[Reprinted from NetbookTech.com]

Lenovo gets into the thin-and-light groove with today’s announcement of the new ThinkPad X100e. This ultra-portable is a combination of firsts for the company. It’s the first professional-grade ultra-portable from Lenovo below $500 dollars. It’s also the first Lenovo ThinkPad notebook featuring AMD processors.

The ThinkPad X100e features the following:

• Choice of AMD Athlon Neo single/dual-core processors as well as AMD Turion dual-core processors
• Windows 7 Professional
• Lenovo ThinkVantage technologies – combination of h/w and s/w tools to help customers deploy, manage, and maintain systems
• 11.6 inch HD display
• ISO full-sized keyboard with enlarged keys and removal of rarely used keys like System Request and the embedded number pad
• Multi-touch touchpad and trackpoint (oh yeah! I love trackpoints)
• Weighs under 3 pounds
• 802.11m Wi-Fi
• Optional Bluetooth
• Optional 3G

Colors include Heatwave red and Midnight Black with models available starting tomorrow at www.lenovo.com. Prices will start at $449. No word on battery life thus far.

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