For cell laptop users that need a small and lightweight system, there are genuinely best options: an underpowered netbook or a greater expensive ultraportable. Netbooks provide amazing battery existence and portability however are normally restrained to light tasks like word processing, checking electronic mail, chatting online and looking popular definition video content material. Meanwhile, ultraportables are pricier, but are small enough for day by day travel and % greater energy than netbooks.

Intel's Dual Core Atom N550 is simply now beginning to hit the market however early reports are handiest showing a 20% or so growth in overall performance over unmarried middle Atom chips. Fortunately, other alternatives are available, like the Lenovo ThinkPad X100e that we will be taking a take a look at today. Lenovo describes the X100e as some thing in-between a netbook and a finances ultraportable, both in terms of pricing and overall performance output.

Along with the 13" ThinkPad Edge that we reviewed in advance this 12 months, the X100e turned into delivered at CES in January. Lenovo presently offers three distinct base models for the X100e: an introductory version priced at $449, a $509 Enhanced version, and the Elite version which begins at $529. Lenovo despatched the Elite for assessment, which functions an upgraded processor and larger tough power.

Our Elite X100e is prepared with an AMD Turion Neo X2-Dual Core L625 operating at 1.6 GHz with 1MB of L2 cache, ATI Radeon HD 3200 photos, 2GB of PC2-5300 DDR2 memory (single stick), a 250GB 5400 RPM Fujitsu difficult power, integrated WiFi, a 6-cell Li-Ion battery, and an 11.6" 1366 x 768 display. Price as configured is $605, which starts offevolved to delve into the budget ultraportable territory.

The first component to word approximately the X100e is its classic ThinkPad look. Despite its netbook footprint, it's still a ThinkPad at heart. Our overview sample is Midnight Black, but the X100e is likewise available in Heatwave Red at no extra fee.