Rob Bushway has a post today about his experiences with the Thinkpad x41. His conclusions are pretty positive so far, though he promises to cover things he doesn’t like about the X41 in a subsequent post. JKOnTheRun comments on the X41 as well today.
One thing Rob and JK point out is that the power management settings out of the box are set to conserve battery power, which may result in a performance hit. I changed the power settings on my X41 soon after I got it, and I have not noticed any sluggish behavior.
The thing that I like the most about the X41 is that it seems to hit the sweet spot between power and portability. It has everything a laptop needs, with the exception on an internal DVD player/recorder (see my travel workaround here). Plus, it is very light and easy to carry around.
I find the switch between landscape (regular laptop orientation) and portrait (the slate, tablet pc orientation) to be really fast and easy. On a typical flight, I’ll switch back and forth numerous times as I work in Word, watch a Movielink movie, do a crossword puzzle, read a book, etc. And once I’m on the ground, the X41 looks, acts and feels like a traditional laptop.
I really like this computer and cannot imagine traveling with anything else.
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