Thinkpads Forum

Looking for X230s model thinkpads with i5 or higher. Note that the X230s is very different from other X230 models so I'm not looking for those.

ThinkPad x230s? Never heard of it.

Its a model that was released in China only - it's the same as the x240s except with ivy bridge. Some sold on eBay in the last few months but it's super rare (not that the x240s isn't but I did manage to get one )

Probably because anything T430/T530/W430/W530/X230 and higher is already bad enough,
they only introduced the (Apple-imitation crapware) X230s in China, where it IMHO also should stay!
Reading the many negative comments, I'm not surprised!
http://liliputing.com/2013/05/lenovo-th ... ablet.html

Having just read every comment on that thread I'd say it's a bunch of uninformed idiots spewing nonsense. Aluminum is NOT better than carbon fiber, and having taken an x240s apart I can tell you they don't use magnesium in the s models (the x240 does) but more carbon fiber instead.

Personally I have no issue using the keyboard (which on the x230s/x240s is perfectly fine) or the track point.