The ThinkPad X301 boasts the same 13.3-inch display, 3.3-pound weight, and 0.7-inch thickness as its predecessor, the ThinkPad X300.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC August 18, 2008 Lenovo today announced the ThinkPad X301 notebook PC, taking the thinnest and lightest full-function notebook in its class1, to new heights in performance.

Lenovo recently announced the ThinkPad X301, the next in line for the X300 line. Surely you remember the X300, Lenovo’s answer to the MacBook Air.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X301 is the most impressive ultraportable in its class. Too bad only a high-paid executive can afford one.

The ThinkPad X301 offers a pair of not-yet-released Intel ultralow-volt processors that the PC vendor lists as the U9300, which has a clock speed of 1.2GHz, and the U9400, which has a clock speed ...

The ThinkPad X301 will be available with Intel's 1.2GHz U9300 and 1.4GHz U9400 CPUs, both having 6MB L2 cache and 1066MHz FSB, while the X300's 64GB SSD is replaced by either an 80GB or 128GB version.

Lenovo is following up on their solid X300 notebook with the Thinkpad X301, which will have the Centrino 2 chipset and the option for a 64 or 128 GB SSD. Set for official announcement next week ...

Sure, the ThinkPad Edge 13 may not carry some of the premium features of the X301 or other higher-end ThinkPads, but for a budget ultraportable we've got very little to complain about.

On the connectivity front, Wi-Fi and GPS will be available at launch, with WiMAX to be added later this year. Unlike Apple's super-slim MacBook Air, the ThinkPad X301 doesn't skimp on functionality.

We review the Lenovo ThinkPad X301 laptop., Lenovo refreshed the 13.3-inch ThinkPad X300 (a CNET Editors' Choice winner) by incorporating one of Intel's new ultra-low-voltage Core 2 Duo CPUs ...

WiMAX options will be available from today on ThinkPad X301, T400, SL300 and SL500 models, with options on the ThinkPad W500, W700, SL400 and X200 models later on this year.

Many gaming laptops, such as the Alienware Area-51 m15x, push price as well as performance into the stratosphere. But when it comes to ultraportables, the honors go to the Lenovo ThinkPad X301.