The line of ThinkPad laptops have been widely known for its combination of durability and portability. One of them will be the Lenovo ThinkPad X230 which is the direct successor of the X220 model. This laptop comes with several advancements which can make this laptop is very worth for you to obtain. So now, let’s take a closer look at the following specs overview of this laptop for your personal reference.
Design
There will be no significant changes in the design of Lenovo ThinkPad X230 as compared to its predecessor. This product still comes with the classic ThinkPad artistic look featuring its black color, soft-touch lid and square-angled chassis. Also, it has the top and bottom chassis which is made from magnesium alloy as owned by the X220 model. Measuring 12 x 8.1 x 1 inches and weighing about 3.4 pounds (4.1 pounds with AC adapter), this notebook is apparently sleeker and lighter as opposed to the Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3. This is actually not the ideal dimension and weight of an ultrabook but people will find out that the laptop will surely fit in their bag without weighing them down.
Display
The display measures 12.5 inches with the wide view IPS technology and the maximum screen resolution of 1366x768 pixels and 240 lux of brightness. Having these specs, the display of this laptop will obviously not as bright as the display of Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A. With the IPS display technology, anyone can watch the HD 1080p video or movie with sharp images and details. But on the other hand, you will experience that the colors will be a bit muted and start to wash out at wider angle view.
Performance
To back up the overall performance, this portable notebook comes packed with the third generation 2.6-GHz Intel Core i5-3320M processor along with the 4 GB of RAM (upgradable to 8 GB). For the operating system, this notebook has been pre-installed with Windows 7 Professional (64 bit) along with the SimpleTap interface. This is actually the typical ThinkPad user interface which has the integration with the social networks, services and popular sites for example Facebook, PayPal and Wikipedia. For the storage space, there will be the 320 GB SATA hard drive with the hard drive speed of 7.200rpm. The Intel HD Graphics 4000 (64 MB) graphic card will be good enough to watch or edit the high-definition video.
Battery Life
As the power supplier, the 6-cell battery included in this laptop will provide the reasonably good operation time namely about 6 hours and 56 minutes. But on the other hand, the predecessor will last a longer 7 hours and 51 minutes. The company also offers the 9-cell battery and the battery slice (optional) which will provide up to 24 hours of endurance.
Price, Pros and Cons
The selling price of Lenovo ThinkPad X230 is about $1250. The advantages of having this ultra-portable notebook are the vibrant IPS display, comfortable and improved keyboard, fast boot time, decent battery life, fast processor, excellent sound system, good graphical performance and useful bundled software. But unfortunately, this notebook comes with the small touch pad and heavier body-weight especially when compared to other 13 inches laptop in the market. [IS]
