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1. Introduction

Today we’re going to test the latest ultralight laptop from Lenovo, the X300. Will this model, completely designed by Lenovo, follow in the footsteps of the IBM ThinkPads, with finish, ergonomics and features worthy of its predecessors? While our colleagues at Tom’s Hardware concentrated on the laptop’s hardware and technology features, our tests focus more on its ergonomics.

A Resolutely Pro Laptop

The X300 is a resolutely professional laptop PC. Both its looks and its components (SSD de rigueur) make it a machine that’s aimed at users who want an uncompromising business computer and for whom visual design is just icing on the cake.

A Complete Laptop

The X300 is a complete laptop that has just about all a portable computer user could ask for. And what’s more, it’s still light and easy to carry, with its 13.3” display and 3.4-lb. (1.5 kg) weight. Compared to many ultraportables that leave off options like optical drives and large displays, the X300 offers more.

Compared to the MacBook Air

Even if the X300 is not really a competitor of the MacBook Air, the two machines, understandably, are often compared – they share the same display size and executive-class price. But whereas the Apple machine has limited connectivity (Apple argues that what it has is enough) to limit the size, the X300 is extremely well outfitted, at the price of being a tad larger (but not to the point where it really makes a difference).

A Few Drawbacks

In practice, the X300’s only fault is its lack of suitability for multimedia use. The display, while very effective for office-applications, is not really geared for video. Consequently, the overall performance is a little weak for gaming or video editing. But, as we said earlier, those are not the kinds of uses this machine is intended for.

1 – Introduction 1 – Introduction 2 – X300 Visual Design: You Can’t Please Everybody 3 – The X300 and Human-Machine Interface 4 – Inside the X300 5 – The X300 and Wireless Capabilities 6 – A weekend with the X300 7 – Software 8 – Conclusion: Better than the MacBook Air? Next pageXSend link to this page by email :Your email address *
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