Lenovo ThinkPad X220 notebook is shipping, tries to be a tablet as well

As we previously ensured you, Lenovo sticks to the fashion of releasing new and exciting machines based on Intel’s Sandy Bridge platform this spring. In March we covered a splash of mobile workstations and Edges coming out, some of the Lenovo newcomers were missed by our coverage, but anyway, we now have something else to look at. The new X Series ThinkPads include a classicnotebook and its tablet incarnation. By the tablet I mean of course (or rather Lenovo does) a tilting in all directions multitouch display a price tag with extra 50% of laptop’s price added to it. As always, Lenovo offers wide customization possibilities, namely Core i-processes of all families, tons of RAM, SSDs and USB 3.0. The display resolution however is locked at 1 366 × 786 and there are no discrete graphics available, but then the display is IPS and the latest X220s start well under a thousand dollars, so I guess everything is fair here. Specifications and customization options are after the jump.

Lenovo ThinkPad X220 specifications:

Processor: Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2,1 GHz, Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2,5 GHz, Intel Core i5-2540M @ 2,6 GHz, Intel Core i7-2620M @ 2,7 GHz

Memory: 2 GB DDR3 @ 1 333 MHz, 4 GB DDR3 @ 1 333 MHz, 6 GB DDR3 @ 1 333 MHz, 8 GB DDR3 @ 1 333 MHz

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000

Storage: 250 GB HDD @ 5 400 rpm, 320 GB HDD @ 5 400 rpm, 320 GB HDD @ 7 200, 128 GB SSD, 160 GB SSD

Display: 12,5" HD 1 366 × 786 IPS LCD

Camera: 720p HD

Wireless: Bluetooth 3.0, b/g/n Wi-Fi, WiMAX

Battery: 6-cell, 9-cell

Base price: $850

Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet specifications:

Processor: Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2,1 GHz, Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2,5 GHz, Intel Core i5-2540M @ 2,6 GHz, Intel Core i7-2620M @ 2,7 GHz

Memory: 4 GB DDR3 @ 1 333 MHz, 6 GB DDR3 @ 1 333 MHz, 8 GB DDR3 @ 1 333 MHz

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000

Storage: 250 GB HDD @ 5 400 rpm, 320 GB HDD @ 5 400 rpm, 320 GB HDD @ 7 200, 128 GB SSD, 160 GB SSD

Display: 12,5" HD 1 366 × 786 IPS LCD

Camera: 720p HD

Wireless: Bluetooth 3.0, b/g/n Wi-Fi, WiMAX

Battery: 6-cell

Base price: $1 250