Lenovo ThinkPad X120e review

The ThinkPad X120e's included six-cell battery lasted 5 hours and 29 minutes in our video playback battery drain test. That's a huge step up from the X100e, which barely lasted 3.5 hours. The new AMD processor makes the X120e a true "plane-flight" ultraportable. We expect other AMD Fusion 11.6-inchers to have similarly long battery life; the X120e's battery outperformed the HP dm1, but only by 10 minutes.

Lenovo includes a standard one-year warranty with the ThinkPad X120e. Lenovo's Web site is relatively easy to navigate for downloadable drivers and support. Lenovo also offers a toll-free support number, available 24-7.

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System configurations:

Lenovo ThinkPad X120e
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit); 1.6GHz dual-core AMD Fusion E-350; 4,096MB DDR3 SDRAM 667MHz; 64MB (Dedicated) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6310; 320GB Hitachi 7,200rpm

HP Pavilion dm1-3005
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit); 1.6GHz dual-core AMD Fusion E-350; 3,072MB DDR3 SDRAM 667MHz; 384MB (Dedicated) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6310; 320GB Hitachi 7,200rpm

Toshiba Satellite T215D-S1140RD
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit); 1.7GHz AMD Turion II Neo K125; 2,048MB DDR2 SDRAM 1,066MHz; 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225; 250GB Hitachi 5,400rpm

Apple MacBook Air 11-inch
OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard; 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo U9400 (ULV); 2GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,066MHz; 256MB Nvidia GeForce 320M; 128GB Apple SSD

Dell Inspiron M101z
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit); 1.3GHz AMD Athlon II Neo K325; 4,096MB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 384MB (Dedicated) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225; 320GB Seagate 5,400rpm

Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830T-68U118
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit); 1.46GHz Intel Core i7-680UM; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,066MHz; 128MB (Dedicated) Intel GMA HD; 500GB Western Digital 5,400rpm

Lenovo ThinkPad X100e
Windows 7 Professional; 1.6GHz AMD Turion Neo X2 Dual-Core L625; 2,048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 384MB (Shared) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200; 250GB Fujitsu 5,400rpm