The Lenovo X100e shares many attributes with its predecessors, as with previous X series it is a small and light notebook, an 11.6″ display @ 1366×768 and a weight of 1.3kg.  The big difference is the chip powering the notebook, AMD has finally broken into this market with their Athlon Neo MV-40 @ 1.6 GHz.  The AMD 780G chipset means there is a Radeon Mobility HD 3200 powering the graphics and sharing the 1GB of DDR2.  The power of the Neo is significantly higher than the Atom, both in the power it draws, 15W as opposed to 2.5W and in performance, which is where the Neo shines in comparison to the Atom.  Drop by InsideHW for an overview of this notebook that places performance above battery life.

“It’s finally happening. One of the last Intel “bastions” has give way under AMD’s attacks and we finally have the chance to show you a model from the respected ThinkPad notebook series based on an AMD CPU. Are Lenovo and AMD up to par, and, more importantly, is ThinkPad X100e good enough to carry a name synonymous to quality? Impressions are mixed…”

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