The Gal – Nicole

This comes super duper late. But better late than never!

Lenovo Thinkpad X200 is one of the smallest and light laptop that can withstand shock, as well as being water resistant. I totally enjoyed using the X200, and this is coming from a first time Thinkpad user.

Featuring a matt screen, the display is still bright and vibrant, and its pretty comfortable for the eyes. The built-in camera is pretty decent, and allows for decent video calling in not very good lighting conditions. Certainly a thumbs up.

At 12.1 inch, it may be a little too small at times, especially when I am doing my coding. But it’s still decent, when you are on the road. Speaking of which, it weighs in light enough to be carried in a sling bag and it doesn’t hurt the shoulders.

Weighing in at about 1.5 kg with the 6 cell battery, this laptop packs a punch with the battery power. It is able to last me close to 9 hours (squeezed to the max with battery saver mode). Heavy usage lasts for about 3 hours. Whereas normal usage, like web surfing and writing reports approximate at about 5 to 6 hours of battery power.

The keyboard, is another plus factor. It is broader and has loads of room to spread the fingers around, and typing is very comfortable on the x200.

One can only do such a thing to a Thinkpad

Whilst I was trying out the x200, I took it out with me to school and other places, and work in the train to and fro. Never a time I had to fear that the hard disk would not be able to withstand the shock, thanks to the Hard disk protection utility function. Love the thinkVantage suite which came along with it.

Overall, the laptop performs wonderfully, hardly breaking into a sweat even when I am running intensive coding sessions with it. The x200 impresses me a lot, maybe because its my first time using a Thinkpad. But I would have to say, it really left a deep impression upon me.

After hearing so much from fellow Thinkpad users, I finally tried one myself. And yes, no regrets – in fact, I can’t bear to part with it when it was time to return it.

Big thanks to Derrick Koh from Lenovo, and Su Min from Text100, for making this review possible.

Nicole