http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/ Engadget Comments for Lenovo's ThinkPad T, SL, W, R, and X-series are popping for retail http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Switchable graphics and ddr3 memory in T500.]]>Aug 5th 2008 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Aug 5th 2008 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Aug 5th 2008 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Aug 5th 2008 4:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/
Judging by
http://www.lenovo.com/shop/americas/content/img_lib/products/splitter/notebooks/ThinkPad/T-Series/gallery/t-5l_080508.jpg

...it appears that at least the T500's screen is pretty off-centered...]]>Aug 5th 2008 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Aug 5th 2008 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Aug 5th 2008 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/
Suddenly the $550 10" atom based machines (with an LED backlight and a 6 cell battery) are looking pretty good. Not as fast certainly, just lighter, better battery, lower power, better backlight, same ram, same size disk drive. Not quite the $1,200 wonder laptop that the reviews claimed.... sigh.]]>Aug 5th 2008 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Aug 5th 2008 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/
Random websites (google 74542GU) sells the X200 with a 160GB disk,
bluetooth, faster cpu, fingerprint reader, 2GB ram, etc= $1100-$1200.

Suddenly the x200 does look like reasonably price/performance when compared to the likes of the eee pc 1000h and msi-wind. For me $1200 is tempting for the extra pixels and a 12" screen... $1450-$1550 much less so.
]]>Aug 6th 2008 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Aug 5th 2008 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Aug 5th 2008 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/With Lenovo, you FIRST select from 50+ main models and you THEN configure it. But there's nothing wrong with that - more choice is good...]]>Aug 5th 2008 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/
I think having more models is a good thing also. I just wish they had different models of tablets, for instance a slate-type Lenovo-pad.

As for Asus, their site is confusing to browse under. Not as polished as Lenovo where you can configure what you want. Maybe it's because we can't order from them directly or something (I never tried though, so I don't know exactly what series goes where).
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64GB Solid State Drive, Serial ATA [add $830.00]
??!??
Oh YEAH!!! 128GB ftw!!!]]>Aug 5th 2008 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Oct 30th 2009 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Aug 5th 2008 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/
Same spec + free 160GB ext hdd from Lenovo Australia = US$1560

$460 for hdd? that's not right is it? I want aussie lenovo to take notice, since I seriously had been put off by the unfair pricing. And please don't give me difference of the purchasing power low population crap. If ASUS could manage eeepc 1000H for even less than amazon price why can't you?

PS: No, am not interested in the R61e thanks.]]>Aug 5th 2008 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Aug 5th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Aug 5th 2008 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Aug 5th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/lenovos-thinkpad-t-sl-w-r-and-x-series-are-popping-for-reta/Aug 5th 2008 5:50PM