Lenovo ThinkPad X220 is one of the best laptop from Lenovo. This business ultraportable laptop successfully bring the soul of Lenovo X-Series laptops. It brings the lightweight, new Intel Core i5-2520M CPU (which use Intel's Sandy Bridge platform, a second-generation Intel Core processors), and fantastic battery life. For you frequent bussiness traveller, Lenovo ThinkPad X220 can be consedered as one of the best laptop for your need. Equipped with an improved keyboard which made up of larger keys, it offers fantastic typing experience. Lenovo ThinkPad X220 price starts from $1,299 (direct), some features (like extended warranty, on site repair, extra batterey, etc) are offerred by additional cost.

In business ultraportables category, Lenovo ThinkPad X220 is belong to the first generation that relied its system to Intel Core i5-2520M processor (clock speed at 2.5GHz) which is a second-generation Intel Core processors (Sandy Bridge platform). Lenovo ThinkPad X220 equipped with integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000. It can handle 3D games like Crysis and Lost Planet 2, but not so good as compared with the non-integrated chip from Nvidia or ATI. However, combination of this low voltage processor plus integrated graphical chip support it batterey to achieve a long life. It uses 6-cell batterey at 63WH which can run up to 8 hours 40 minutes. You may have additional battery for $179.

Lenovo ThinkPad X220 has 12.5-inch widescreen (a 16-by-9 aspect ratio) with maximum resolution at 1,366-by-768. The X220's new keyboard are newly improved, its Escape and Delete keys are twice their original size. With its keyboeard design, you may have comfortable typing experience. It cons side maybe from its old all-black frame that not so stylish as aluminum-clad or silvery style. Lenovo ThinkPad X220 has strong phisical since it is subjected to a series of hard esistences tests before it released: moisture, vibrations, drops, and extreme temperature resistance. Its frame are build from solid magnesium, not cheap plastic. Amazingly, it only weights for X220 3.3 pounds. It's lighter than the some others in this class.

Special features offerred by Lenovo ThinkPad X220 is DisplayPort, that supports better stream audio and video in digital form. Other ports supplied are: VGA port a Webcam which has HD sensor to support video conference at 1,280-by-720 resolution (720p), an ExpressCard slot, three USB ports, Ethernet, and an SD card slot. Wireless connection supported by its Intel WiFi chips, Bluetooth, GPS, 3G (via Gobi), and 4G technologies. Its storege rely on a 320GB, 7200rpm hard drive. But for your concern, it doesn't have optical drive, its external optical drive is sold separately.