Lenovo’s ThinkPad X121e Laptop Has Been Spotted, AMD or Intel Internals
Posted on 05. Jul, 2011 by LaptopMan in Laptops, Laptops
Lenovo’s latest business laptop has been spotted in Europe. The 11.6-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X121e business laptop is already available for pre-order in some parts of Europe, according to TC Magazine. The X121e laptop is the follow-up business ultra-portable to the 11.6-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X120e.
Inside the new X121e Lenovo has decided to offer customers a bit more leeway in configurations, buyers can pick Intel or AMD based machines.
The AMD model has a AMD E-350 APU, the same AMD APU inside the X120e, the APU has two 1.6 GHz Bobcat processing cores and an integrated AMD Radeon HD 6310 graphics core (DirectX 11 compatible). And in the Intel model Lenovo has gone with the 1.3 GHz Intel Core i3-2357M dual-core processor, from the new Intel Sandy Bridge class of Intel processors, and it comes with Intel HD 3000 Graphics (integrated).
However the rest of the X121e’s specifications match for the AMD and Intel based models. Which means that each X121e comes with the following…
- Genuine Windows 7 Professional
- 11.6-inch HD (1366 x 768) display
- 4GB of DDR3 RAM
- 320GB (7200 RPM) hard drive
- 4-in-1 card reader, a 0.3 megapixel webcam,
- Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
- 3x USB (1x powered USB), HDMI, VGA, RJ-45, and Headphone/Microphone jack
- full-size spill-proof keyboard and TrackPoint
- 6 hours of battery life
Lenovo has priced the AMD based ThinkPad X121e at €399, while the Intel Sandy Bridge version of the X121e is listed at €724. The performance differences between the AMD and Intel based models can only be guessed right now, but I do believe that the Intel based model will perform better in CPU tasks but the AMD model will be better when it comes to tasks that need GPU power.
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TimBu
05. Jul, 2011
Has Intel stopped bribing manufacturers and retailers all around the world? I am confused.
Only several months ago, the FTC slapped a Consent Decree on Intel to restrict Intel from bribing and threatening manufacturers.
The Euro Commission also had to ask Intel to stop bribing retailers into not selling competitor’s products.