The Perfect Laptop - Unboxing the X300
The laptop that appeared on the cover of business week as part of the story “Building the Perfect Laptop” is the Thinkpad X300. It arrived at my doorstep this afternoon. It is everything it promised to be and more; superlight, rugged, SSD, full ports, wifi, lan & cell networks, dvd, replaceable batteries and 13.3" screen with 1440x900 graphics.
And all of this weighs in at 1420 grams.
It is amazing how light it is for a full featured laptop. See the unboxing pictures on flickr.
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But will the case bend if you drop it...?
No it will bounce right back into your hand ...
The X300 is undoubtedly a sleek machine. I've been looking at Lenovo's Thinkpad tablet PC's lately, but will likely go with either a Fujitsu or HP instead - because of "quality fade" issues that some of my friends are having are experiencing with their Thinkpads and also b/c of qualms I'm developing when it comes to purchasing big ticket items from companies whose largest shareholder happens to be the Chinese government.
The problem is inside. Something called W...
Have you tried run Linux on it?
/me waits for Mac fans to arrive to start trashing the X300.
I'm definitely upgrading my X60!
Looks awesome!
I have a quick question regarding Amazon EC2/S3. Is it possible for computer science students to play around with the system without paying, e.g. in a sandbox or with a limit on data transfer / calls? I heard there was a partnership with UCSB in the US, but was curious whether this has extended to other universities e.g. in Europe.
Keep up the great work, AWS is truly ground breaking! Best wishes.
I really like that laptop. You have a 5D as well? Guess life @ Amazon is treating you well!
Interesting that you're running XP on it :)
Alexandre: IBM/Lenovo have been pioneers on making sure their laptops work with Linux. Very good driver support.
John: I never run ad-infested OEM software & OS configuration so I always replace the OS immediately after opening the box.
There is this funny Air vs X300 commercial doing the rounds: http://twurl.nl/3dif7h
/me is a Mac fan not about to start trashing the X300 :)
Although it's off topic, I found nb's comment interesting. Any plans on making EC2/S3 available to CS students in whatever extent necessary for it to be used in courses?
There is such a thing as the 'Perfect Laptop' and it is called a Mac Book Pro.
-Sorry couldn't resist :-)
Werner - I've got to agree. It's my favorite laptop yet and was an easy replacement for my "try the MacBook Air and see if it works for me" exercise.
I love the Lenovo slim laptops. In this world of dual monitors, I'm happy just plopping down with a light laptop on my couch. I got an X41 a few years back, originally for the novelty of a tablet, but now I use it exclusively as my primary laptop. The X300 seems to continue in that tradition.
Please feel free to contact me (jbarr @ amazon.com) regarding use of EC2 and S3 in classroom settings. We have supported a several classes with access to our services and probably have room for a few more.
@Thomas M.
I'm a Mac fan, moved to a MBP from an endless series of very satisfactory X30 / X40s.
I even had Linux (SLED10) on one of my latest X40, but found it way to much effort just for sake of giving M$ a shiner...
You know what? the X300 is a great machine, load it up with Leopard and it'll be perfect - the Air is crapware, not even Leopard can make good.
Forget hardware, Apple is a great *software* company