SlashGear Japan
Lenovo’s much-vaunted ThinkPad X300 is being hailed in some circles as the ultraportable to oust the MacBook Air, and a major chunk of its charm is the use of a Solid State Drive (SSD) rather than a traditional drive that can be subject to knocks and jolts. Samsung provided the SATA II SSD used, with the specific model capable of 100 MB/s read rates and 80 MB/s write rates, despite using 30-percent less power than a typical platter-based drive.
“Lenovo’s use of a SATA II SSD as the only storage device for its premium ThinkPad X300 notebook underscores its commitment to performance excellence. With the Samsung SATA II SSD, Lenovo is delivering the highest performance rates for rugged, ultra-light storage in an ultra-portable notebook” Jim Elliott, VP, memory marketing, Samsung
The Samsung SSD operates up to 60-percent faster than SATA I drives and to to five times faster than a conventional hard drive; it contributes just 73 grams to the X300’s 2.9 pound total weight.
Most impressively, perhaps, is the fact that the silent, virtually heat-free drive can resist up to 1500 G’s of shock in a half-millisecond.
3 Responses to “Lenovo X300 ultraportable uses Samsung SATA II Solid State Drive”
cyberwisdom March 5, 2008
“major chunk of its charm is the use of a Solid State Drive (SSD) rather than a traditional drive that can be subject to knocks and jolts”
hmmm, did someone forget that the AIR has an SSD????? Factor that in, and the advantage may not be all that great….(if any)
NeutralHankHill May 7, 2008
Geez cyberwisdom! Why does this machine make you feel so… personally threatened? Have you watched too many mac commercials and actually began to feel superior for being duped into buying a cartoon computer with a cartoon operating system. I dont make a living in cartoons! The X300 has been in development for over 2 years and is/was not an answer to the air or anything that Apple could come up with . You cannot compare the two, they are t;wo different machines for two distinctly different purposes. This machines serves the business world, the Air serves the coffee shop wireless network business(since it doesnt even have WWAN, and besides the only place I ever see one is in a coffee shop where the owner can hope to be spotted and feel…. superior.)
BWHAHAHAHAH!
-1cyberwisdom June 10, 2008
For the record I don’t live in a world of cartoons, just a world of penguins. I’ve been a Linux guy for many years and have several Thinkpads all running some version of Debian… However, I would take a Mac over a Windoze machine any day.
I just hate when people inappropriately make comparisons and spread FUD. X300 and AIR are both Utlra portables. As to your comment that “You cannot compare the two”, you may have also missed the first line in the article “is being hailed in some circles as the ultraportable to oust the MacBook Air” which is what I was referring to along with the fact that the SSD was completely overlooked.
Neutral