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just got my X120e and wow its nice.

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Finally got my X120e from the no windows deal.

And well, mine is a totally barebones unit, 2GB ram, 250GB, e-350 with 3 cell , no bluetooth, noWLAN.

I did add a 1GB sodimm I had laying around and am about to put win 7 SP1 home on it (its nice to have an MSDN account...)

And i've got to say this is an extremely well built machine. I am at work right now and it actually does feel just as solid as any of the other machines we have here (all our laptops are thinkpads for the most part)

My normal box is a beastly W510 and the one thing that isn't as nice about the X120e is that it doesnt have the rubber coating on the back of the screen (and thinkpads used to have that on the lower frame part too, so lenovo has gotten a little cheap there even on normal thinkpads). The other nice thing is it works with all the thinkpad power adapters. My W510's adapter fits. I think its the only "thinkpad" that doesn't work with the dock though, but yeah.

Another impressive thing to me anyway , is the bios is very corporate centric like say a dell latitude or any other thinkpad. You won't be getting that on the HP or other fusion machines. it has a uefi bios, pxe boot, asset tagging etc

also opening up the giant bottom panel has pretty easy access to the ram slot, wlan slot etc.
 
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Yeah this is the first ThinkPad I've owned in a while (last one was a 12" Pentium M model I think), they're definitely nice machines. The matte casing is perfect, not glossy like a ton of other laptops out there and it doesn't show fingerprints at all like a matte EEE PC I tried out. Feels really sturdy overall, and keyboard is fantastic. Although the screen seems to have more wiggle than the Mini 1012 this replaced, if you bump the laptop even just a bit the screen rocks back and forth more than it did on my old netbook. Maybe part of that is because this has a larger/heavier screen and is more top heavy (the 1012 was only 10.1"). And not really a big deal, the hinges and everything seem really solid and will hold up fine I'm sure. Don't like the location of the Fn key, but a lot of laptops have keyboard layout quirks like this, just a matter of getting used to it, was in a different location on my Mini 1012. Was worried about the fan noise after reading reviews but it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Haven't put a heavy load on the laptop, but just while browsing and doing basic stuff the noise isn't an issue. It's audible, but shouldn't be obtrusive IMO, even in a classroom, library, or other quiet environment.
 
frostedflakes said:
Yeah this is the first ThinkPad I've owned in a while (last one was a 12" Pentium M model I think), they're definitely nice machines. The matte casing is perfect, not glossy like a ton of other laptops out there and it doesn't show fingerprints at all like a matte EEE PC I tried out. Feels really sturdy overall, and keyboard is fantastic. Although the screen seems to have more wiggle than the Mini 1012 this replaced, if you bump the laptop even just a bit the screen rocks back and forth more than it did on my old netbook. Maybe part of that is because this has a larger/heavier screen and is more top heavy (the 1012 was only 10.1"). And not really a big deal, the hinges and everything seem really solid and will hold up fine I'm sure. Don't like the location of the Fn key, but a lot of laptops have keyboard layout quirks like this, just a matter of getting used to it, was in a different location on my Mini 1012. Was worried about the fan noise after reading reviews but it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Haven't put a heavy load on the laptop, but just while browsing and doing basic stuff the noise isn't an issue. It's audible, but shouldn't be obtrusive IMO, even in a classroom, library, or other quiet environment.
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there is a bios option to switch the 2 keys. and yeah its a much better machine than the mini 1000 (i had that for a while, and didnt like the flat keys or the glossy screen). i think this is honestly something like my 5th or 6th netbook / culv / cheap subnote just having gone through a bunch trying to find one i liked (i keep using an old Dell D420 which well had the right resolution and a decent keyboard). i think this one might stick
 
As well as the BIOS option to switch the Fn & ctrl keys you can also pop those 2 keys and switch them to match the BIOS option.
 
I wasn't aware of the BIOS option to switch them, I only glanced quickly through the BIOS when changing the time and must have missed that.

Won't make any guarantees, but usually these scissor switch keys just pop right on and off. The keys seem to be the same size, I'd imagine it's pretty trivial to switch them if you wanted to try.
 
