Comments on: Lenovo X200 Review

By: Hokken

Hokken — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:28:23 +0000

Many people seem to bother about the look of the Lenovo x200 and I find it pretty amusing. Serious users need a fast and reliable machine, the Lenovo x200 is a beautiful piece of engineering and is extremely fast and lightweight. I have a 7454-CTO with a P8700, 3gig of ram and 128gig Solid state drive and it is fast as hell. I am doing a lot of development and I would warmly recommend that machine for people who are serious about quality, speed and reliability for others look on the mac side

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:27:12 +0000

Personally, I find the TrackPoint (the nub) to be easier to use than the trackpad. You don’t have to move your fingers off of the keyboard to use it!

However, I know that it’s definitely a personal preference; if you can, try finding a notebook with the nub and disable the trackpad. Use it for a few days and see if you like it!

By: Davis

Davis — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:24:35 +0000

Thanks, great review!!!

I too am thinking about purchasing this laptop. However, my only concern is about the lack of a trackpad.
I’ve used these pressure-nubs or whateer they are called in the past on Thinkpads, but they, at least, always had a trackpad incase I needed it.

I was wondering if you ever feel frustrated not having a trackpad at all, or are you completely OK with the little nub?

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:46:04 +0000

The write speeds are slower (noticeably, but not horrible). It definitely takes longer to install programs than it did on my older HDD-equipped machines.

I can only surmise that your project starts with Hack and ends in -intosh.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:38:59 +0000

I was wondering how you had the photos so well-lit! Looks like a quite spiffy machine, and what a bargain you got!

I’ve read that most SSDs are horribly slow at writes; it’s more complex but that’s basically how it works out. Is this consistent with your experience?

I’ll have to update you soon on *my* laptop project. It’s something you did back in college with your T60, and wireless networking didn’t work then. But that was several release ago. I just need to find my old 60GB drive to install it on.