Networking is to the fore, with 802.11n Wi-Fi in place, along with Gigabit Ethernet. The rear of the machine is bereft of ports, the space used instead by the battery. You’ll find three USB ports, VGA, an ExpressCard 54 slot and a card reader on the sides of the X200’s chassis. The UltraBase docking station also offers four extra USB ports, but it’s a shame there’s no digital display output. Within this you’ll find an external DVD drive, offering a useful compromise between mobility and features. You won’t be able to watch films on the move then, but a docking station is included in the price.
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The X200 is a highly portable machine, weighing in at 1.6kg, but the low weight has been achieved at the expense of the optical drive. We also managed to get an excellent 6.5 hours of use away from a power point. It lags a long way behind the latest Nvidia GeForce 9400M chipset found in Apple’s new MacBook in performance terms, but unless you need to carry out extensive Photoshop work or heavy video editing it’ll be fine for most uses.
Predictably, graphics are handled by an integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD chip, offering reasonable performance and battery life. Greasy fingerprints are also well-contained. Image quality is more than reasonable it’s not the most vibrant panel we’ve seen, but it does offer accurate colour reproduction, and the matt finish is excellent at suppressing reflections. Some corporate users will inevitably complain - preferring the 4:3 aspect ratio for taller spreadsheet use, but we found the extra width a boon, finally allowing us to fit two documents side by side. The display offers a standard WXGA resolution. Prices at under £1300, it’s a more mainstream choice, and it’s the first 12.1-inch laptop we’ve seen in the ThinkPad range to feature a 16:10 aspect ratio. The ThinkPad X200 continues this trend, and is similar in style to the larger X300. (Pocket-lint) - Lenovo’s ThinkPad range carries with it the expectation of quality, reliability and excellent usability.
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