Thanks for your impressions. Did you guys buy the x120e with the DOS OS shipping option from Lenovo recently? I was really tempted to jump on that deal, but I was on a self imposed spending freeze due to a few other recent purchases.
 
nataku00 said:
Thanks for your impressions. Did you guys buy the x120e with the DOS OS shipping option from Lenovo recently? I was really tempted to jump on that deal, but I was on a self imposed spending freeze due to a few other recent purchases.
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the "deal" was a website bug, I think, and was removed like 12-ish hours after the 120e's went up for sale. :thumbsdown:
 
loki8481 said:
the "deal" was a website bug, I think, and was removed like 12-ish hours after the 120e's went up for sale. :thumbsdown:
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yeah, it was still a great deal though if you actually had a way to get windows otherwise.

i mean currently you can get it for $400 + tax since there is that 10% off code (and then 3% ebates).

so epp doesnt have ebates, but it was $300+tax. so basically you are selling your windows for $95ish. which is fair, thats probably what windows costs and people who have technet/msdn or student or previously bought retail copies could just use those.

i'm probably going to spend the money i saved on an ssd. and maybe a 6 cell battery on ebay (you can get X100e batteries which are slightly smaller watt hour wise for like $50 on ebay for 3rd party ones ... 44 watt hours which is the original thinkpad 17 battery, vs the 52 watt hour 17+ battery that the x120e had as an option.)
 
I got my acrobat x error x120e. I selected all the options, windows home, a/b/g/n, 6 cell, and bluetooth for 406 after california tax.

The screen, because it is matte, is amazing. It has a narrow vertical sweet spot that isn't amazing. It isn't bright, I am using it at 90% indoors. It can get VERY dim.

Keyboard is the best, it has page up and page down buttons.

The touch pad is tiny, and very recessed. It is the first recessed touchpad i've ever used and i'm not loving it yet. BUT, the think button is very responsive and accurate. The first i've ever used. I love the red button. If it was an option i would get it without the touchpad.

The speakers can be loud, but they sounded hollow. I adjusted the windows equalizer for more bass, or muted the highs. my flash stream sounded okay at about 70% volume.

When i first turned it on and played a flash stream, the cpu was at 100%. I thought the battery would be dead in 2 hours. I checked it about 3 hours later and the utilization was at 46%, and it lasted a little while longer. It was probably installing windows updates when it was at 100%.

I like it, a big upgrade in performance from my last netbook that had a via nano single core cpu... flash finally!@!
 
It came with one application, lenovo think vantage suite?
It gave me the option of NOT installing norton, and NOT installing office trial.
Very cool.
If you got it without the OS, download and install it.
It gives you power settings options, and when to go into thinkpad battery stretch.
 
ran it while playing flash, caused some stuttering



2 gigs ram, e350, stock 250 drive
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Impressive little machine. Ordered. My iPad is not cutting it for me. Cant wait to put Windows 7 and OS X.

Speaking of dual OS does this support hardware VT?
 
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Does support AMD-V, although it appears to be disabled by default in the BIOS, so you'll have to go in there and enable it.

Might want to do some research on Hackintoshing this ahead of time, I have no idea how compatible the hardware is with the OS. E-350 is a pretty new CPU and probably isn't even supported yet. I'm sure the community will add support eventually, but I don't know how long stuff like this usually takes.
 
randomlinh said:
say what? did I miss out on another deal, dangit
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nah it was aroudn the same time as the NO OS thing.

you got like free acrobat and it took $150 off... it was intended to be if you bought office 2010 or something, but i guess initially it didnt care if you bought office or not , or something lik ethat.

those machines had windows on them too which was nice.
 
Glad to hear that the x-120e is a good machine. I'm thinking of getting one to replace the Thinkpad T410 I'm sending back due to a high pitch "CPU whine" sound that it makes whenever the CPU power management is active.

Can anyone confirm whether or not the x-120e has this issue or not? If you put your ear right up to the keyboard is there any faint high-pitch electrical noise?
 
high pitched electrical noise?

no

but the keyboard has a huge ghosting problem? for games

only a couple keystrokes can be active before the last one sticks and repeats itself
 
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