe you can ask the sales rep, doesn't hurt to ask.

 

from IBM database, i got a result. the estimated ship date is the same as b4: 03/17/2010

and the status "Scheduled to ship" really made me happy for a while, i figured my machine is ready to ship.....
but then i checked the status explanation:

In process
Your order for this item has been received in our system and is being processed.

Scheduled to ship
The entire quantity of the item has been scheduled to ship.

Accepted by source of supply
The entire quantity of the item has been accepted by the source of supply and has been placed in the build queue of a specific plant.

In manufacturing
The entire quantity of the item is being built.

Shipped
The entire quantity of the item has shipped from the plant.

just realized that my laptop hasn't been manufactured yet...the order just went through 2 of 5 steps b4 leaving their factory....it's been 6 days since i made the payment, but they haven't put my order in the build queue, what the heck....


don't be happy until you see the status "in manufacturing"..i guess it'll only take 2 or 3 days to manufacture, at that point your machine will be very close to ship...but i dont understand why these people waste so long time before they send the order to the factory!

 

dang good catch....i see it now. well that sucks. my order isn't for the x201 it was for the t410s which i ordered 2/15. it's been frustrating that nobody has received a t410s yet. what gives?

 

I live in sweden and cant order from lenovo USA anyway :/ but I will ask when I see it for sell on for example ebay or if sweden gets it..

you think that will work? just remove it, please post here when you done it and how much the weight was

I am a weight-freak and wanna get the laptop as light as possible.

 

Still can't decide what battery to get, 6 cell sticks out the bottom and 9 cell sticks out the back and bottom...

 

does anyone know where I can order a x201s with the following specs, want it shipped to sweden also

i7-640LM
win7 Home Premium 64
8 GB ram
only TrackPoint
160 GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm
3-1 Media Card Reader WITHOUT modem
4 cell Li-Ion Battery
Bluetooth w/ antenna
Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250

 

Does anybody know what this means?

LOUISVILLE, KY, US 03/09/2010 12:08 P.M. THIS SHIPMENT IS WAREHOUSED UNTIL IT IS RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY 03/09/2010 11:39 A.M. THIS SHIPMENT IS WAREHOUSED UNTIL IT IS RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY
ANCHORAGE, AK, US 03/07/2010 9:22 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
SHANGHAI, CN 03/07/2010 9:55 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
SHANGHAI, CN 03/05/2010 9:50 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
03/05/2010 8:08 P.M. EXPORT SCAN
03/05/2010 10:05 A.M. ORIGIN SCAN
CN 03/05/2010 11:58 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

 

It means it's going through customs.

 

Why do you want it shipped to Sweden? lol

 

Perhaps hes not from US and A and lives in Europe, Sweden ?

 

Ordered monday morning (UK) it was dispatched today

-x201
-i7 620M
-8GB ram
-6 cell battery

Also ordered an 80GB Intel X25-M

So, this should be a beast!!!

 

8gb ram..... beast

you ordered this monday morning??? oh why they ship to uk so fast...my order hasn't been produced yet, i've been waiting for a whole week!

 

Because we pay double what you pay, its the least they could do

 

Thats different to Lenovo UK, mine says "released" and beforehand was "submitted".

 

I've ordered mine using myus.com, they received the money and now they are processing the order. I believe Lenovo has to use a US credit card so I am not able to supply and have to pay their 5% services for personal shopper. Cross the finger I hope they are doing the right thing.

 

Slightly off-topic but does anyone know how to carry over the win 7 lenovo theme to a new clean install of win 7? I've copied the theme over from c:\windows\resources...searched the web and even used something called a "patcher" and still no go..

 

Crumbled and got bored of waiting for Arrandale Macs to come out, and the 10% off from Lenovo was too much to resist.

Just ordered an i5-540m, 2Gb (will upgrade to 8Gb when 4Gig sticks drop a bit), 320Gb 7200 (to be replaced with an SSD when they reach 3rd gen), 9 cell, 3G WWAN, touchpad and fingerprint.

Looking forward to using a Thinkpad as my main personal machine, only thing i think i'll miss about my Mac is the trackpad size.

 

Core i7 option is gone one more time. Lenovo's SCM is very bad.

 

The X201s is gone from the site again. I wonder when they will be available again.

 

So is the 9-cell battery option for the x201 !

 

I am going to guess that Apple must have placed a huge order for those cpu's to use in their Macbook Air update so all the little guys ended up with no cpu's

 

i cannot build a x201s configure on the lenevo website . why ?

 

I was looking for an X201T, but that's gone too. I wonder if they've put a hold on selling some of the X201 models for some reason.

 

As has been said many times already, there is a shortage of the low voltage core i 7's right now, so any notebook that has that has been temporarily pulled from Lenovo's site.

 

And will surely be said many more times... Thanks for replying though!

 

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound snotty, but it has been mentioned quite a bit here already. ^^ Some have speculated that it could be 4 or more weeks until supply is replenished, we don't really know right now.

 

No worries -- I usually check before I post, but not this time for some reason... Anyway, that's a shame. I was going to propose a computer upgrade to a X201t to my bosses, but if there's nothing to buy, there's nothing to propose.

A little bit off topic: Since the X201t probably won't be available for a while, are there any other tablets (or even just notebooks) with good quality 8-bit screens that maintain color accuracy across wide viewing angles? That was the biggest selling point for me with the X201t. To be honest, I'm not even sure I want a tablet -- I just want the high quality display!

 

I honestly don't know if the screen is 8 bit (I'm sure others could say), but I'd suggest the X200T, it's still available. You can read the review here if you like. It got high marks for it's screen quality and is apparently an IPS screen.

 

Ordered X201 on April 19th. Still processing. So sad.

 

That's just 5 days so far, that's not bad.

 

I just got mine for a week now, very happy .. but have to get use to have the trackpad again. Didnt use it much since I havent using a trackpad for 2 years now (x61)

 

To those who are thinking of getting a x201T, don't get the multitouch screen, if you want better viewing angle.

 

That's what I've read... I plan on getting the 400 nit outdoor screen IF they're ever available again. Are there any resellers offering them?

 

Has anyone figured out where to buy the 94 WH battery for the x201(s)?

 

That's the 9 cell battery. Lenovo recently increased the watt hour capacity on their batteries. Look at my sig if you can't find the part at Lenovo.com.

 

Is this the new 94 WHR battery for the X201s?

Lenovo - Find accessories for your laptop and desktop - Batteries & Power 43R9255

 

It looks like it. ^ ^