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Looks very nice.]]>Jan 3rd 2010 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Yes, I, too, see what they did there.]]>Jan 3rd 2010 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Even for the great visual pun it is, I would never risk putting any laptop on there.]]>Jan 3rd 2010 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
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It's good to see lenovo are starting to do some sleek redesign on the casing as well.]]>Jan 4th 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
I'd personally doubt the fairness of this review, I think it might be a little biased to ensure engadget keep getting early models for review.

Change is only good if it improves, none of the changes I have a problem with do anything to improve the system such as glossy plastic casing, lack of screen protection, glossy screen, 6 row keyboard, this is Lenovo 3000/ThinkPad SL try number 3 and I predict it will have the same level of success : i.e. none.

Youd be better spending a bit more and getting a decent ThinkPad which I guarantee will last longer.]]>Jan 3rd 2010 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Change is good. I was a fan of the old thinkpads that IBM put out (1999?), great, solid and reliable
I still like how the kept the ol' nipple though. I still find that the nipple > touchpad in some occasions. ]]>Jan 3rd 2010 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
We get products early because we have lots of readers, and we have lots of readers because we take our credibility extremely seriously. That's the only way to play this game, I promise you.]]>Jan 3rd 2010 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/According to logic, almost every review would be bias. You realize most reviewers get the unit earlier than normal consumer so that they can advice them on it when the actual unit go on sale. It's like saying movies reviews are bias because they get to watch them before it open in theaters. ]]>Jan 3rd 2010 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
I've got to agree, this is NOT a ThinkPad. I have ThinkPads, we also use ThinkPads at work. This laptop is the North Face vest that middle aged new york women wear to feel outdoorsy.

My T42, my age old T42, running a Centrino Pentium 4M, and a ATi Radeon 9600 64MB graphics card (which means: 9xxx < x800 < x1xxx < x2xxx < x3xxx < x4xxx < x5xxx, atleast 6 generations old and it was middle of the road then) still runs Windows 7 Ultimate at full bore faster than the brand new Dell OptiPlex desktops and Dell Latitude laptops we have at work run 7 Professional. There is a reason that my T42 still fetches upwards of $500 on eBay. It's because in true ThinkPads, form always follows function. What benefit is a glossy cover over a matte-finished metal one? Even the little luxuries you got on a true ThinkPad were still ultra-useful. The ThinkLight? I use it every night. The TrackPoint? I can't live without it. The fact that I can drop it, kick it, spill it, slide it, crush it, and bake it? Slightly more useful than the brand new Dell Latitude screen that I watched crack its self (unless there was some sort of gravity change while it was sitting on a conference table playing a movie while it cracked...). Lenovo warranty service? Excellent. Had a lightning storm take out a T60p, called Lenovo, they had a box here next day, had the laptop back in 3 days. All free.

Dell? "Sorry, we're having glitches in our system while we switch our call center over, so since we can't find record of your laptop existing (are you sure its a dell?), we refuse to fix it, though, if you want to buy a new display panel for it, we would be happy to sell you one for $200."]]>Jan 6th 2010 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
And what about that glossy screen? Hope you can also have a matte one, because glossy screens are almost unusable and do not belong on anything with the ThinkPad name.

No doubt this will be a decent device for the price, but does it deserve the ThinkPad name? Don't think so. IdinkPad maybe? ThideaPad? A real ThinkPad this is not.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
Lord Toplotsky has some sekrets!!!]]>Jan 3rd 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
Joanna Stern also writes for LAPTOP Magazine (and Gizmodo), and was News Editor for 2.5 years at LAPTOP until recently (according to her LinkedIn page), so she probably has mad connects as well.]]>Jan 3rd 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Blurry camshots tend to attract wandering sheep.]]>Jan 3rd 2010 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 4th 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Or a butterfly keyboard, either way.]]>Jan 3rd 2010 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
Ya, and the Intel chips aren't Arrandales.

So how is this different from any other CULV, other than the nipple?

Don't get me wrong, I might still buy one, but I am quite disappointed in the lack of arrandale CULVs here, and I may just end up getting an Arrandale Macbook Pro 13", seeing as how it has the same footprint, is only slightly heavier, and seems to actually be a better value. ]]>Jan 3rd 2010 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
Are these using Turion II CPUs? If so, then they might be decent enough, and strong competitors to CULV, with the advantage of a much much better GPU and a cheaper price for only slightly worse battery life.

If not, then they are probably using the Neo processors... which suck. Neos are 65nm, Core 2/Turion II are 45nm, and Arrandales will be 32nm. The Neos are ancient by comparison, and as to the Core 2, I don't understand why Lenovo would ship a laptop with a CPU that will be obsolete 2 days after it is released. ]]>Jan 3rd 2010 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
"We like Thinkpads, but they're too expensive."
"Lenovo just made a cheaper Thinkpad!"
"We're going to review a model that's several hundred dollars more expensive."

Wait, what? Why would you applaud a cheaper Thinkpad, and then invalidate your own argument by speccing it up and making it more expensive?]]>Jan 3rd 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
Did you just compare this to an X301?

Its not in the same league imho, one is a ThinkPad, the other is generic Chinese crap with a ThinkPad logo and a TrackPoint added as an afterthought

While the X301 is the only proper ThinkPad with a 13" screen, I think a fairer comparison (as the X301 is very much a premium product) would be with the X200, which is only slightly more expensive and will pay for itself in no time, proper ThinkPads last and have better resale value.]]>Jan 3rd 2010 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/The Lenovo T400 is currently listed for $749 on the Lenovo US site, 2.40 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor. Comes with a 14" screen but I have a hard time believing any prospective Thinkpad buyer would rather pay more for the Edge 13 when they could have the T400.]]>Jan 3rd 2010 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
I'm not sure exactly what constitutes an ultralight but I'd have said it has to have a screen ]]>Jan 4th 2010 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/Jan 3rd 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
Just pick one god dammit.]]>Jan 3rd 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
because nipple = thinkpad

and there are no "multi touch" nipples out there..

try and use your brain before commenting! :o]]>Jan 3rd 2010 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-review/
There are benefits to having both. On my Thinkpad, I use the Trackpoint to navigate when typing simultaneously. It's much more efficient to not take your hand off the home key and move directly back to controlling the mouse. Whereas, when browsing and all one needs is clicking, then the touchpad becomes convenient. Besides, the trackpoint is far more accurate than a touchpad. ]]>Jan 3rd 2010 7:01PM