Over the past yr I've had the opportunity to review nearly 1/2 a dozen Lenovo notebooks including fashions from the purchaser-level IdeaPad line as well as the enterprise-oriented ThinkPad series.

Living as much as its reputation, I've usually been pleased with Lenovo's general construct exceptional and overall performance. The lately reviewed IdeaPad U260 changed into a real paintings of art and excelled in nearly every category besides for one -- it narrowly missed Intel's Sandy Bridge processor refresh which might have supplied even higher all-round CPU and GPU overall performance.

Today we will be searching at our first pocket book primarily based on Intel's 2nd technology Core processors, the ThinkPad X220.

The X220 turned into just brought this month and represents Lenovo's today's ultraportable ThinkPad. Feature highlights include a 12.5" 1366x768 IPS show, a solidly built thin body and beginning weight of three kilos, all with out sacrificing on performance courtesy of Intel's new cell processors. The ThinkPad X collection refresh is available in diverse configurations, from the Core i3-2310M all the way up to the high-end i7-2620M (the series quickest dual-core mobile processor). The ThinkPad X220 additionally includes a widespread keyboard and an all-new outsized touchpad with included mouse-click buttons.

Our review unit got here ready with a twin-center Core i5-2520M clocked at 2.5GHz (4 thread capable with Hyper-Threading). This processor packs Intel's new HD 3000 images center and has max TDP of handiest 35W. Other specs consist of 4GB of PC3-10700 DDR3, a Hitachi 320GB 7200RPM hard power, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 wi-fi, Bluetooth, a 6-mobile Li-ion battery and as cited before a 12.five" IPS show.

The prospect of the usage of a SSD for this sort of system makes numerous sense, however Lenovo has stored a general tough drive possibly to hold base rate of the device handy. According to the system's spec sheet they will can help you fit a SSD out of the box, inclusive of Intel's popular stable nation services.

Standard with the ThinkPad X220 is a 6-cellular battery that connects in the back of the unit. In addition Lenovo sent us a slim 6-mobile outside battery that mounts onto the bottom of the notebook, they call it a battery slice. Road warriors trying to get a full day's use from their device will genuinely be fascinated to look how nicely this unit plays.