subject: X200s Review [print this page] ThinkPad X200s is a thinner and lighter than the 12-inch X200 ultra-portable notebook. Relative to the X200, X200s has three major advantages: thinner body, using high-resolution LED-backlit screen, with longer battery life. Because the use of low-voltage processor, X200s, their access to life is also longer.
X200s offers a set of wireless options and SSD solid state hard drive configuration, especially for business users worry about how to connect to the Internet and how to protect their data security.
X200s look and work design:
X200s all-black design, people seem more concise, professional, but no lack of boring, very suitable for business use.
Surprisingly, not only is it a solid work, but it only 1.12kg weight. X200s glass shell of carbon fiber composite materials, it is not only much stronger on the durability of the metal material in the past, and lighter weight than about 22% titanium. And in the bottom of the bottom of the notebook hp compaq nx6140 battery and keyboard parts with a reinforcement bracket design. Other places with a magnesium roll cage, so durable.
X200s most obvious change is the use of the popular widescreen design, rather than the 4:3 ratio screen. This makes it a better visibility. And wider keyboard can be designed, but also easier to navigate the two windows side by side.
In some detail the design, the red mouse button back to the X200s body. Volume keys can also become more silver by the X61s texture black design. ThinkPad X300 and the power button looks the same, but there is no backlight X200s.
X200s screen hinge also used in the past ThinkPad notebooks hinge design of high-strength, able to firmly secure the display, so that in case of bumps will not swing. There are two sluice on the keyboard where the safety of any liquid can flow.
The use of the ThinkPad X200s still active hard disk protection system APS, APS is a built-in software on the motherboard, its built-in accelerometer can detect danger and take the initiative to make hard drive read-write head back to a safe location to avoid accidental hard disk data the damage.
Upgrades and maintenance, X200s offers a very convenient panel design, memory and hard drive to open the bottom and the edge of the baffle can see, some other accessories like keyboard, wireless network card and spare battery, easy to remove the bottom few screws will be able to take change. It is worth mentioning that, X200s default installation of the necessary antenna, built-in wireless card, so you do not need to go buy.
X200s screen:
ThinkPad X200s uses thinner, more energy-efficient LED-backlit screen design, display resolution of 1440 x 900. Brightness of the display screen is very good. Adjust the screen brightness to 15 degrees, in a dark room, adjust the screen brightness proposal to 1 / 2.
In 1440 x 900 resolution display, the screen displays the contents of 1280 * 800 than the average to be more, and display fonts and much more refined.
X200s Keyboard and touchpad:
In the ultra-portable in the field, ThinkPad X Series is the user's keyboard design has been the most talked about. X200s and T-series uses the same keyboard design. So feel very comfortable, no longer have to find in this small ultra-portable key. ThinkPad keyboard in the industry is considered to be the best keyboard design, the intensity of each key independent and rebound just right. The noise of the keyboard design is also very good, even in the quiet offices and meeting rooms have not heard of keyboard keystroke noise.
As a result of full-size keyboard design and the relationship between body size, X200s and the touchpad is not configured, all the mouse by the middle of the keyboard's "Little Red Riding Hood" to complete. "Little Red Riding Hood" than the traditional touchpad to provide more accurate asus a32-a8 cursor positioning. And it allows us to use both hands without leaving the keyboard.
X200s interface design:
X200s in the interface design has some changes, especially not the same location. In addition to the older PC Card slot, using the new ExpressCard 54mm expansion slot. X200s canceled 1394. You can select the SD card reader without the built-in modem or a 5 in 1 card reader and a modem.
Fuselage on the left: power connector, cooling holes, USB interface, VGA, RJ45, ExpressCard/54, wireless switch
Body front: SD Card Reader (5 in 1 card reader optional)
The right side: USB port, headphone jack, microphone, modem interfaces
ThinkPad X200s also provides us with a new docking station, called UltraBase. The UltraBase can provide us with four USB 2.0 ports, VGA port, DisplayPort interface, audio input / output interface, RJ45 interface, battery interface and so on.
x200s Speaker:
X200s of the speakers at the front bottom of the notebook, the sound quality is very good, but in the bottom of the notebook, given to the direction of the sound Youyu slightly less bad. But for listening to lectures, music, and some requirements are not fully adequate for high users, of course, you can select a pair of good headphones to experience it the perfect sound quality.
X200s battery life:
ThinkPad X200s offers three different battery options: 4-cell, 6 cell or 9-cell. Of course, with more time for longer battery life while their body weight will increase.
Although the X200s and other X-Series battery compatibility is not the same, but the X200s power adapter also applies to X61 and X300. The ThinkVantage software in the power management interface was changed, the user interface more friendly.
X200s temperature and noise:
ThinkPad design engineers have repeatedly proposed to reduce the temperature and reduce noise. X300 X200s with a first use on the "owl feather shape leaves," the fan design. Mute the effect is very surprising. Not only that, with the low-voltage processor, the machine vents, or whether it is common after prolonged use in the operating area and will not appear obvious hot spots to ensure comfort in use.
X200s wireless network:
Wi-Fi X200s provide some optional configuration: Intel WiFi Link5100, WiFi Link5300 and ThinkPad 11b / g wireless mini-PCI. In addition, Bluetooth is an optional configuration X200s.
Summary:
X200s use of solid design work. Such as magnesium roll cage, anti-leakage keyboard design, and so on. And uses as 15.4-inch 14.1-inch T400 and T500 as the full-size keyboard design.
ThinkPad X200s offers some advanced features, lighter than the X200 notebook computers desirable. X200s with a high resolution screen, long battery life and lighter weight. X200s and X200 in performance is very close.
X200s ThinkPad family is the most thin and light notebook. Configuration 4-cell battery is only 1.18kg most X200s only 7-10 inch netbooks dell xps m1210 battery are 1.3kg weight around, but also the weight of the X200s, however, has 12.1 inches screen size, and is a high quality, performance, highly reliable notebook. See here you will understand why it is a design better products, you will find that its value lies.
Advantages:
Low-voltage processors with good performance
Excellent thermal and noise
The WXGA + widescreen design can use a larger-size keyboard, and windows for viewing side by side
Long life 9-cell battery under nearly 9 hours of battery life
Design work is very strong, magnesium roll cage and carbon fiber glass
Less than:
" There is no built-in HDMI, DVI or DisPlay high-definition output interface
