I was looking on the outlet for a cheap small laptop...figured the X230s and such were out of my price range, and had seen some X131e models for under $300 shipped, which was definitely in the price range I was looking for as a laptop to fill the gap between my Nexus 7 and my Elitebook 8560w. I managed to click the wrong thing, and accidentally found several dozen new X230t models.

ntel® Core™ i3-2370M Processor (2.40GHz, 3MB L3, 1333MHz)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 - English
4 GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600MHz SODIMM Memory
12.5" HD WXGA (1366 X 768) MultiTouch LED backlight"
UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad)
320GB, 7200RPM Serial ATA 2.5" Hard Drive
ThinkPad Battery 67+ (3 cell)
Intel® Centrino Advanced-N 6205 (2x2 AGN)

For $484.40 before shipping, I bit the bullet and bought one. More than I wanted to pay, but the opportunity to get a good tablet couldn't be passed up.

I'm going to bump it to a Samsung 830 128GB SSD and 8GB of RAM once it comes in, and throw my copies of Windows 8 Pro & Office 2013 on it...but is there anything I should be aware of outside of the norm? This was a leap before I looked situation, so I'm not up to date on the minutiae of these particular models.

Also, am I reading this correctly, there isn't a 9 cell battery option for it? I'm limited to 6 cell?

nice catch. The X220t and X230t have the 3 cells and 6 cells battery option. If you need a larger battery capacity, consider the slice battery option (another 6 cells), which doubles your battery time.

I purchased this same configuration also, but it was earlier that day when they were going for $631 plus tax. I woke up the next morning and saw where they had some for $484 but they were gone by that time. Would have been nice to save more, but I feel comfortable with the price I received. One thing to double check-take the serial number you received when you ordered and enter it on Lenovo's support website under Parts Lookup. That will tell you the part numbers and exact configuration you are getting. I think that possibly some that ordered the less expensive models might be getting the non-multitouch screen. My listing shows the multitouch screen, so I am happy with that.

Mine has shipped as of today. Screen is listed as 04W3919 and 04W3990. I'm not sure why both are listed.

04W3919 FRU for LGD 12.5"HD IPS LCD panel for Da
04W3990 Comet-2 FRU LCD ASM 12.5 MultiTouch HD

Great find! What a price! Good luck with the machine!

John

P.s. Could you write a review on the machine after you have some time with it?

I can do that. I've got a few dozen Thinkpads under my belt over the years...


Incidentally: If anyone knows how to get auto rotation working on a fresh install of Win 8, I'd love to hear it. I don't know that I'd use it, as I believe I turned that off 3 years ago on a Fujitsu I was using, but it seems like it's something I'm missing.


Oh, and a nice little bonus:

It came with Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, Premiere Elements 10, and Acrobat Professional X. I think I'll need to sell/trade that off for something I actually need, like a spare AC adapter or spare 6 cell battery.

Install the Windows 7 Tablet Shortcut Menu to get auto-rotate to work. It worked for me.
Barry

Looks like I'm putting in an RMA request. There's a crack in the corner that went from a line to a chip missing from the palm rest, like it was dropped. Since it's never been anything other than gently sat down on a desk, lap, or carpet, I figure it's just a manufacturing defect.

No big deal, I called it in, and I'll swap it out when it comes in.

But, what surprises me is that the warranty says 2016-02-08 for expiration. I've had this a month now; shouldn't it have been knocked down to a 1 year warranty by now? I'm surely not so lucky as to find this laptop for 1/2 retail price + ~$500 worth of unsolicited Adobe software + 3 years of depot warranty.

Also, while I've got it open, are there any whitelists on mSATA drives? I'd like to try and find a small one for a dual boot of Mint & Windows 8. I figure one of those caching drive sizes (16-32GB) is more than adequate for my Linux needs.