So... Who's looking forward to AMD Fusion notebooks/laptops?

d_brennen · 7 Jan 2011 at 21:47

My first purchase tech wise for 2011 will probably be one of these Thinkpad x120e notebooks:

http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1398

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2011/01/04/hp-and-lenovo-announce-amd-fusion-notebooks/

The promo video is hilarious tbh. Obviously the target market for $400 notebook/netbook is international architects

Anyway, the performance of the Fusion 350e seems to be a nice compromise. 11.6" screen is nice and small with a reasonable res (for it's size). The best bit is the Lenovo trackpoint! I've had Thinkpads for work for years and I currently rock an Ideapad S10e for travelling and living room browsing. I await third party reviews with interest!

chrismscotland · 8 Jan 2011 at 16:00

From what I've read these new AMD chips sound good, sounds like they should take over the netbook market v the Atom, personally I've just bought one of the Acer 8371 laptops with the Core 2 Duo CPU so that will do me now but will keep an eye on the new AMD stuff.

d_brennen · 9 Jan 2011 at 16:56

Lenovo x120e awarded best in show from notebookreview.com at CES. They know a few things about notebooks

olivier renault · 9 Jan 2011 at 18:48

Finally, anti-glare screen.

How you'd say in the UK? £400? That'd be a good price point.

d_brennen · 9 Jan 2011 at 19:01

400 USD so yeah, somewhat less than £400. I'd hope the x120e is £350 or less tbh ($400 + £258+VAT = £308 + UK price gouging = ???). Lenovo usually price upgrades high, so I'd get the base spec and sort the RAM/storage myself

2StepSteve · 24 Jan 2011 at 14:51

This has caught my eye!

Will be waiting to see the first reviews - The previews look very promising.

olivier renault · 24 Jan 2011 at 15:14

Yup. Seems to be pretty well designed. It's based on the x100, with all the good bits and none of the bad bits.

d_brennen · 27 Jan 2011 at 09:15

Release day is Feb 15th apparently, there's reviews of the HP DM1 (same Zacate platform) on a few sites now. Overall positive on performance/price

Saundie · 27 Jan 2011 at 10:23

I was very tempted to get one of these, however from what I could tell all the ones announced so far have highly glossy screens. I decided to go for a matte 13.3" Core i3 based laptop instead; seeing that Thinkpad x120e almost makes me think I made the wrong choice.

Alfie · 27 Jan 2011 at 18:50

Don't expect this to be less than £500

olivier renault · 28 Jan 2011 at 00:23

x100 is £400. I'd think it's gonna be around that.

d_brennen · 28 Jan 2011 at 08:50

Indeed. Zacate is quite a bit cheaper to make than an Athlon Neo and GPU southbridge used in the x100. I'm guessing £350 for the base spec and a shade under 400 for the full fat E350 apu. We always get ripped off over US prices...