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It’s black, not shiny and built tough… that’s a Thinkpad for you. For those who’ve valued features in a laptop, ThinkPads have always held a special place.
However, there are two problems when you want to buy a ThinkPad in India.
So, imagine my surprise when I finally found a ThinkPad on FlipKart.com & that too for under Rs 21K. I promptly placed an order with Flipkart considering the pricing was less than the listing on Amazon.com. For the uninitiated, laptop costs on an average are 20-30% higher in India for the same config.
The ThinkPad X120e I ordered was sporting an AMD E-350 processor, 2 GB RAM, 320GB Harddrive, 11.6†1366x768 screen along with webcam, 3 usb ports and a HDMI port. I placed an order for an extra 2GB DDR-3 1333 as well.
Two days later I had theThinkPad box inside another flipkart box lined with bubble wrap! You can never have too much protection I guess.
The Unboxed experience:
The box didn’t really contain too much. A ThinkPad charger that works with all ThinkPads (tested successfully on an X220 & X301), a 6-cell battery and the laptop itself. There was minimal documentation & not like I’d read it anyway.
The Laptop itself did not come with Windows. Which is awesome cause that meant no bloatware. Yay!
Initial reactions:
Next post ... setting it up… Will post on how that goes…
Content replicated from unboxedninja.blogspot.com (Mods please let me know if this is a problem)
However, there are two problems when you want to buy a ThinkPad in India.
- They are quite expensive
- You can't find them for a individual purchase.. ANYWHERE!!!
So, imagine my surprise when I finally found a ThinkPad on FlipKart.com & that too for under Rs 21K. I promptly placed an order with Flipkart considering the pricing was less than the listing on Amazon.com. For the uninitiated, laptop costs on an average are 20-30% higher in India for the same config.
The ThinkPad X120e I ordered was sporting an AMD E-350 processor, 2 GB RAM, 320GB Harddrive, 11.6†1366x768 screen along with webcam, 3 usb ports and a HDMI port. I placed an order for an extra 2GB DDR-3 1333 as well.
Two days later I had theThinkPad box inside another flipkart box lined with bubble wrap! You can never have too much protection I guess.
The Unboxed experience:
The box didn’t really contain too much. A ThinkPad charger that works with all ThinkPads (tested successfully on an X220 & X301), a 6-cell battery and the laptop itself. There was minimal documentation & not like I’d read it anyway.
The Laptop itself did not come with Windows. Which is awesome cause that meant no bloatware. Yay!
Initial reactions:
- The build quality is splendid
- I’ve always liked the ‘ThinkPad Black’. This one doesn’t disappoint.
- The keyboard has a good feel to it
- It has a matte screen. I’ve always disliked the glossy ones.
Next post ... setting it up… Will post on how that goes…
Content replicated from unboxedninja.blogspot.com (Mods please let me know if this is a problem)