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SKU: CNETLenovoThinkPadX300
Manufacturer: Lenovo
Manufacturer description
ThinkPad X Series notebooks put the ultra in ultraportable. They're designed for on-the-go professionals who need maximum portability and light weight. And there's no trade-off in usability or durability. The latest breakthrough - the amazing ThinkPad X300 - combines an ultra-thin DVD burner, Solid State storage and next-generation ThinkPad "roll cage" technology to create the thinnest, lightest full-featured notebook in the 13" widescreen class. And it's the "greenest" ThinkPad ever.Product summary
The good: Extremely thin and light; sleekest ThinkPad yet; built-in DVD burner, plus WWAN, GPS, and wireless USB.
The bad: Solid-state drive comes at a high premium; touch pad's location makes it easy to accidentally graze while typing.
The bottom line: The ThinkPad X300 breaks new ground by packing a broad display, full-size keyboard, and nearly every feature a mobile user needs into a sleek, lightweight case.
CNET editors' review
- Editors' Choice: Yes
- Reviewed on: 02/23/2008
We're not even two months into the new year, and we've already seen Apple's remarkably slim favorite ultraportable laptops--until this week, when we got our hands on the Lenovo ThinkPad X300. The newest addition to the ThinkPad X series incorporates the best of the MacBook Air (13.3-inch display, full-size keyboard, thickness less than one inch) with the best of the Portege R500 (solid-state hard drive, thorough selection of ports) while also adding its own great features, such as a built-in DVD burner, WWAN connectivity, and GPS. The X300's ThinkPad DNA is evident in its instantly recognizable black, square-edged case, but at 0.73 inch thick and weighing anywhere from 2.9 pounds to 3.5 pounds (depending on your battery and optical drive choices), it's simply the sleekest ThinkPad yet. The biggest criticism of the ThinkPad X300 is its price: the base configuration costs $2,476 and goes up from there. But innovative design, thorough features, and cutting-edge components don't come cheap, and the ThinkPad X300 is truly unique in its balance of portability and usability.
| Price as reviewed / starting price | $2,936 / $2,476 |
| Processor | 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SL7100 |
| Memory | 2GB of 667MHz |
| Hard drive | 64GB solid-state drive |
| Graphics | Intel GMA X3100 (integrated) |
| Operating System | Windows XP Professional |
| Dimensions (WDH) | 12.5 x 9.1 x 0.73 inches |
| Screen size (diagonal) | 13.3 inches |
| System weight / Weight with AC adapter | 3.4 / 4.0 pounds |
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Aside from the laptop's dimensions, the design changes with the ThinkPad X300 have been incremental. The ultraportable still features a rectangular black case built around a magnesium chassis. There's still a blue ThinkVantage button above the keyboard, a fingerprint reader below it, and a keyboard light on the top edge of the display. However, ThinkPad fans will notice small changes that make the X300 a bit more attractive. The lid and wrist rest feature an appealing soft matte finish; the ThinkVantage, power, and mute buttons glow when pressed; and the front edge is devoid of any ports or switches.
In addition to the keyboard light, the ThinkPad X300's display bezel includes a 1.3-megapixel Webcam and a noise-canceling digital microphone for Web conferencing. The matte-finish display itself features a 1,440x900 native resolution that's sharper than that of the MacBook Air and other similarly sized screens, resulting in text and icons that are a bit smaller than you'd expect. The sharper resolution doesn't cause tremendous problems, though we did find ourselves pumping up the font size on a newspaper's Web site so we could read a lengthy article. We also zoomed in a bit when working on documents and spreadsheets. The trade-off: more screen real estate for multitasking and, when it's time for a break, beautiful video.
Given the amount of typing the typical executive does through the course of the work day, a keyboard can make or break an ultraportable. The ThinkPad X300 actually uses the same keyboard found on Lenovo's 14- and 15-inch models--which is to say, not the condensed keyboard found on previous X series models and many ultraportable laptops from other manufacturers. After conducting an entire morning's work--and writing this review--on the ThinkPad X300, we still don't feel like we've been typing on a laptop. We love it.
