The ambitions of Lenovo are clear, create the best ultraportable in the market. Building on the prestigious ThinkPad family, the X300 is an impressive computer which does not compromise ultraportable and functionalities.
Lenovo X300 versus MacBook Air. The MacBook Air is definitively a beautiful design (some will say sexy) and is ultra thin and light. In order to look that way, the Mac book has made some sacrifices in ways of functionalities, battery life and power. X 300 has a more conventional (old fashion) look, thicker and a bit heavier but it gains in functionality, power, has a DVD burner and yet has the dimensions and weight of an ultraportable. To complete the comparison The MacBook Air is beautiful extra light, trendy and will satisfy light users; the X300 looks conventional, is powerful and functional and will satisfy medium and some heavy users.
ThinkPad style
At first look, you can see a lot of similarities from previous generation of ThinkPads. The lines are straight (most competitors have rounded their laptops) and the min-joystick is still there. The keyboard has a the usual soft touch and comes with a retro light if needed. The finish is clean, robust, only the screen maybe sensitive to scratches.
Inside the X300
The processor used for the X300 laptop is new, it is a Core two duo L7100 this processor has an ultra compact chip similar to MacBook Air; it has a speed of 1.2 GHz and belong to the family of the Intel-based low voltage processors. The L7100 runs at 800 MHz and has 4 Mo of cash memory. This laptop comes with 2 GB of RAM which is enough to run Vista. That ThinkPad works very well in most situations and unless you are a graphic artist, big database user or heaver gamer, you will be very happy with its performances.
Lenovo X300 equipment
Despite its small size, The X300 focuses on maximum integration. No wasted space here, it comes with a DVD burner, you will also find three USB and one Ethernet connection. The wireless is equally well represented with Bluetooth 2.0 WiFi, 802.11 and 3G HSDPA. This one is also in charge of the video output for VGA.
Screen for professional
With a 13.3 inches the screen is big enough to view wide spreadsheet such as Excel, it is built up with a high quality definition of 1440 by 900 pixels. The graphic card is the classic Intel GMA X3100 with 368 Mo of shared memory.
Disappointing autonomy
During a testing the laptop battery never lasted more than 2 hours and 30 minutes, which is a bit disappointing with the SSD, LED screen and low-voltage processor. After we “played” with the numerous internal management tools we were able to extend the autonomy to 4 hours with light use such as Word. Additionally, the DVD can be replaced by an additional 3 cell battery.
Conclusion
All in all, a ThinkPad X300 is a wonderful ultraportable, light, compact and robust. Professional travelers will be very happy to use that notebook. There is a price for excellence and that price is $3,000. Final note, the X300 comes with three years manufacturer warranty.
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Apple Inc., formerly recognized as Apple Computer, Inc., could be referred to as one from the multinational corporations dependent in America with focus on manufacturing and designing consumer electronics, along with closely-related software program products. Established on 1st of April, 1976 in Cupertino (California) and having incorporated on 3rd of January, 1977, organization was named ‘Apple Computer, Inc.’ till the year 2006, but had the word ‘Computer’ dropped on 9th of January, 2007, in order to have ongoing expansion of company in to market of consumer electronics, apart from conventional focus on the personal computers. Apple can boast of having strength of 20,000 employees all over the world. The time period between 1989 and 1991 was known as the ‘Golden Age’ in the expansion of Apple.Apple is amongst probably the most renowned words within the personal computer industry. Products manufactured by Apple benefit from an amazing aura and in general are superior to its competition both from the technical and software aspect. The principal reason behind the success of Apple products is that they are innovative, intuitive and different than the rest of the marketplace.Mac laptops are in a different category from all other laptops, that’s both their strength and their limitation. Their operating system is still at that time far ahead of Vista in terms of ease of use, dependability