Why has the X220s price gone up so much?

[Kimmo]

The price of the customized model I've been looking at has gone up by nearly $500. It's at the highest price I've ever seen and I've been watching this for well over 6 months now. I thought there were supposed to be sales at this time of year.

[tongdakfiend]

My guess is due to the floods in Thailand. The cost of hard drives has gone up substantially. So I think many of the models either feature a SSD or an atypically expensive hard drive.

[Kimmo]

So why has the base price gone up? It's still far more expensive even if I go with an SSD.

[bluefrisbee]

So why has the base price gone up? It's still far more expensive even if I go with an SSD.

The sales are over?

[Kimmo]

The sales are over?

A 6+ month long sale?

[TarzanBoy]

The prices are currently ridiculous, I agree.

I was thinking about spending ~$700 on what would have been my first brand new thinkpad, but nowadays that won't even get me a used x220.

The only reason I can think of is demand. Lenovo must be selling a lot of them. If the high price sticks, then I probably won't own an x220 for at least 2 more years.

Guess I'll just have to hang on to my T60 for a while longer

[Brad]

The prices are currently ridiculous, I agree.

I was thinking about spending ~$700 on what would have been my first brand new thinkpad, but nowadays that won't even get me a used x220.

Rid yourself of the T60 and get your new to you X220 here.

Brad

[TarzanBoy]

I am only considering notebooks with an IPS screen (which is the reason I have my current T60).