Lenovo decided to include both the red eraser-head TrackPoint pointing stick and a touch pad on the ThinkPad X300. The decision is understandable: many ThinkPad users are viscerally attached to their TrackPoints, while other users can't stand it, so why not include both methods? However, the double sets of mouse buttons seem to run counter to the overall theme of simplification that the ThinkPad X300 embodies. In order to make room for the TrackPoint's buttons, the touch pad is placed rather low on the wrist rest, with its buttons near the laptop's front edge. Fortunately, the ThinkPad X300 is thin enough that we could use the touch pad with our wrist resting on a desk surface--or on our leg, when the laptop was in our lap. Of greater concern is the fact that, during our lazier typing moments when our wrists dropped to the wrist rest, we were likely to graze the touch pad and accidentally misplace the cursor.
| Lenovo ThinkPad X300 | Average for ultraportable category | |
| Video | VGA-out | VGA-out |
| Audio | Stereo speakers, headphone/microphone jacks | Headphone/microphone jacks |
| Data | Three USB 2.0 | Two USB 2.0, mini-FireWire, mulitformat memory card reader |
| Expansion | None | PC Card or ExpressCard slot |
| Networking | Ethernet, 802.11 a/g/n, Bluetooth, WWAN, GPS | Modem, Ethernet, 802.11 a/b/g Wi-Fi, optional Bluetooth, optional WWAN |
| Optical drive | DVD burner | None, or DVD burner |
The ThinkPad X300 is an interesting exercise in minimalism. The laptop lacks some features that would be considered standard on an ultraportable, such as an expansion card slot or multiformat memory card reader, both of which are found on the Toshiba Portege R500. But it adds features that will likely be of higher value to mobile workers, such as WWAN, wireless USB, and even GPS. More notably, it incorporates many features that the MacBook Air does not, including two more USB ports, an Ethernet connection, and a built-in DVD burner. These additions make the ThinkPad X300 a realistic choice for use as a primary computer, which is a major advantage over its Apple competitor, especially given the price.
The base model of the ThinkPad X300 costs a hefty $2,476. Much of that price can be attributed to the laptop's 64GB solid-state drive, which promises faster application launch and boot times as well as a longer lifetime than a traditional hard drive with moving parts. (Unlike the MacBook Air, which comes in a low-cost configuration with a traditional spinning hard drive, the ThinkPad X300 is available only with a solid-state drive.) Our review unit included a few upgrades--twice as much RAM as the base configuration, plus WWAN, GPS, and an extended-life six-cell battery--that brought the price to $2,936. That's a bit high, even for an ultraportable, but still below the cost of a MacBook Air equipped with a solid-state drive.
Like the MacBook Air, the ThinkPad X300 incorporates Intel's new small-form-factor Core 2 Duo CPU, though with a slightly slower clock speed. That slower speed is at least partly to blame for the ThinkPad X300 trailing behind the MacBook Air on the multimedia multitasking portion of CNET Labs' performance benchmarks. Fortunately the ThinkPad's 2GB of RAM helped it keep up with the MacBook Air on our Photoshop test, where it also scored well ahead of the Toshiba Portege R500. As with any Core 2 Duo system, the ThinkPad X300 proved more than adequate for typical business productivity tasks, including Web surfing, media playback, and running office applications. We were able to conduct a full morning's work while streaming music over the wireless connection without any stuttering or noticeable performance issues.
In anecdotal testing of the ThinkPad X300 with the six-cell battery, we were able to get between 3 and 4 hours of battery life, depending on our usage and screen brightness settings. On CNET Labs' DVD battery drain test, the ThinkPad X300 died out after 3 hours, 43 minutes, just 20 minutes before the MacBook Air. That's obviously not enough juice for a full day of work away from the desk, but it is nearly an hour longer than the Portege R500's battery life. Here's another place where the ThinkPad X300's built-in DVD is an advantage: you can purchase an additional three-cell battery that fits inside the drive bay to extend your mobile computing time. Also an advantage: the ThinkPad X300's removable battery, which is remarkable only because users cannot replace the battery in the MacBook Air.
As Lenovo has moved toward offering built-to-order systems, the company has dropped the baseline warranty for ThinkPads to a single year. Extending coverage to three years costs $119; other reasonably priced upgrades add coverage for accidental drops or spills and LCD damage. The preloaded suite of ThinkVantage applications helps users troubleshoot problems, and Lenovo's support Web site includes the expected troubleshooting topics, driver downloads, and user guides.
