New ThinkPads: X200, X400, X500

Gizmodo has a post on what promised to be the fall refresh of the ThinkPad lineup (post here).

Following on the popular X300 will be the X200, X400, and X500. The X200 with have a 12-inch screen, X400 14.1-inch, and X500 15.4-inch. All will sport the 45nm Intel "Penryn" processor (Why do laptop manufacturers spec screen sizes in inches? I want to know resolution, as in 1600x1200 pixels, they like to hide that data.)

This is good news, as the greatest disappointment with the light-weight/thin X300 is choice, particularly screen size. With the arrival of the Macbook Air, all future laptop brands will be judged by their “thin” lineups.

The rumor is that these X series laptops will have HSDPA and EVDO, two high-speed cellular data network protocols.

I am excited about the expansion of the ThinkPad X-series lineup!

The current X300:

Lenovo - 13.3 inch Display, 1.2GHz Intel® Core™ 2 Duo, 1GB Memory, 64GB SSD, DVDRW | Model: ThinkPad X300 - X300 (Notebook)

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