The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    5 Years, 5 ThinkPads.

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by tsulusun, May 8, 2010.

  1. tsulusun

    tsulusun Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    tsulusun, May 8, 2010
    #1
  2. MikesDell

    MikesDell Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    244
    Messages:
    690
    Likes Received:
    16
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Out of the choices in the poll, I voted for the X300, hands down !
     
    MikesDell, May 8, 2010
    #2
  3. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

    Reputations:
    6,668
    Messages:
    8,224
    Likes Received:
    231
    Trophy Points:
    231
    Out of those choices, the X300 wins my vote. If the other X-series laptops were also on there, that would have made it a much harder choice.
     
    MidnightSun, May 8, 2010
    #3
  4. lead_org

    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

    Reputations:
    1,571
    Messages:
    8,107
    Likes Received:
    126
    Trophy Points:
    231
    x300 for me too... the leather bounded thinkpad x61 is too rare.... even though it looked good. Maybe lenovo should do a leather bounded X301 or something..
     
    lead_org, May 8, 2010
    #4
  5. thinkpad knows best

    thinkpad knows best Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    108
    Messages:
    1,140
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Wow, there actually was a leather bound X61??? Holy moley, that must be way too rare. How many were actually made? And was it pleather?!
     
    thinkpad knows best, May 9, 2010
    #5
  6. k2001

    k2001 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    188
    Messages:
    1,228
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    They only produce a few thousand of the leather bound x61. I believe they cost around 4000. The spec and everything are the same to the regular, the only difference is the leather covering on the x61. I know real leather are costly but a couple thousand premium is way too much. From the list of 5 thinkpad I would also chose the X300.
     
    k2001, May 9, 2010
    #6
  7. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

    Reputations:
    6,668
    Messages:
    8,224
    Likes Received:
    231
    Trophy Points:
    231
    The leather-bound X61 looks funny... and I'd imagine there'd be some heat issues too..
     
    MidnightSun, May 9, 2010
    #7
  8. jonlumpkin

    jonlumpkin NBR Transmogrifier

    Reputations:
    826
    Messages:
    3,240
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    I believe the cost premium on the leather "Reserve Edition" was mostly because it included a personal concierge and an insane on site warranty. I also think it only was offered with low voltage CPUs so the heat issues would be minimized.

    I voted for the x300 as well, but would have preferred to vote for a tablet if it had been an option (either my x200T or the original x41T).
     
    jonlumpkin, May 9, 2010
    #8
  9. jaredy

    jaredy Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    793
    Messages:
    2,876
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I am kind of saddened that the Edge is in the selection process, but I guess it is a drastic change of sorts.
     
    jaredy, May 9, 2010
    #9