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System configurations:
Lenovo Thinkpad X300
Windows XP Professional SP2; 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo L7100; 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 384MB Mobile Intel 965GM Express; 64GB Samsung Solid State Drive
Apple MacBook Air - 1.6GHz / 13.3 inch
OS X 10.5.1 Leopard; Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6GHz; 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 144MB Intel GMA X3100; 80GB Samsung 4,200rpm
HP Compaq 2710p
Windows Vista Business Edition; 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage U7600; 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 148MB Mobile Intel 965GM Express; 80GB Toshiba 4,200rpm
Toshiba Portege R500-S5003
Windows XP Professional SP2; 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage U7600; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 224MB Mobile Intel 945GM Express; 64GB Samsung Solid State Drive
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10/10
Best laptop OI ave ever had. I love it
Pros: It is the lightest one I've ever had. Its fast and has good bettery life
Cons: I only wish the Hard drive was larger than 64 Gig and that these solid state drives were less expensive so I could get a bibber one
User Rating: 10/10
Very versatile, light
Pros: light and versatile
Cons: The cost of the 128 GB SSD remained above $300 for a very long time.
I would prefer a larger screen, but the trade-off for a dependable, light international laptop is easy to make.
User Rating: 10/10
Best laptop I have ever used.
Pros: This thing is great. long battery life (5 hours with the 6 cell and secondary 3 cell) sips power when you aren't running heavy applications. Best resolution of any 13 inch screen!
Cons: pricey, but can get on ebay for under a grand
The only negative for me is that the finger print scanner doesn't work on resume occasionally.
I sold the 64GB SSD for a 128GB SSD for the same price, that made all the difference to me.
Hands down I wouldn't trade mine for the world.
User Rating: 
2/10
Good laptop Horrible company
Pros: Good slick design and reliable laptop compare to HP compaq
Cons: HORRIBLE just HORRIBLE customer service, laptop was shipped 4 weeks delay, Customer service does not care about you , If this company will not improve their support in America the better close here and stay at the Asian market .
User Rating: 2/10
Terrible Customer Service, Expensive Laptop
Pros: This is a fast laptop - but it freezes often, and I've only been using it for 5 days!
Cons: Beware- Lenovo Customer service is terrible. My laptop came without a CD Drive and they told me that I should have "requested" one - although the website says that optical drives are included!
Mine came without a CD drive, and I spent 3 days trying to get Sales on the phone to find out why this happened. I will have to pay a $400 fee to get a new laptop with a CD drive - and a $200 fee if I just want to return this one. Be careful when you order this, if you must.
Or just try a Sony Vaio SZ series instead.
User Rating: 
5/10
Disappointing display but light. Old software.
Pros: Nice pointing devices, fast bootup. Light. Good wifi antenna in lid.
Cons: Sleep mode crashes, ships without .Net framework with XP. Required for power mode drivers that make sleep mode work. Ships direct from Lenovo 1-09 with outdated software, over 200MB of additional updates needed after .net framework installed.
Look for discount offers when using Lenovo direct website. They flash on the screen after you save your cart. Refreshing may bring them back long enough to click them. It got mine to about $1300 w DVD drive.
Updated on Jan 12, 2009RELIABILITY PROBLEMS; makes popping noise and all power lost for just long enough to loose all my work. Called tech support but (no surprise) their computers are down so they are not allowed to help anyone. I can't reduce the star rating on an update but I believe Lenovo is sending defective products to extract a 15% restocking fee when they are returned for a refund. This greatly exceeds the average PC profit margin esp since they sold this to me at $1300. Now They say they can't take it back at all because I opened the cardboard box.
PLEASE CNET give us some reliability ratings on different brands of laptops. My toshiba lasted 4 years till it cooked when the fan died.
User Rating: 
1/10
caveat emptor!
Pros: thin and light
Cons: WiFi capability that did not work and terrible customer service
User Rating: 10/10
Outstanding mobility with fast response...
Pros: I carry my laptop room to room all day long. This machine's light weight, stiff construction, and thin form factor are perfect for my needs. Software speed is several times faster than my prior HP TC4200. Built in DVD is a plus.
Cons: An SD card slot would be helpful.
User Rating: 1/10
Fan Noise VERY loud and bad service
Pros: Size, Weight
Cons: Fan
Service
Pre-Installed Software
User Rating: 1/10
Don't buy crappy product-repairs will cost you
Pros: Can't say anything, used it couple of hours before it broke
Cons: Lenovo, Lenovo and again...Lenovo.
