11.6-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X121e launches in Japan

By Peter Cartwright
5 Jul, 2011 9:13 pm

The latest iteration of the 11.6-inch Lenovo ThinkPad – the ThinkPad X121e – taking over from this year’s X120e, has been made official in Japan. Design-wise it’s identical to the ThinkPad Edge E125 spotted at some event in early June, without the glossy display and carrying the trademark trackpoint, superb keyboard and trackpad. On the inside, you have a choice between AMD Fusion or 2nd-gen Core i chips.

Specs include an 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 display, USB 2.0 x 3 (one is powered), Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI out, VGA out, SDXC card reader, webcam, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi. Higher end models include 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, WiMAX and Bluetooth 3.0. Weight starts at 1.4kg for models with a 3-cell battery and 1.55kg for 6-cell battery models. Battery life: the Intel models get 3.8 hours of battery (3-cell) or 7.7 hours (6-cell). AMD Fusion models range from 3.5 – 4.1 hours (3-cell) or 7.2 hours (6-cell).

Here’s a list of the models (roughly ranging from $499 to $1,000+ in US pricing):

AMD Fusion C-50, 1GB of RAM, 250GB HDD, 3-cell battery, Windows 7 Pro - 69,300 yen
AMD Fusion E-350, 4GB of RAM, 250GB HDD, 6-cell battery, Windows 7 Pro – 84,000 yen
Intel Core i3-2357M, 2GB of RAM, 320GB HDD, Windows 7 HP – 80,000 yen
Intel Core i3-2357M, 2GB of RAM, 320GB HDD, Windows 7 Pro, 3-cell batttery – 85,050 yen
Intel Core i3-2357M, 4GB of RAM, 128GB SSD, Windows 7 Pro – 100,000 yen

It starts shipping to businesses today, regular consumers at the end of this month (July) and in retail stores in early August.