and versatility. The equipment is controlled 100% by Apple and their quality is really exceptional. On the downside, if you would like use windows or have a lot of windows software program you need to purchase an additional Windows license on top from the regular cost of the laptops. Macs are expensive but they deliver an outstanding client experience and for many, it is well worth the cost.Apple notebooks are proposed in three lines, they are the MacBook which are the cheapest models designed for everyday users, the MacBook Air for the road warriors and MacBook pro for the heavy users.The MacBook is equipped with 13.3 -inch TFT show. The frequency of its processor is possibly 2.1 or 2.4 GHz based on the model you select. The RAM is possibly 1 GB or 2 GB. The hard drive room goes from 120 GB to 250 GB; there is a DVD burner, constructed in camera, wifi, Bluetooth and all the necessary connections. The cost goes from $1,099 to $1,499. For a Mac that’s as cheap as it gets. If you are used to Windows laptop pricing, that might seem like a great deal of money, but you are purchasing a MAC, that means best product, best software at a best cost. Just suggest to a Mac user to switch to windows laptops and you will understand why Apple can charge premium pricing, Mac does not have clients per say, they have raving fans.The MacBook Air: like the MacBook, comes with a13.3 -inch TFT display. It has 1.6 GB processor and 2 GB of RAM. The hard drive includes a capacity of 80 GB, there’s a DVD burner, built in camera, wifi, Bluetooth along with a few peripheral connections. Why buy the MacBook Air? First, ultra portability; at 3 pounds along with a maximum thickness of 0.76 inch, this really is currently the thinnest/lightest laptop computer with a 13.3 display screen. Second, let’s face it, it is about style and status. This laptop computer is not very fast, has limited space and peripherals, but if you’re a light user (i.e. email, web surfing…) who wants to make statement about style, look no further, this is your laptop computer.The MacBook Pro: This laptop may be the work horse within the Mac family; it includes a 15.4 or 17 -inch TFT show. The frequency of its processor is possibly 2.4, 2.5 or 2.6 GHz depending on the model you choose. The RAM is possibly 2 GB or 4 GB. The hard drive room goes from200 GB to 250 GB; there is a DVD burner, constructed in camera, wifi, Bluetooth and all of the required connections. The cost goes from $1,999 to $2,799.
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Interest in Magic Mouse. The new mouse of apples with no buttons to press longer. It covers both the top of the mouse to click to. Plus, also use a multi touch touchpad as the right-left-inch drag the mouse up and down on the surface at all. Not required to rotate the ratchet-like mouse you another. Seen in the metal button to call the alarm system. Real wireless mouse. Under the mouse to see a black sheet rubber sheet is the second Vice mouse. White laser sensors. Close button mouse with a IPod. Button to open the lid and change the batteries two AA battery. Sense of personal use inch scroll left scroll right up and down. No different to other brands use the mouse wheel. But from both a multitouch pad mouse skin can have many applications. May be an important differentiating point that no other brand mouse. And may be suitable for use with a desktop Mac, I have no keyboard touchpad. Rounded edges and no rubber gutter or where hands touch. Allow independent movement. And significant cost $ 70 for a mouse, I think not very expensive for the right to use in the future. For you MacBook this now plastic models designed body like Unilever MacBook Pro / Air. Despite a strong plastic, but more durable. Benefits for this generation. Cheaper version of Mac Book Pro screen size. 13 “and the same CPU set $ 200 (prices start at $ 999) Plus, this version is a free hard disk larger than 250GB versus Mac Book Pro 160GB in size only. Relative weight between this version of the Pro version. Very little difference. Select to think a little lighter. But whether other big wireless touchpad buttons. Like Pro version. Think that if the relative price and then Sepk. This model should sell well. For people who like to buy Mac version of white than aluminum. Record weight is 4.7 pounds for the weight to carry them wherever they stay. I also like weight of 3.2 pounds more than Thinkpad X301 price, but I Mac version compared Sepk was quite interesting.
