Europe Receives Lenovo's ThinkPad X121e Laptop

With July 4 falling on a Monday, of all days, the activity on the IT industry seems to have paused, leaving market watchers scrambling for something to find information on, but it seems Lenovo, at least, has offered something.

Users might remember that, back around the time the Consumer Electronics Show of this year (2011) was happening, Lenovo showed off a certain notebook.

Said laptop was, more precisely, an ultraportable notebook bearing the name of ThinkPad X120e and powered by the AMD Fusion architecture.

Now, it is revealed that the outfit has put together what basically amounts to a successor of that very same notebook.

It carries the name of ThinkPad X121e and, like the X120e, uses an APU, though it looks like an Intel-based model exists as well.

The first configuration relies on the AMD E-350 accelerated processing unit (APU), which has two CPU cores operating at 1.6 GHz each, as well as the built-in Radeon HD 6310 entry-level yet DirectX 11-ready graphics.

This machine also has 4 GB of RAM (random access memory) and a hard disk drive with a storage capacity of 320 GB.

The Intel-based model also has the above memory and storage capabilities, while the exact CPU (central processing unit) is the Core i3-2357M, a dual-core 1.3 GHz chip with Intel HD 3000 graphics.

Both machines come equipped with Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, HDMI, 0.3 megapixel webcams, 4-in-1 card readers and full-size keyboards.

Finally, the batteries can keep everything mentioned above, along with the 11.6-inch HD displays (resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels) running for a period of up to 6 hours.

The report cites prices that are quite a way apart. The E-350-based system is said to cost 399 Euro, while the Intel-powered one is sold for 724 units of the same currency.