I will not be able to afford any of these but they will surely be the cause of nerd lust in the coming months.

I doubt that the x200 will have a DVD drive in it. But if it did that would be rad

Amazing competition for Apple. Bring'em ON!

MacBook Air...it think your time has come. Here you are with no descendants...poor little guy.

This is a carefully orchestrated strategy. All this drool will disable our current laptops, and force us to buy theirs!

:drool:

@j4sk868: Yeah, it's going to be interesting how they design that one period. But our source didn't include any caveats on that statement...so we'll see.

I can't wait. 512mb of video memory?? Wow.

@iiviip3: These are Lenovo. They are no longer the elite computers as they once were in the late 90's. You can expect reasonable prices on them.

I got an R61 a few months ago when everything was on sale, spec'd it past the T series price point, and have been extremely happy with it the whole time. count me as an IBM fanboy (a T41 and X41 in my history) but i can't speak loudly enough about the quality of these machines, even after the transfer to Lenovo.

Apparently those Chinese can make some mean chop suey, kick Tibetan ass, and design a damn fine laptop. All at the same time.

I have to tell you that I never would have predicted that Lenovo would take IBM's Thinkpad line and actually improve on it. I was impressed with the old lineup, but this is even more lustworthy.

You should check your facts before posting an article. The X series will never get a 14" and 15" offering. The X series is Lenovo's ultraportable line. It will be an X200 and X200 Tablet only, to go along with the X300.

The T-Series and R-Series will continue to have both 14" and 15" offerings.

The new W series will be W500 (ATI Graphics) and W700 (Nvidia). They will be 15" and 17" respectively.

All families will now have SSD offerings INCLUDING the W-series, and integrated cameras and GPS as well.

@Monty: ThinkPads have always been, and will continue to be designed in Yamato Japan. That will not change!

DO WANT

I was about to jump on a T61 but now I'll hold off. Either X200 (or X300 if it comes down in price), or a new T series.

I hope there's also an HDD option on the X series.

@Mark Wilson: Ill also keep you guys updated. Im a service provider and if we get any sort of service information that leakes any specs ill pass it along.

They look like s h i t.

@Monty:

Damn, who knew that business class laptops would have such a consumer-centered appeal to them.

@j4sk868: great!

eSATA ports?

So, are they ever going to give up on the Thinkpad look?

@RD: I certainly hope not.

@RD: That's like asking why sharks never seem to evolve.

Personally I'm a big fan of the thinkpad look. Everyone else does the shiny silver/black look with extra buttons and a fancy pattern of your choosing for the top, why should Lenovo?

I want one of those W models, I predict.

@RD: I really hope not, I really really really like the Thinkpad look for some reason. I sometimes prefer it over Apple's. But I want OSX, so I'll see if these can run OSX, and buy these instead of Apple's.

OMFG I want the 12! That will be handy once my D420 finally becomes so far behind spec that its not usable.

How much for the 12-incher?

what no 8.9" - thats what we need

I'm a thinkpad fan since I loves me some trackpoint action.
but
They constantly overlook display resolution. They give us a size like it means something. Tell me what the friggin native resolution is already.

I don't want a laptop with a 17 inch screen if it can only do 1440x900 ... I want 1680x1050 minimum, 1920x1200 if I can get it.

The current x300 only does WXGA+ :P bleh. I like everything else about it, but that's a deal breaker.

@Monty: Many of the same engineers involved as were previously employed by IBM... Looks like the result has been strong.

I don't understand why they are moving from the simple x## naming scheme to x### when it doesn't seem necessary.

I agree completely Dillenger. I've purchased about a thousand Thinkpads over the last 6 years at my job and while they are still hands down the best business laptop you can buy, my biggest complaint is screen resolution and brightness. I need retina burning brightness and I hope the LED's assist with that, as I'm getting sick of seeing Latitudes that kick my T61. Resolution, even on the 'p' models suck.

@iiviip3: In addition to what vertibraker said, these laptops last a long time. I'm writing this on a T41 from sept. 04, and it's built much more solidly and runs much better than your average four year old from dell/hp/etc. I plan on picking one of these up this summer and dragging it out until I finish college (2011)

@hooked-on-tronics: Could not agree more. Thinkpads look way more sophisticated than those glossy schemes that look like crap after you've used them for a few months.

@Monty: I think chop suey is actually american, like sushi (e.g. both created by asian immigrants in california), but yea they're making some kick ass laptops that could beat their parents up in specs and price.

17 inch ThinkPad?

Shit, I'm gonna need some wet wipes...

I love Thinkpad hardware, but the unfortunate and seemingly permanent deterrent is something that lurks on the inside. Begins with a W.

I don't know what you guys are talking about when it comes to poor resolution... My new 15.4" T61p has 1680x1050 and that's the lowest res option.

Look, this is lovely stuff, but I am currently the proud custodian (for a client of mine) of two bricks that used to be Thinkpads. There is an endemic hardware glitch that affected these units when they went into hybernation, and now we can't get them out. They are going to the shop; we'll see what happens. But singing the praises of IBM makes me feel all oogie right now.

And, by the way, one suggested solution is to put the laptop in the refridgerator. The goram FRIDGE. People are suggesting bizarre stuff to solve this problem. Makes me wonder.

@ntrgc89:
i wikipedia'd sushi and the history sounds pretty legit and nothing about california. am i missing something? i'm not challenging you, i'm just genuinely intrigued.

@Kaiser-Machead: Nobody is forcing you to use Windows. Alternatives are available, but you have to give some effort to seek them out.

*Throws Air out the Window*

*Picks up phone*

"Hello Lenovo? About the X range..."

As for it using Windows, that's only a problem if you're a fanboy or a buffoon.

@cubensis: No, no one's forcing me to use Windows, but try as I might, I can't follow nutbastard either :P

@Sleeper_Service: It isn't so much a problem, as I simply can't go back with something I prefer far more still existing.

I thought that the whole line would go to crap when IBM sold them off... fortunately I know several people with Lenovo Thinkpads and they are great machines with little to no problems.

I'm so glad to see these "non-hipster" products coming out.

@Kaiser-Machead:

Fair enough.

Meh.. Stinkpads suck

We got an X300 demo unit in and it's really quite nice. Fairly responsive and powerful compared to an X61s.

The W series notebooks (I was told) are replacing the current p models that are scattered across the T series (T61p = W500).

@Dillenger69: Given that the current T61p line runs at 1920x1200 at 15", I would imagine they'll have similar specs for the newer models.

what?! no tablet PC???

@onlytemporary: you know, I guess I'm just straight up wrong about it. I read a little bit of the wiki page too and couldn't find it. I was just speaking on anecdotal evidence that I don't even remember where I heard it. Good call on the fact-checking.

This is a bold move for Lenovo and really further substantiates their determination to completely dominate the high end laptop market. The new models will please old school ThinkPad fans and finally take Lenovo out from underneath IBM's shadow