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8.0
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8.8
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8.0
Laptop Magazine Jul 14, 2008

The Lenovo ThinkPad X200 is an excellent lightweight notebook for mobile professionals who demand the business essentials: security, durability, and lengthy battery life. Although some may prefer an optical drive or a slightly larger display, the power of the Centrino 2 platform combined with the...

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NotebookReview Jul 15, 2008

The Lenovo ThinkPad X200 is an update and evolution of the ThinkPad X61 12.1" screen ultraportable and, as the name suggests, borrows a bit from the design cue of the much praised ThinkPad X300 ultra-slim laptop. To be sure, the X200 is not as expensive nor as cutting edge as the X300, the...

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9.0
larrybar larrybar

I purchased this machine in August, 2009. Mine has the same specs as in oAo's review. In addition to the good points mentioned in that review, this laptop also runs very cool. My MacBook Pro gets too hot to use comfortably in my lap after 30 minutes, but this runs at a 25w thermal rating...

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8.0
oAo oAo

This little machine is one of the best things I have bought in a long while. I won't bore you with specs - you can go to the Lenovo site for all of that. All that is different in mine is that I have a 250GB HD and 3 gigs of ram. In my opinion, the most important feature of a laptop is...

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sburton sburton

I had originally thought I wanted a Lenovo X300 because of the SSD, but opted to try the X200 instead because of it's smaller form factor even though it didn't have an internal optical drive. After a few weeks of use I didn't miss the optical drive at all. A few weeks later I...

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9.0
larrybar larrybar

I purchased this machine in August, 2009. Mine has the same specs as oAo's. In addition to the good points in that review, this laptop also runs very cool. My MacBook Pro gets too hot to use comfortably in my lap after 30 minutes, but this runs at a 25w thermal rating and never gets hot....

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8.0
tigrisian tigrisian

This one is quite old, but If you type a lot. There is no other choice for Writers and Programmers. Not for you, photographers.

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