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I'm thinking of buying Thinkpad X220, but I have two questions, hope you folks can help to answer from actual experience!

1. What is the size of the hard drive in X220?
Is it 2.5" hard drive?

2. What size AC Power Adapter does Thinkpad X220 comes with?
Is it 90W?

3a. Can I use my existing Thinkpad T410 power adapter (90W) and plug into Thinkpad X220 to charge its battery?
(My T410 is: 2522-RE3)

3b. Would this cause any damage, or premature battery wear (due to faster charging times on 90W power adapter)?

Many thanks in advance for your kind answers!

The x220 uses 2.5'' hard drives, but their height is reduced. A standard 2,5'' does not fit. The x220 comes with 65W adapter. You can put in a lenovo 90W adapter on your x220, it works fine. There is no problem at all. The T410 adapter fits into the x220.

Hey there,

You can use any power adapter dating back from the T60 series / X60 series with current ThinkPad models (although I do recommend using newer chargers)

The X220 has a 7mm height 2.5" hard drive. You can fit 9mm SSD's into that slot by removing the spacers and jamming it in (more or less). Do not do this with 9mm HDDs (due to heat issues, and that the rubber spacers do absorb shock and extend the life of the drive).

Wow, many thanks for everyone's quick and helpful replies!