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IBM ThinkPad X22 review

7.3

Editors' Rating

Very Good

8.0

Members' Rating

Excellent

Typical price:£ 1727

Verdict

If you must have the lightest possible system, and don't mind the lower performance, IBM's ThinkPad X22 may be the ultraportable for you. Otherwise, look elsewhere... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Light
  • Built-in wireless networking
  • Good battery life.

Cons

  • Relatively poor performance
  • High price.

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: Intel
Processor model: Mobile Pentium III-M
Clock speed: 0.8 GHz
RAM installed: 128 MB
Wireless LAN: 802.11b Mini-PCI card
Hard drive size: 20 GB
Graphics processor: ATI Mobility Radeon
Graphics RAM: 8 MB
Display diagonal size: 12.1 in
Dimensions (W x H x D): 27.9x3.0x22.7 cm
Weight: 1.58 kg
Operating system: Windows XP Professional

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Member Opinion

8.0

Average Member Rating

Excellent

4 Members have reviewed this product

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Anonymous

Anonymous

The best ultraportable of its era

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9.5

Spectacular


Anonymous

Anonymous

Slow but built like no other

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9.0

Spectacular


I'm Cang and you're not kim

I'm Cang and you're not kim

Most reliable laptop I know

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10

Perfect


Paul Constantine

Paul Constantine

expensive and unreliable

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3.5

Poor


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Discussions

nschoubey nschoubey

voice on blue tooth

Wednesday 9 July 2008, 11:58 AM

1 post
David Long David Long

Where did they find these users?

Wednesday 9 July 2008, 10:33 AM

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