Thinkpad X60
Lenovo/IBM ThinkPad X60 - ultra-light business laptop that's rather spiffy
Want one of the sleekest, sexiest laptops around that's got a proven heritage? If so, the Lenovo X60 ThinkPad may just be for you. Lenovo bought the right to manufacture and market laptops based on IBM's ThinkPad just over a year or so ago, in exchange for cash and stock, and the X60S, its ultra-portable model, is a refinement of what's gone before.
Foregoing an optical drive as standard helps keep weight to a minimum - just 1.2kg - and the X60 ships with Intel's mobile Core Duo CPUs, offering significant performance gains over and above the present X41 for applications that are multi-threaded in nature. Hell, dual-core CPUs are just damn nice.
Lenovo's added more than just dual-core CPU support here, though. A slight chassis re-design gives it a smoother look and a newer power jack location. A button, located on the underside of the chassis, now toggles WiFi functionality on/off, and the X60 sees a return to Lenova using a standard 2.5-inch hard drive, replacing the 1.8-inch version present in the X41.
Build quality seems excellent, as always. The Lenovo ThinkPad X60 begins shipping immediately and will set you back around £1,300 for the most basic model.