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In January, 2009 MSI had launched the MSI X320, which looks an awful lot like a MacBook Air. It has a 13.4 inch, 1366 x 768 display and its super thin and light, measuring less than an inch thick, and weighing about 2.9 pounds. But unlike the MacBook Air, the MSI X320 runs on an Intel Atom Z520 CPU.It features optional 3G / WiMAX module, 802.11b/g/n, three USB ports, an Ethernet port, VGA out, and a card reader. The presence of connectivity options definitely makes it altogether enticing for those scouting a continually connected ultraportable.The X320 (starting at $700) gets gifted with a less exciting 1.6GHz Atom Z530, which means two things: It would not exactly be a speed demon but it will be a lot cheaper than the Air.MSI X320 vs. the MacBook Air:Graphic processor: MacBook Air sports Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor with 144MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory whereas X320 has Intel GMA500 graphic processor.Display: The X320 is a 13-inch laptop, meaning it houses a 13-inch widescreen. It uses the 16-by-9 form factor, as is common in HDTVs, and its monitor is rated at 1,366×768 resolution; the Air, meanwhile, is designed in a 16-by-10 form factor with a 1,280×800 resolution. The LED screen is bright and pleasant to look at, not much different than the Air’s.Weight: X320 weighs 2.9 pounds whereas Air is heavier with 3.0 pounds.Thinner than a MacBook Air? It measures 1.98cm at its thickest point (the MacBook Air is a mere 1.94cm), slimming down to a skinny 6mm at its thinnest point (compared to 4mm for the MacBook Air).Storage: X320’s hard drive is a 160-GB, 5,400 RPM expandable to 250 GB, whereas Air supports 80GB ATA 1.8” 4200-rpm HDD or 64GB SSD.Processor: The X320 is powered by a 1.6 GHz, Intel Atom Z530 processor, which means it is using Intel’s Silverthorne platform complete with the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 chipset. The Air sports a 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Merom.Memory: Air has 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM soldered to the logicboard, which is similar to the X320’s DDR2-667 up to 2GB memory.Wireless networking: Air has integrated AirPort Extreme supports 802.11a/b/g and draft-n, But X320 connects wirelessly using 802.11b/g/n.Wired Ethernet: present in X320 but Air lacks it.Battery life: MSI suggests that netbook can run for 10 hours whereas MacBook Air barely runs for 4.5 hours.USB ports: three in X320 while Air has just one.Camera: Air has Built-in iSight, 640×480 pixel resolution camera whereas X320 has 1.3 MP camera.Dimensions: Air’s dimensions are 8.94 in D × 12.8 in W × 0.16–0.76 in H and X320 has 8.8 in D × 12.9 in W × 0.7 in H.Keyboard: X320’s keyboard appears to be full sized, with standard proportions, instead of the non-adjoining keys that the Air uses, it has Backlit full-size keyboard with ambient light sensor.Bluetooth: X320 has Bluetooth V2.0 EDR, Air sports built-in 2.1 EDR.Video Port: Air has one Micro-DVI video port (adapters are included for VGA or DVI monitors up to 1920 by 1200 pixels) whereas X320 also has D-SUB video port.Card reader: X320 has 2 in 1 SD/MMC card reader, while Air lacks it.Price: X320- started from $700 whereas Air costs $1799 for the present model which supports NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory.Color Available: The MSI X-Slim X320 will be available later this year. The X320 will come in three different colors “champagne gold”, “pearl white” or “stylish black” models. But Air is available only in silver grey which consist of highly recyclable aluminum.BottomlineMacBook Air runs Intel Core 2 Duo thus coming as a performing machine whereas MSI X320 running on Atom can be taken as netbook. Besides, this wireless connectivity options are coming with more latest options available like /n.If processors are left unconsidered, MSI has many pluses on MacBook air. MSI supports better battery life of around 10 hours (related sources say so), has a better web cam supporting 1.3MP against 640×480 pixel resolution iSight that Air supports. It is lighter than Air and is just thicker than Air in terms of fraction of cm.MSI has three USB ports where as Air has just one port. Against, NVIDIA GeForce9400M, MSI supports Intel GMA 500 graphics processor but is also speculated that the X320 might also be equipped with NVIDIA’s Ion platform, which would slave in the GPU to enhance multimedia processing power.If keyboard typing comfort is accounted, typing is no problem with MSI X320. Also, MSI supports 160 GB hard drive which is expandable to 250 GB whereas Air only offers 80 GB hard drive. The very basic offering by MSI is replaceable battery against the Air’s non removable battery.The bottom line of all this discussion is you are paying half of the money as for MacBook Air. Air costs you $1,600 price and the cheaper Intel Atom platform clone, the MSI X320 can potentially dip below $800. It’s the closest anyone has come to ripping off Apple, which by itself deserves a lot of credit.
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