Lenovo ThinkPad X240

Lenovo ThinkPad laptop long been a favorite of business users on the go, and for good reason. It has a long history of durability and stable performance, and their keyboards are arguably the best on the planet. The new Lenovo ThinkPad x240 has the distinction of being the thinnest and lightest laptop X-series to date but it is still tough MIL-spec and offer solid Core i5 computing power as well as new battery technologies Lenovo Power Bridge , which gave us more than 15 hours of battery life. Like most ThinkPads, the x240 is not exactly cheap, and its 12.5-inch touch screen is relatively low-res, but they both just well-built stone ultrabook.

Design and Features
ThinkPad longtime fans will be happy to know that the x240 does not stray too far from the iconic design, though it offers some new touch. The lid is made of carbon fiber and a new Graphite Black finish, a bit clearer than the typical ThinkPad finish. It is also used as a drop-down hinge design allows the screen to be extended to a 180-degree range of tilt. As always, ThinkPad and Lenovo badges adorn the lid.

The x240 has a built-in, non-removable 3-cell battery and a removable 3-cell battery and a removable 6-cell battery, both hot-swappable Power Bridge Technology thanks to Lenovo, which allows you to replace a spent battery with a charged battery without powering down the notebook.

Weighs 3.2 pounds and measuring 2.12 by 8.19 by 0.79 inches (HWD), the x240 is a tad heavier than the Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus (£ 3.06) but still portable enough for many long hauls. Whether you use the six-cell battery just looking around 3.6 pounds. The remaining part magnesium alloy chassis hold mini DisplayPort and VGA video output, a power jack, and a USB 3.0 port (which is black, not blue). The right side is home to a second USB 3.0 port, a LAN jack, a 4-in-1 SD card reader, and an audio output. Under the base station is a docking port and a pair of speakers.

Under the lid is a 12.5-inch IPS touch-screen display that delivers vibrant colors, deep blacks, and wide viewing angle. However, resolution 1366-by-768 it pales in comparison to the 3,200-by-1, 800 resolution you get with Samsung Book 9. That said, the touch screen worked without a hitch, and uber-thin bezels did display Windows 8 for easy swiping from both sides.

The island-style keyboard is a typical ThinkPad keyboard; In other words, it's amazing. The backlit keys are full-size and well spaced, and the keyboard is spill-resistant. Typing is comfortable, and keystrokes are responding. Offer the new glass trackpad designed twice the work area of the previous trackpads, contains five buttons of joint clicking, and supports 20 Windows 8 gesture commands. I takes a little getting used to starting extra surface area but once you make it hard to image how you ever got along with a smaller trackpad. As always, a red TrackPoint pointing stick is located between the G, H, and B keys, and there's a fingerprint reader off the right side of the keyboard.

Rounding out the feature set is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios, webcam and microphone array, and a 256GB solid-state drive with Windows 8 Pro. There is also a small number of Lenovo apps, including the Lenovo Cloud Storage and Companion apps, trial versions of Microsoft Office and Norton Studio, Skype, Evernote and Touch.