Mini laptop Lenovo Thinkpad X201S – An Awesome Business Laptop

Introduction and accessories

Lenovo Thinkpad X201S surprised us at first sight. Thinkpad X201S is accompanied by a Lenovo dock station. Is equipped with a DVD-RW, 4 USB ports, VGA, power jack, an RJ-45 port, security system and lock and is fitted with a special slot for an extra battery.

This accessory is very useful and practical mini-laptop is simple through a slot connection, and is very easy, with X201S weighing approximately 2 kg. In its box still find a set of keys and instructions. With the keys, you can block the mini laptop docking station.

Lenovo Thinkpad X201S exterior

We note some design improvements: the fingerprint reader has evolved, is less portable and allows users to start and log with a single gesture, there is a USB port for charging other gadgets even when the system is off or in stand-by. Regarding the issue, Thinkpad series is "brilliant" in this chapter, we like it because it is a classic, the netbook has a compact form.

We noticed small changes on the keyboard. It is very similar to the X200 model, with higher "Enter" key, but we were delighted by its directional keys (the arrow), being too small. Thinkpad X201S comes equipped with classic touchpad.

The display is 12.1 inch WXGA + 1440 x 900 LED-backlit matte. As usual, this model can display up to 180 degrees due to open special hinges. The picture is good, clear and with pretty good viewing angles, but somewhat lower than glossy displays.

On the bottom you can see air vents, exhaust system liquids, and connection slot dock station.

Let’s talk about its ports. On the left you can see the ports: 1 x DC-in (power port), 1 x USB, 1 x VGA, 1 x RJ-45, 1 x special USB port for charging other gadgets. Also on this side is the ventilation system and the button on/off of the wireless.

On the right side is 1 x USB, headphone jacks/speakers and the microphone, 1 x RJ-11 (modem).

Lenovo Thinkpad X201S - technical specifications

Of technical specifications, as I said in the preview, the ThinkPad X201S has a slightly unbalanced configuration.

In some publications noted that this model comes equipped with 64-bit operation. In these circumstances, the RAM that could be seen and used was 3GB. Another component that was disappointed is the video card. This system pulled back in many multimedia and graphics applications. Even if the processor is the latest - Intel Core i7-640LM (2.13GHz, 4MB Cache) (note on Windows was 3.7) - and plenty of RAM, the video card is lazy, slows down the mini laptop.

Performance

Regarding the performance we do not have what to say. Being a business mini laptop can ran more office applications, multimedia and internet. HDD seemed pretty fast at 16.7ms access time being and having an average of 75.7 MB/s data transfer.

Autonomy, silence and temperatures

We suspect that the model has a 4-cell battery, otherwise we explain the autonomy of up to 2 hours. The Power Manager 3 you can see real-time consumption of the laptop and autonomy. You can adjust and enable or disable certain services, to gain autonomy.

This we believe is due to ventilation and ventilation system that does its job very well, and as an added plus, is silent.

Software

Related to the software exactly like the model Lenovo ThinkPad T410, X201S comes equipped with an operating system and applications accompanied by some very useful: Lenovo ThinkVantage (for easy access, there is a blue button on the keyboard), Power Manager 3 (for monitoring battery), Access Connections 5 - Internet Connection Manager.

Lenovo's ThinkPad X201S strengths:

•  Security system
•  Portability
•  Display
•  Noise and ventilation
•  Connectivity (here we include the dock station)

Lenovo's ThinkPad X201S weaknesses:

•  Graphics Card
•  Keyboard

The price is uniform for all Lenovo Thinkpad X201S + pack + DVD-RW docking station and start at 1899 USD without VAT, depends from where you buy it.

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