Lenovo ThinkPad X300 - Taking Orders

By Tim McGuinness Ph.D. on February 29th, 2008

ThinkPad X300: What the well equipped Executive is carrying this year!

The new ThinkPad X300 notebook is a breakthrough, full-featured business ultraportable that’s vastly more energy-efficient than previous models and forces none of the compromises typical of other ultraportable systems. You often have to sacrifice features, durability or style for portability. But not with the X300. It’s solid as a rock, thanks to the patent-pending, carbon-fiber/glass-fiber ThinkPad “roll cage” technology and other advances such as Flash-based Solid State Drives with no moving parts. In terms of style, it’s closer to the size of an actual paper notebook than a ThinkPad notebook has ever been, measuring less than ¾th of an inch at its thinnest and starting at just 2.93 lb. Even with the ultra-thin DVD burner it’s still an amazing 3.13 lb. And the X300 offers numerous design flourishes including a glossy bottom bezel, select illuminated buttons and — for the first time in the X Series — an integrated camera option and stereo speakers.

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The 13.3″ widescreen offers the portability of a standard-ratio 12″ display, with the usable workspace of a standard 14″ model. In addition, the new LED backlit display on the X300 provides a great viewing experience.
To offer extra long battery life and easy portability, the ThinkPad X300 notebook’s 3-cell (standard) and optional bay batteries are made of lithium polymer—the new standard for lightweight energy storage. Plus, its new power management features help to save energy, giving you more unplugged working time.

View The Lenovo ThinkPad X300 Date Sheet [PDF]

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Connectivity options include wireless LAN, UWB (UltraWide Band), Bluetooth® and numerous wireless WAN choices—including one that utilizes native GPS (Global Positioning System) functionality that is built into the X300. [System is designed to support Intel® WiMax when it becomes
available later in 2008.]

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THINKPAD X300 SPECIFICATIONS

Processor (speed, L2 cache, FSB):

Intel® Core™2 Duo processor SL7100
(1.2 GHz, 4 MB, 800 MHz)

Preloaded operating system:

Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate 32

Genuine Windows Vista® Business 32

Genuine Windows® XP Professional

Display/resolution:

13.3″ WXGA+ LED backlight (1440×900, 300nit)

Storage:

64 GB Solid State Drive

Memory:

Up to 4 GB PC2-5300/667 MHz
(3 GB addressable with 32-bit OS)

Optical drive:

Ultrathin DVD Burner

Video graphics:

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100

Available integrated communications:

Gigabit Ethernet

Integrated WWAN (GPS available with Verizon WWAN)

Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
(supporting Centrino Pro)

Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AG
(supporting Centrino Pro)

Intel® UltraWide Band (UWB)

Bluetooth 2.0 EDR10

WiMax (System is designed to support Intel® WiMax
when it becomes available later in 2008.)

Other options such as modem available via optional USB dongle.

Battery life:

With 3-cell LiPolymer (standard): Up to 4.3 hr

With 6-cell Li-Ion extended life: Up to 6.5 hr

With 3-cell LiPolymer plus 3-cell LiPolymer Option Bay:
Up to 7.5 hr

With 6-cell Li-Ion plus 3-cell LiPolymer Option Bay:
Up to 10 hr

Ports:

3 USB, external display; AC adapter; headphone/

line-out, microphone/line-in; Gigabit Ethernet (RH-45)

Other features:

Integrated camera; integrated digital microphone; stereo speakers; security cable slot

Shock-Mounted Storage Drive:

Standard

ThinkVantage® Client Security Solution:

Standard

Integrated Fingerprint Reader:

Standard

Keyboard:

Ergonomic keyboard with backlit power, caps lock and ThinkVantage buttons plus palm rest, ThinkPad UltraNav® multipointing system (including TrackPoint® pointing device with “Press-to-Select”), Internet Scroll Bar, intuitive volume, ThinkVantage button and Windows® keys

Dimensions:

12.5″ x 9.1″ x 0.73-0.92″ (318mm x 231mm x 18.6mm-23.4mm)

Weight:

With 3-cell Li-Polymer (standard) battery: 2.93 lb (1.33 kg)

With 3-cell Li-Polymer plus DVD burner: 3.13 lb (1.42 kg)

With 6-cell Li-Ion extended life battery: 3.12 lb (1.42 kg)

With 6-cell Li-Ion plus DVD burner: 3.32 lb (1.51 kg)

With 3-cell Li-Polymer plus Option Bay battery: 3.32 lb (1.50 kg)

With 6-cell Li-Ion plus Option Bay battery: 3.51 lb (1.59 kg)

Port replicator support:

Yes

Limited warranty:

1-year or 3-year system (depending on model)/1-year battery

Additional supported operating systems:

Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate; Genuine Windows Vista® Business; Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium; Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic; Genuine Windows® XP Home

Included software (preloaded):

Adobe Acrobat Reader; Diskeeper Home Edition; Microsoft® Office Ready 2007; Microsoft Windows Live™ Toolbar & Search; Picasa by Google; Multimedia Center for Think Offerings (Sonic Record Now Business and DLA) (select models); Intervideo
WinDVD (DVD models only); Intervideo WinDVD Creator (DVD models only); PC-Doctor diagnostics; Norton Internet Security 2007 (OEM Edition) with 90 days of virus definition updates; Sun JRE; ThinkPad Utilities (Power Manager and Presentation Director);
ThinkVantage® Access Connections™; ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software; ThinkVantage Productivity Center; ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery™; ThinkVantage System Update; ThinkVantage System Migration Assistant™ (license–CD not included);
ThinkVantage Client Security Solution