Thinkpads Forum

Hi all. I wanted to post this here since presumably most of you own X6s. I'm 2 years into my X61s and thinking that it may soon be time to replace/upgrade. I'm on my 4th or 5th Thinkpad, and around the 3 year mark, I find it's time to move up.

Since I haven't kept up with all the models since then, any recommendations on what is now the smallest Thinkpads out there with comparable features? While I initially bemoaned losing an internal DVD, I have survived with an external and/or dock. But if I could have one back, that would be great.

As a frequent traveller, the smaller the better as far as I'm concerned. I'm a devotee of the trackpoint and have no use for a touchpad. Small print doesn't bother me. A webcam might be nice rather than clipping one on when necessary.

Thanks, in advance, for your recommendations!
David

Oh, let me add that I really want to keep with a SATA drive rather than any of these puny little solid state things. I have a 500GB in there now, and I'm already starting to run out of space....

The equivelent to yours would be the x200s, which has both spinning and solid state drives avalible to it. It only has a trackpoint. if you want more power in a similar package, x200, and if you decide you want a dvd drive intergrated X300, but the X300 only has options for SSDs - 64 or 128. the x300 has ultranav - touchpad and trackpoint. The easiest way to figure out features is to go on the lenovo website and configure diffrent systems the way you want them to be.

I would think the regular X200 would be more akin to you X61, though the X200s is a bit lighter and does have the WXGA+ if you prefer.

I have yet to own a thinkpad, but I have done much research and I would agree with what has been said that the X200 would be the optimal choice. If I were in a position to be able to afford a brand new laptop, that is most likely what I would go for.

PS: I'll buy your x61s :p