Lenovo shoots for sex appeal with its super sleek 1.3kg ultra portable X300.
It's not the Air, but Lenovo's just unveiled X300 ultraportable is looking like a very solid rival.
The 1.3kg X300 is in the same weight bracket, but unlike the Air you get a slim DVD burner and multiple connection ports. Add 64GB SSD, a 13.3 inch backlit LED screen and a claimed 10 hours of battery life, and this is looking like a potential rival not only to the Air but also to other cutting edge ultraportables like Toshiba's R500.
Codenamed "Kodachi", the X300 measures 19mm at the thinnest point, not as gasp-inducing as the Air, but certainly slim enough to have several bloggers point out that it also fits into a large envelope.
Not surprisingly, bleeding-edge gear like this doesn't come cheap. The X300 starts at $3,999. Still it's the same price as Acer's so-sexy-it-hurts Ferrari 1100, and that machine weighs in at 1.91kg.