When Apple announced its MacBook Air in January, many people were in awe over the notebook's sleek design, relatively light weight and thin frame. Even many die-hard PC fans admitted that the design of the MacBook Air was quite attractive to the eyes.
Opinions began to sour, however, when people realized what Apple had to leave out in order to achieve the "cut down" dimensions of the MacBook Air. Apple left out a network port, optical drive, removable battery and only included one USB port. To make matters worse, users can not upgrade the memory on the device and despite the "Air" moniker; there is no integrated support for EV-DO or HSDPA.
So while Apple was getting flak for its lack of features on its MacBook Air, Lenovo had its own lightweight ultra-portable notebook brewing in the background: the ThinkPad X300. DailyTech brought you coverage of the device when it first leaked as well as Walt Mossberg's initial impressions of the device and final specifications.
The X300 corrects all of the MacBook Air's missteps and adds one major disappointment of its own. The X300 includes all of the features missing from the MacBook Air listed above in addition to Wireless USB, a fingerprint reader, 13.3" 1440x900 LED-backlit display and the ability to add a secondary battery.
The sole disappointment in my eyes is the processor speed when compared to the MacBook Air. Lenovo includes a 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo processor with the X300 compared to the 1.6GHz and 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo processors available with the MacBook Air. On the plus side, the 12W processor used in the X300 is more power efficient than the 20W processors used in the MacBook Air which should lead to greater battery life
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