Thinkpads Forum

This would be my perfect X-series:

1. Wide-screen, high-res display (at least 1280x800), with LED-backlight.
2. Touchpad in addition to trackpoint
3. Docking station with full-size PCIe slot to handle multiple-monitor/high-performance video cards (I really like having at least 2 screens, and none of the laptop-based solutions for this look very good).

I'm not trying to start a flame-war, and I don't really want to hear about how great the 4:3 screen is and how much touchpads suck - hopefully Lenovo will continue to produce models that make everyone happy.

I'm just helping Lenovo out with their market research.

- Jay

I don't want to fuel any potential flame war, but the Dell Latitude D420 ticks almost all your boxes (not sure of the LED backlight though.)

I almost bought one over the X60s, until further research told me the fan is noisy (esp with the Core Duo variant), it has a 1.8" HDD, and the performance of the 1.2GHz ULV Core Duo made me worry as to whether it really could last for 2-3 years as an ultraportable/desktop replacement.

By an amazing stroke of luck and timing, the X60s ended up being almost 50% cheaper too

My wish-list

1. 12.1" or 13" widescreen display, 1280x800 or 1440x900 options
2. with the WS display giving extra case width, use the full width T-series keyboard
3. also use that width to store more Li-Ion cells in the "non sticking out" battery
4. DVI on the Ultrabase
5. compatibility with T60/Z60 series docking solutions
6. keep the weight under 1.5kg with battery

Funny you should mention the D420... I bought one last year off Dell's outlet site. I bought it to take on a vacation and it's been working great ever since.

What I'd really like is a Thinkpad-quality D420 (the keyboard and pointing devices on the D420 are sub-Thinkpad, and mechanical quality is lower) with a Sony display (Sony really seems to have the best displays in laptops, plus they have some with LED backlights).

make the inside like x30 or x31 so I don't have a sweaty palm.