Office notebook recommendation: ultraportable

[Akaz1976]

Currently at work i have a 5 year old IBM thinkpad with 15" screen. I am due for an upgrade and thought that i would actually request a specific model.

Currently at home i use Acer 1810z which is great.

Here are things that i am looking for:
Horse power too run office (excel/work)
8+ hrs battery life + < 3lbs (so i can carry it for meeting to meeting without recharging or killing my shoulder)
11.6"+ screensize (mostly cuz i have fat fingers)

So basically i can make do with a Acer 1810z but with enterprise build quality.

two further things:

-budget ~$1k likely max (i paid $550 for the acer)
-one upgrade i would like to fit in is a SSD HDD

 

[Zebo]

x201i is best bet - rugged, no flex, best KB, fast HDD, and battery life between 4-12 hrs depending on cell. Comes with latest i3's 5's so it's fast.

Here is one I bought but returned because I did not want trackpad and picture is off, it has track pad. (damn stock images)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad...ViewItem&pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item2c55c96eb9

Smoking deal because when configured at lenovo it's over $1250 with discount and with bing cash back here you can get it $67 cash back from that low price.

This one comes with 6 cell so about 7 hours is what you'll get.

You want a serious ultra-portable notebook that'll last 5+ years this is it. No competition unless you upgrade to 301's.

Only potential down side is matte screen - seems people like glossy screens now but they suck in brightplaces so...

 

[lambchops511]

x201i is best bet - rugged, no flex, best KB, fast HDD, and battery life between 4-12 hrs depending on cell. Comes with latest i3's 5's so it's fast.

Here is one I bought but returned because I did not want trackpad and picture is off, it has track pad. (damn stock images)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad...ViewItem&pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item2c55c96eb9

Smoking deal because when configured at lenovo it's over $1250 with discount and with bing cash back here you can get it $67 cash back from that low price.

This one comes with 6 cell so about 7 hours is what you'll get.

You want a serious ultra-portable notebook that'll last 5+ years this is it. No competition unless you upgrade to 301's.

Only potential down side is matte screen - seems people like glossy screens now but they suck in brightplaces so...

2nd the x201 ... personally im waiting for the x201s to reappear again...

 

[Akaz1976]

What would be the batterylife (mostly using for word/surfing) of X201 with i5 and SSD? (6cell battery)

 

[lambchops511]

What would be the batterylife (mostly using for word/surfing) of X201 with i5 and SSD? (6cell battery)

probably 8+ hrs... but i would recommend you upgrade to the 9 cell battery ... not because of the extra batter life ... but because if you're walking around its a lot easier to grip it by the extruded 9 cell battery and can walk around while typing then if you have no grip for the 6 cell