ThinkPad X220 first survey

ThinkPad X220 first survey.

Earlier this month, the Association in the United States released the ThinkPad a new generation of thin and light ThinkPad X220, although the appearance is still little or no change, Sandy Bridge processor platform upgrades are reasonable, but extra long battery life, 16:9 IPS LCD feature is pretty interesting. Before the ThinkPad X220 listed in April, addiction science sites have tested early, following their test report:

Look and feel:

ThinkPad x series appearance in the last ten years there has been little change, its aesthetic in the eyes of advocates is not due to the time change, in the eyes of critics could not still salvage the good word. In today's business this extra metal under the trend of the wind, have less matte plastic enclosure ThinkPad X220 some masculine of the gas, but, like all its predecessors, its robustness wouldn't be suspected.

ThinkPad 220 thickness of 1.25 inches (3.175 centimeters), weighs 3.6 pounds (1.63 kg) that is contains six cell battery case. If the base type plug-in battery, increase of 1.16 inches thick (2.95 inches) and weight increase 1.4 lbs (0.635 kg). Cradle battery designed and host quite in tune, it will not block any interface. In addition to the standard USB X3, Ethernet, audio output, VGA/DisplayPort, a X220 also provided ExpressCard 54 and four-in-one card reader, and evaluating prototype also includes a USB 3 interface, which is the exclusive high distribution model.

The keyboard touch pad:

ThinkPad keyboard feel was praised, not excepting ThinkPad X220. Press the key to strength is just right, arranged in size also make you feel comfortable. Lenovo narrowed the keys above the keyboard function keys area dimensions, but ESC and Del keys are still oversized. Also worth mentioning is that the test prototype z with some loose, after some correction keys not responding may still happen after, hope this is only an individual situation.

ThinkPad X220 still carry the prestigious little red dots, but new ClickPad touch pad is worth to mention. Similar to Apple's product design, the trackpad itself can directly as the mouse button pressed, therefore below the touchpad buttons are no longer available, touch area also expanded, reaching 3x1.95 inches. Trackpad surface with small bumps similar to Braille processing, but not too accurate insensitive multi-touch gestures.

On-screen:

Open the ThinkPad X220 after the first, the deep blue background on the screen will catch your attention. This 12.5 1366x768 resolution matte LCD screen using IPS Panel, not only excellent color expressiveness, the Visual angle is. Although the resolution is to upgrade space, but it is one of the highest quality portable screen on the market.

Apart from offscreen, Lenovo also spent a lot of thought into enhanced video calling effect, including 720p HD camera and of good quality noise microphone. Testers used Apple MacBook Pro built-in microphones and ThinkPad X220 respectively recorded an audio, audition results showed that although ThinkPad X220 still can hear keyboard tap sound recording, compared to MacBook Pro recording keyboard noise is much.

Performance:

On-board test prototype is Sandy Bridge 2.5GHz Core i5-2520M processor, deal with Mobile Office applications in a more than adequate, I feel faster than the previous generations Core i3/i5 models. Of course, here's a 320GB 7200RPM hard drive and 4GB DDR3 memory the credit. In addition, the ThinkPad X220 or optional solid state hard drive or SSD+HDD RapidDrive configuration, performance will scale new heights.

Graphics, the ThinkPad X220 still can only be configured Intel integrated graphics, but Sandy Bridge integrated graphics core for common applications such as high definition video playback, has singled out problems. In addition, using standard voltage processor ThinkPad X220 up and running and no fever too large problem, even playing network HD video also baked thighs or Palm sweating condition does not appear.

IBM / LENOVO Battery life:

Machine came just in areas including all notebook types, ThinkPad X220 also called history of longest battery life laptop. Using only standard 63Whr six-cell battery, it can in the brightness of the screen 65%, continuous video support in cases of 7 hours and 19 minutes. If this is the normal use, 8 hours of no pressure.

If combined with base-type plug-in battery, ThinkPad X220 battery life can a further 7 hours video playback battery life up to 14 hours 30 minutes. As long as you're able to bear external battery $ 179 price more than 600 grams of weight, in New York City to Taipei flights in full, you can last without external power supply.

Software:

As usual, Lenovo is preparing a series of ThinkVantage software for ThinkPad X220, including power control, fingerprint identification, backup, restore, and so on. Part but not directly pre-installed, but automatically downloaded on first use install and not other third party spam software preinstalled, this laudable.

Summary

We recognize that, from a distance ThinkPad X220 like a notebook with a 5 years ago. But he really was the fastest so far, the longest battery life of super thin models. Considering its performance, factors such as screen display quality, the price of us $ 889 (test prototype configuration list price $ 1299, cradle battery $ 179) is quite effective. This 1.6 kg lightweight small can meet your demands for performance, endurance, reliability of almost all, this is not common in the market. Yes, you can find more beautiful like the MacBook Air, ASUS U36J product, but on them is possible on a single charge battery life: 15 hours?