User Rating: 1/10
DO NOT BUY THIS GARBAGE PRODUCT
Pros: It makes a good door stopper
Cons: Keyboard flex
SSD drive memory failure
Speakers
No hard drive space
Optical drive failure
Motherboard failure
Now Lenovo wants $3,000 to fix it, when it had been DOA on arrival.
DO NOT BUY!
User Rating: 10/10
Greatest... Laptop... Ever...
Pros: Hyperbolic?
OK, sorry.
But, I love this machine. While definitely pricey, it delivers. Great screen, great performance. I added the solid state HD which makes a big difference. And, integrated 3G wireless changed my business travel experience.
Cons: Pricey. And, I am not a TrackPoint (the red button Thinkpad mouse) guy, so I disabled it.
User Rating: 10/10
Outstanding Design and Performance!!!
Pros: The X300 is a work of art in the arena of the ultra portables. The very durable Think Pad design is a great plus while traveling. Offers a near perfect balance between performance and portability. Really nice keyboard and display.
Cons: A bit pricey but still worth it.
The durable Think Pad design is a great plus in this ultra-portable that can be of great benefit for the on-the-go person. I can anticipate many hours of use from this machine both at home and while on the road.
User Rating: 
6/10
Nice laptop
Pros: It is a very light product with an excellent processing capacity.
Cons: black and too dull in its appearance.
User Rating: 
4/10
Good Design but......
Pros: The laptop is great and light weight
Cons: The port replicator that comes with it was a poor designed. There is no way to power on the laptop without opening the lid. The Ethernet port is USB, so there is a problem with connectivity.
Don't get the port replicator if you decide to purchase this laptop. Just plug the peripherals directly into the laptop. You are better off without the replicator.
User Rating: 
8/10
No more blistered palms!
Pros: The weight (or lack thereof), the DVD burner built in, the full-size key board and the cool palm-rest, in every sense
Cons: The smaller on-screen font-size, the limited battery life, VISTA
On the downside: The default font sizes are quite small. Some can be changed--you can zoom in Explorer, lower the resolution a bit, and change some of the fonts in Outlook, but others you are stuck with. The 6-cell battery costs extra and still you get short of four hours time (on simpler ThinkPads I got up to 6 with a new long-life battery), though there is the option of an additional 3-cell bay battery that can replace the DVD burner. And there is no option to downgrade to XP, so you are stuck with VISTA--it's change-for-change's-sake alterations, so you have to learn how to do the same things differently; pale on-screen colors (some of which can be changed, others not); and the need to buy new versions of some software and, in my case, a VISTA-worthy printer. I still haven't figured out how to connect to my VPN. VISTA makes everything more complicated.
But these annoyances aside: this is the one you want if you cannot imagine life without ThinkPad, and if you are tired of your Mac-owning spouse looking down his nose at your screen and special features.
User Rating: 4/10
Poor Value for the Price
Pros: Small, lightweight
Cons: Poor quality DVD player, keyboard failed after two months, Lenovo does not have parts in warehouse.
User Rating: 
3/10
Lenovo conflicts with Vista and Verizon Network Conf.
Pros: Great computer when it works
Cons: Customer & Technical Support staff are stressed and not helpful
User Rating: 6/10
Amazing, but with one major drawback
Pros: Portable, SSD HD, bright LED display, durable
Cons: No docking station
User Rating: 6/10
nice lookin machine
Pros: good size for a laptop
Cons: more than i'd like to spend
User Rating: 3/10
Save yourself a headache, don't deal with IBM/Lenovo
Pros: size, features
Cons: IBM/Lenovo incompetence
User Rating: 10/10
Excellent product
Pros: Keyboard, display, features
Cons: Missing SD Card slot
User Rating: 4/10
Beware defective touchpad
Pros: Lightweight, DVD Player, SSD
Cons: Touchpad tap doesn't work correctly.
Dimensions are good, large enough for a good keyboard. Light-ish with the DVD and the 6 cells pack. Very silent due to the SSD drive.
BUT I'm a touchpad user (and don't try to convert me, I won't try to convert you).
There's a sensitivity problem with the touchpad I wish I knew before buying. It's way harder to get the pad to register a tap on the X300 than on any previous thinkpad/mac I've owned before. It seems to be a general problem with the X300. This is unacceptable for a 3000$+ laptop, no matter how low the $ has sunk.
http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=X_Series_Thinkpads&message.id=1154
I'm surprised CNET didn't find that problem during their review.
