Lenovo ThinkPad X120e snatches up AMD’s Zacate, aims to right all of the X100e’s wrongs

Remember the ThinkPad X100e ? Of course you do, the ultraportable or “notbook” only lasted 3.5 hours on a charge (with a six-cell battery!) and nearly burnt through our jeans. But that’s all in the past now — Lenovo’s promising to have turned it all around with the ThinkPad X120e. The 11.6-inch laptop still has the same chassis as the previous version — awesome curved keys, red pointing stick and all — but instead of AMD’s old Neo parts, it packs the long-awaited AMD Fusion APU technology. We’re still waiting on AMD’s official Fusion announcement, but the X120e will be available with both the Zacate E-240 and E-350 processors, which includes AMD’s Radeon HD 6310 graphics on the same chip. It’s said to deliver a pretty great graphics experience with over 6.5 hours of battery life, and better yet, AMD and Lenovo both ensure us that the heat issues have been taken care of. Naturally, we’ll have to test that all out for ourselves, but at $399 there’s no denying that it’s all sounding extremely tempting. The X120e will be available in February, and if you cross your fingers hard enough, we’ll whip up a review before you have to pull out the plastic. Full press release after the break. Gallery: Lenovo ThinkPad x120e Continue reading Lenovo ThinkPad X120e snatches up AMD’s Zacate, aims to right all of the X100e’s wrongs Lenovo ThinkPad X120e snatches up AMD’s Zacate, aims to right all of the X100e’s wrongs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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