I’m writing this using my new toy, a Lenovo X200s. Which is lightweight ultra portable ThinkPad.

As it doesn’t have a CD ROM drive I installed Linux using the the livecd-iso-to-disk method described here. I’d used the same method to install Linux on Dad’s Eee Box (something I haven’t had a chance to blog about yet).

With Fedora 12 due out in 9 days I’m going to be reinstalling soon, but didn’t want to wait that long. I’ve already had to wait 6 days for it to be delivered. It would have been good to have had it in time to take to the Kiwi PyCon, but oh well, have it now with plenty of time to set it all up before LinuxConf.

I will write more about it later, but for now I’ll just say everything I’d read in the reviews seems true. It is a well made little machine. Good quality to be sure, but compared to my old T61 Thinkpad it feels quite plasticky. Part of that will just be the ultra light weight, but also as others have said: the battery seems a bit loose,, the keyboard feels a bit soft, and the escape key has a bit of give with a click when it is pressed hard. Still I’m very happy. I’ve, perhaps, found a tool to use in my dream of tramping and coding in New Zealand’s bush . Just need the solar panels, and to solve the internet connection problem.