Lenovo ThinkPad X1 is a MacBook Air Killer
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Slim means no replaceable battery.
In the world of ultra-thin laptops, Apple's been riding high with its MacBook Air. Soon it will get some very worthy competition of its own from Lenovo, making another premium stab at the segment with a very slick looking Thinkpad.
Like the MacBook Air, though, it seems that the price of going thin means no more optical drive and no user-replaceable battery. Though, the battery does appear to be of a special breed that can hit an 80 percent charge in just 30 minutes and be three times as durable as the typical laptop battery.
Even though Lenovo hasn't yet announced this, it's the real deal. It was uncovered on Lenovo's own partner site in a PDF document. Check out more images of it below:
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Am i missing it somewhere?
I now hope to make my next laptop a Lenovo.
The Sony vaio Z is an awesome MacBook Air killer, but it costs more than 2 grand.
Sorry Tom's, you've disappointed me.
Bribed xD!
I personally don't like Lenovo because 90% of their laptops are outdated crap, but I love the keyboard of the X series. Best quality ever. So let's wait for the specs!
P.S. I really don't get the point of making laptops as thin as possible OR just to "kill" one of Apple's laptops...
To those ends, it wouldn't matter how much better a non-Apple product was. Besides "thin" is not a useful feature, a Macbook Air, like an iPad, is not a real computer used for real work, it's just an expensive way of crying out for attention.
The ironic thing is that the loudest arguments against Mac come from PC users who have never used a Mac. However, it's rare to find a Mac user who hasn't used a PC, so who's word would you take?