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IBM ThinkPad X30 review Editors Choice Award

8.2

Editors' Rating

Excellent

10.0

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Typical price:£ 1780

Verdict

IBM’s ThinkPad X30 is an ideal travelling companion: it's light enough to carry but comfortable to use, and it packs sufficient power and battery life. It’s not cheap, especially if you factor in external drives and a docking base, but you are definitely getting quality for your money here... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Light and compact, yet robust
  • Respectably fast
  • Built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
  • Good ergonomics for a small notebook
  • Very good battery life.

Cons

  • Relatively expensive
  • Optical and floppy drives are charged as extras, as is the docking base.

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: Intel
Processor model: Mobile Pentium III-M
Clock speed: 1.2 GHz
RAM installed: 256 MB
Wireless LAN: 802.11b
Hard drive size: 40 GB
Graphics processor: Intel Extreme Graphics
Graphics RAM: 48 MB
Display diagonal size: 12.1 in
Dimensions (W x H x D): 27.3x3x22.3 cm
Weight: 1.65 kg
Operating system: Windows XP Professional

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