Lenovo ThinkPad X260 Review

In their quest to build ever-thinner laptops, dell inspiron battery manufacturers sometimes put battery life or keyboard quality on the back burner. Lenovo’s 12.5-inch ThinkPad X260 isn’t the slimmest system on the block, but this lightweight business workhorse provides a near-perfect balance between portability and productivity. Starting at $763 ($1,160 as tested), dell replacement battery the X260 combines solid performance, a snappy keyboard, an accurate touchpad, a full suite of ports and more than 17 hours of battery life.

Design

The ThinkPad X260 has a typical ThinkPad aesthetic, with a raven-black chassis that’s accented only by the red TrackPoint nub on the keyboard and status lights on the lid and deck. Made of glass-fiber-reinforced plastic, the X260 can take a bit of a beating. Lenovo says that the laptop passed MIL-SPEC 810G durability tests for extreme temperatures, shocks and vibrations.

At 12 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches and 3.2 pounds (3.6 pounds with extended battery), the ThinkPad X260 is light enough to carry with ease and small enough to fit comfortably on most tray tables. Some competitors, dell latitude battery such as the Dell Latitude E7270 (3.6 pounds / 12.2 x 8.47 x 0.47 inches) and HP EliteBook 745 G3 (3.4 pounds / 13.3 x 9.3 x 0.74 inches), are thinner but don’t pack in as much battery life. Lenovo’s laptop makes room for two batteries: one internal and a second removable unit that can have either three or six cells.

Display

The ThinkPad X260 comes with a choice of three different screen options: a plain 1366 x 768 display, a 1366 x 768 display with IPS for better brightness and color, or a 1920 x 1080 panel with IPS. Our review unit had the entry-level screen, which displayed dull, dell batteries washed-out images without a lot of detail or screen real estate. Considering that the 1920 x 1080 screen costs only $150 more, the upgrade is a no-brainer.

When I watched a trailer for Captain America: Civil War, Cap’s blue suit and Iron Man’s red armor both looked like they’d been soaked in bleach. According to our colorimeter, the X260’s dell laptop batteries base screen can display only 67 percent of the sRGB color gamut, well below the 86-percent ultraportable laptop category average (86), Toshiba Portege A30t (113), HP EliteBook 745 G3 (84 percent) and Dell Latitude E7270 (75).