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.

    Buy X61s or wait for the new X's?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by ColMaki, Jun 19, 2008.

  1. ColMaki

    ColMaki Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    8
    Messages:
    142
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I planing to buy an ultra portable in the next month. my main issue is with the new line of x's that should appear soon.

    I know that you should not wait for new models, but it seems that this time the models will have various options that are appealing like WiMax and DisplayPort.

    I think that buying a laptop now with these features will be very usefull in 1-2 years time.

    What do you think? should I buy or should I wait?
     
    ColMaki, Jun 19, 2008
    #1
  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    4,982
    Messages:
    34,001
    Likes Received:
    1,415
    Trophy Points:
    581
    If you need then buy. If not then wait. That's kind of the general guidance. Do you think you'll use WiMax or the display port?
     
    ZaZ, Jun 19, 2008
    #2
  3. ColMaki

    ColMaki Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    8
    Messages:
    142
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Not in the immediate time frame no, because there are almost no displayport screens or wimax networks.

    But within a one year time frame I think that things will change, and adding a video port or a wimax connection to your laptop, is not something possible.
     
    ColMaki, Jun 21, 2008
    #3
  4. adwoodw

    adwoodw Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    52
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    If you anticipate that you will use these features in the future and don't require a laptop right away then I would wait for the new x's to come out. You will also pay a premium for having the latest and greatest but that is to be expected. Also something to consider is that the new x's will be widescreen and if you prefer a 4:3 aspect ratio, you will not be able to get one anymore.
     
    adwoodw, Jun 21, 2008
    #4