Although I miss the 4:3 form factor, I have grudgingly accepted that this size has been retired by manufacturers who favor the widescreen form. My all-time favorite thinkpad has been the 600 and I have owned almost every variety starting from the basic 600 to the final 600X.
Nevertheless, I think a worthy successor is my latest acquisition, an X301. It's light and while not a speed demon in the CPU department, I consider it adequately powered(Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 / 1.4 GHz) for my needs. Moreover, the brightness of an LED backlight LCD compared to the CCFL LCDs brings to me back to 701 vs. 701CS days. Although the retail price is pretty high, it can be occasionally had in the Lenovo outlet store for reasonable money. Typing on the X301 (IMHO) is up to the high Thinkpad standards, especially after that infernal ultranav touchpad is turned off. Mitchell _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