User Rating: 10/10
The perfect laptop computer
Pros: Quality, Quality, Quality. DVD-RW in a 3lb package
Cons: Price (really nothing else, thus 10 out of 10)
Everything about it is just done right. The keyboard and display are superb, the performance is more than adequate for anything but graphics intensive activities, and the DVD burner makes backing up easy.
User Rating: 6/10
Keyboard is a real problem
Pros: Thin, with a webcam
Cons: Mushy, flexing keyboard
User Rating: 
9/10
If you don't own an X300, don't write a review for one!
Pros: Feature set, size, and mobility
Cons: Expensive and I wish they was a slightly faster processor
I personally own an X300 and I have to say it is amazing. It has every possibly connectivity option you can think, a full sized keyboard, and a 1440 x 900 resolution in a 13.3in notebook!! The SSD hard drive makes the machine very fast, and because it is a thinkpad it doesn't feel flimsy at all. The only complaint I have is that I wish there were faster processor options, but for everyday tasks it is perfectly acceptable. While the X300 is slightly expensive, you are definitely getting what you pay for.
Yea yea yea the Macbook air is thinner and weighs less, but who in the world can survive with one USB?!?! No matter what reasons you come up with... one USB is just not practical, period. Or how about if you're on a plane and your battery dies... with the Air you're basically stuck. Plus, batteries that go through normally usage, usually need to be replaced in 2-3 years. I can't wait to see how much apple is going to charge people when they need to send their Air in and have them replace the battery. The X300 may weigh half a pound more than the Air, but in that half a pound you gain so many more features. With the X300 you really get the whole kitchen sink and then some.
User Rating: 9/10
I'm not gonna say that I don't miss my X60s, but this is a valient replacement.
Pros: Weight, size, brightness controls, speakers, battery life considering reduciton in battery size
Cons: battery life consider I could squeeze 8-10 hours out of an x-60s. A little sluggish, but that could just be Vista.
To preface, this is the first system I've owned that runs Vista, which has been on the market long enough for me to feel comfortable using it. Granted people are switching back, but I don't plan on having compatibility issues using this laptop for solely school. That said, as a student I am out and about most of the day, so I'm very please with how well the battery lasts especially while in sleep. Granted, my x-60s would make it through two or more days without needing a charge, great for when i literally get in so late that i have only enough energy to drop my bag and flop in bed. So a little more maintainance is required on that part, but not a big deal. The OS feels sluggish but i think that's just windows. Videos run well and i just like the feel of the laptop. Good Old thinkpad quality keyboard and relatively sturdy build. I was worried about stretching into wide-screen making the thin form more flimsy, but it has not been an issue yet.
Overall, I'm very pleased with the product, but I probably would not have opted to pay full price for it (saved $1100 because my mom works for IBM). But for $2500, fully loaded, it definitely gets the nod.
User Rating: 9/10
Amazing, SSD is crazy fast
Pros: High res screen, very fast with SSD
Cons: Price, battery life with the standard battery
User Rating: 4/10
1 Big Problem
Pros: Lots of features
Cons: Just plain ugly
User Rating: 9/10
The perfect Ultra-portable ... ALMOST
Pros: Thin profile, solid state HDD, Vista not required, good battery life, ideal keyboard and cursor options
Cons: Non-standard AC power input; no PC/Express slot, larger footprint than any prior X models, limited built out options
All around, my XP X300 booted up amazingly fast (because no hard drive), and loading it up to place in service was fast. I charged the battery fully before starting, and then disconnected it from the wall before booting up. I ran solely on battery for the setup, much of which involved loading Office and other software from the DVDs, and transferring files via gigabit Ethernet. When I shut it down for the night after 3.9 hrs, it still registered 33 minutes on the power meter.
The X300 quickly found our wifi, asked for the key, and connected. My unit has 3gb of memory. Surfing, file transfer and setup all seemed much faster than any X or Z model prior. I did not buy WWAN because Verizon will not let you purchase unlimited access, and requires a $175 disconnect fee if you don't pay for a year contract. I felt safer to plan on a Cingular tether GPRS, or Sprint USB WWAN device, because of their plans (including unlimited from Sprint).
