Thinkpad X220 Laptop Lenovo, i7-2640M 2.8GHz, IPS, 12.5" Premium HD LED backlit Display, 4Gb DDR3, FingerReader, Bluetooth, 320Gb 5400rpm, 9cell, 720p webcam, windows 7 home premium 64 English

I purchased the X220 from the Lenovo website in May 2011 when it first became available. There were some 20% - 30% deals back then but I think the price is always hovering around $1000 no matter what website you buy it from.

The model I got is very close to the model on this page - i7 processor, IPS display, bluetooth, 4GB DDR3 RAM and slightly smaller hard drive. I'm not sure if it's mentioned here, but I also upgraded the wifi card from the basic Lenovo one to one of the Intel cards.

My previous laptop was the 5 year old IBM x41, so maybe this review is a little biased for Lenovo Thinkpads. I enjoyed using the x41, but it was becoming too slow loading up web pages, the hard drive was too small (30GB) and it ran out of batteries too fast. I was actually looking to upgrade in 2009 but I didn't find a laptop meeting my requirements. I knew I wanted a dual-core processor and SSD drive. Eventually the list grew to USB 3.0 and DDR3. When Intel announced the... Read more

I am happy to write about my experience with this Lenovo Thinkpad X220 laptop. I purchased this from Amazon about three weeks ago and I absolutely love it. I was debating between this and the 13" Macbook Air with it's aluminum body carvd from one solid piece. The specs are similar but in the end the Lenovo won out because it is user customizable, while the Apple is a closed system (you get what you buy, you can't add memory, replace hard drive, nothing). And I have no regrets. I really live this version of the system, with the faster processor (Intel i7-2nd generation quad-core running 2.8 GHz). I like the Bluetooth which is the latest spec, the USB 3 always-charging port (plus 2 USB 2.x ports), the 7200 RPM hard drive (most laptop HDs are 5400 rpm), the 9-call battery (most are 6 cell), 4GB high-speed DDR3 RAM (the best), and a lot of really great additional features, including a most wonderful keyboard (you really can't do better for a laptop keyboard, and since this is the part you... Read more

In short, after being literally confused on what laptop to buy next (after having a Vaio for years), a friend of mine recommended this for me. I've been thanking him for that since I got the laptop. The X220 is a great laptop for those who got annoyed by carrying the charger around, it is a "Mobile", with a 9 cells battery, you really don't need to worry much about power, and this is exactly why I bought this laptop.

Loving the performance, "bang" boot and shutdown, you don't really to waiiiiiiit for the desktop to show up and start working, that is, few seconds and the laptop is ready to work on!

I, for a minute, thought that the 12.5" could be a disadvantage as I never worked on less that 14" ones, but no, actually with the IPS display it's a big deal really.

Oh, that wasn't "in short", but on a serious note, and in short, a great little beast, get it.