I was deeply disappointed that after owning 8 X&Z models, the "Lenovo Standard" A/C plug was missing: The X300 power tip is new and incompatable with any other tip by any manufacturer. This means no free extra power supplies, unless you can find a suitable tip from Targus or iGo.
As I was checking out through the Lenovo web purchasing site, I was offered a rechargeable pcmcia mouse as an option. I bought it, only to realize when it arrived that the X300 has NO PCMCIA or ExpressCard slot. Ugh!
I covet the small form factor of the earlier X models, but the X300's large screen and spacious keyboard may be a plus for some. The X300 is about 3 lbs with optical drive (excluding power supply).
After I had given my credit-card data to Lenovo to check out, a message popped up stating that it would take 3-4 weeks for delivery. I was really irritated because I omitted all the options that included warnings that they would delay shipping. NEVERTHELESS, my X300 arrived in 6 business days, shipped to a small town in the South. Go figure.
I decided to get the X300 after eliminating the Toshiba R500 (bad reviews, 1.75 lb model is discontinued) and the Sony VAIO. I have had prior Sony PCG notebooks that were great (major objection was that the touch pad is your thumb-rest, leading to inadvertent cursor placement while typing), but the Lenovo Keyboard and joystick pointer tipped the scale in favor of the X300. While Lenovo got it mostly right, I am still awaiting the perfect notebook: large on the inside, small on the outside, with standard A/C and PCMCIA interfaces. Now that they have shown a DVD drive in a computer the thickness of the X-31, I hope Lenovo produces a true X-70? with the small footprint of x-40, same thin-ness, and standard A/C and PCMCIA as from the old X series.
User Rating: 9/10
Great start for an UltraPortable ssd system
Pros: Lenovo Thinkpad evolution still innovative
Cons: docking, sd, expresscard
A swappable battery is absolutly necessary.
Thinkpads are not typically multimedia beasts, and this gives nice tradeoff features. Good speakers, optional webcam, etc.
In notebooks, there is always a tradeoff in performance vs power consumption. 25% reduction in power is awesome green. For 95% typical business use, dual core 1.2 is not stellar; but more than adequate for stuff like Word, Excel, Powerpoint, casual browsing, DVD watching, etc.
Vista is available on the x300 if you try to configure one.
Internal DVD is great, as a swappable device makes it even better. I havn't found out if burner is DVD DL (more a curiosity than a need for me).
Beauty is relative. I support both PCs and Macs. As Macs age, the "Apple white" shows more discolorations, scuffs, scratches, and especially gross hairs, crumbs, and derma in the keyboard :-P. Personally, I like black better.
Business thinkpads NEED a good docking solution. All I see available is a USB dock, which IMHO are slow, unreliable, and still require a second connector (for power). Expresscard support would be nice for some of these concerns and additional expansion.
SD card support would be nice, as in their other Xnn models.
Looking at the support site, Lenovo does list an internal 120GB 8mm Micro-SATA hard drive FRU part number. coming soon to a base model?
The docs on that site says they were last updated on 2007-10-06, so this has obviously been in the works for a while, and not just a quick response to the airbook.
After perusing the Lenovo support site on the x300, I'm very hopeful that follow-on models in the works will address many of the reasonable concerns.
rich
User Rating: 10/10
Perfect, Unbelievable, BUY!!!
Pros: everything a notebook can be worth
Cons: can't think of any
User Rating: 3/10
1440x900 is a TOY, Not a Business Machine
Pros: Lighter is better
Cons: 1440x900 is a TOY, Not a Business Machine
NOTE: Vertical resolution matters MORE in business. The vertical resolution determines how easy it is to read a full page of a document.
The x300 sacrifices vertical resolution, and gives instead slightly more useless horizontal resolution.
I'll pass, thanks. I would rather buy another X61T than this silly ass machine.
User Rating: 9/10
A spectacular machine!
Pros: Everyone know
Cons: Without a normal HD option
User Rating: 10/10
Tips for Thinkpad Software
Pros: The most powerful and useful laptop software
Cons: It costs a little system resource
User Rating: 3/10
X300, more expensive, slower, uglier. Hmmmm
Pros: More plugins and drive built in
Cons: slower, uglier, stuck with windows, lacks new features in track pad
Sorry, but there is NO INNOVATION here. ONly a shrinking of the same old -- same old.
User Rating: 9/10
great laptop to do work on, decent for media
Pros: 3lbs, optical drive, led lcd, thinkpad, ect.
Cons: small ssd, no option for hdd
User Rating: 6/10
full featured, but slow
Pros: Full size keyboard, built in optical drive
Cons: Much slower than the Macbook Air
User Rating: 9/10
It looks so tasty!
Pros: Dimension, weight, and the built-in DVD
Cons: CPU frequency and price
User Rating: 9/10
Best in Class as of 02/26/08
Pros: SSD Standard, X-Series with INTEGRATED optical bay, 12Watt Processor, LED backlight
Cons: Still no Penryn (45nm processors) in ThinkPads
User Rating: 10/10
Balancing out the idiot reviews
Pros: Usability, Lightweight, Keyboard, Eraser Point, Removable Batt, ThinkPad Classic
Cons: CPU performance, Lack of HDD option atm, no SD or express card slot, weak graphic
As for my own personal input. Not sure if Lenovo will update this laptop once Montevina is released. It will boost performance and improve battery life. If that occurs, then this laptop will be a very good buy.
User Rating: 
7/10
Thinkpad X61s is better, but has no SSD
Pros: thin, light, SSD
Cons: slow, costly
User Rating: 5/10
Old Tech! Slow Tech!
Pros: Old users will be comfortable with OS
Cons: Slow and Still uses Clunky old OS
User Rating: 9/10
Man I want one!!!
Pros: Light weight, features, quality, trackpoint
Cons: Price is hefty
The biggest advantage of the X300 is the connectivity. WWAN, WiMAX, UWB, 802.11N, etc. make the X300 a great system today and over the next two years. I don't need the DVD drive, so I'll probably opt for the additional 3 cell battery in the bay instead...the extra 1.5+ hours will be more useful for my needs. And even though CNET had some problems with the high-res screen, I prefer them. I run my T60p at 1440x900...so the fonts will be very comfortable. On Tuesday I'll be looked at the X300 in the Lenovo website. I'll probably upgrade the warranty to 3 years warranty as well, since I plan to keep the laptop that long.
User Rating: 9/10
best option for roadwarriors. period.
Pros: ports+feature set. ugly but functional design. sturdy.
Cons: touchpad+stick clutters if used with mouse. no opt for hdd or faster processor to reduce price. ugly but functional design.
i really like this computer, but unfortunately, its not for me. it has too much in there! i do not need a dvd player at all times..i do not need all those ports all the time. i do not need a touchpad and a stick. it was never made for me, but this thing is amazing nevertheless.
i own a mba and a lenovo ideapad y510. if i was a businessman, i would probably have a mbp and a thinkpadx300 setup instead. this computer deserves a 10 because of its ports+features, but a -1 because of its lack of flexibility in price and its lack of flexibility with a broader targeted audience. It's perfect for someone else. Just not me.
User Rating: 1/10
Lenovo sucks
Pros: Feature set
Cons: Simply, Lenovo the brand
User Rating: 10/10
Makes the MacBook Air full of hot air
Pros: 3lb laptop with little sacrifice and even includes a DVD burner
Cons: As always with Thinkpads, not the most attractive thing in the world.
User Rating: 7/10
More practical than Macbook Air
Pros: Size,Resolution
Cons: SSD space, Card slots
I guess apple is going with the whole "buy a terabyte Mac Pro for home and access those files on the go" kind of thinking. So I guess your ultraportable choice relys on your lifestyle and budget.
Regardless, This is one step closer to a full feature UP than the Air, So I'll tip my hat.
User Rating: 1/10
Too Expensive
Pros: Lots of features
Cons: Price too high
User Rating: 10/10
You can disable the touchpad if you don't like it!
Pros: size, weight, prize, design
Cons: can't come with a cheaper traditional hard drive
User Rating: 9/10
worth my time
Pros: Functionality, Design, and Size
Cons: Price is a little high
User Rating: 1/10
Touchpads SUCK.
Pros: Keyboard, size
Cons: Touchpad, touchpad, touchpad
I HATE TOUCHPADS. WHOEVER MADE THIS DECISION RUINED A BEAUTIFUL MACHINE.
User Rating: 9/10
Apple - Take some notes here...
Pros: Fits in a manila envelope AND YET has 3 usb ports, optical drive, removable battery, ethernet, higher resolution
Cons: Design isn't that great [compared to macbook air, ofcourse]
