Lenovo's "ThinkPad X12 Detachable" is doing well as a "Surface style" PC: Product Review

Should I buy a laptop, buy a tablet device, or both?There is such a question behind Microsoft's "Surface Pro" series.Surface Pro is a notebook PC and a tablet terminal.Neither is the best, but this is enough for ordinary people.

But there are people in the world.There are three buttons at the top of the trackpad, the red trackpoints are placed in the center of the outstanding keyboard, and there are ports that can be used for all peripherals.

These people are called "Lenovo followers."What should I do if such a Lenovo believer wants a "Surface style device"?

The answer is the Lenovo hybrid terminal, "ThinkPad X12 Detachable".Although it can not be said that the fans are satisfied in everything (the shortage of ports has not yet been resolved), it is certain that it has come very close.

Familiar 3 elements

Like "Surface Pro 7" and Dell's new "Latitude 7320 Detachable", ThinkPad X12 Detachable is not the best notebook PC that can be bought now.Not the best tablet device.However, it can be said that it is quite good for a product packed in one package.

The first thing you notice is the smallness of ThinkPad X12 Detachable (12 inches) compared to conventional Lenovo products.Compared to the ThinkPad X12 Detachable of the 12 -inch notebook PC "ThinkPad X270" that I personally use, it has a fairly large impression because of its thick bezel (screen frame).Nevertheless, ThinkPad X12 Detachable is not a small category for this class 2in1 terminal (hybrid terminal).The thinness would be the overwhelming victory of Surface Pro 7.

The surface of the housing is finished in matte black, which is familiar to products with the "ThinkPad" logo.The flip -out kick stand is not as close as possible to the Surface Pro.

The sense of stability far exceeds Dell's Latitude 7320 Detachable.Even if you put it on your knees, you can type comfortably, and even if you use a touch screen in that state, it will not shake or tilt.

There are all other specifications expected for Lenovo products.It is a trackpad with three buttons, a red track point in the middle of the keyboard, and a detachable keyboard that has been tested in the past.

However, the impression of "tablet terminal with keyboard cover" is still not wiped.It's not the keyboard of the "real" laptop that makes Lenovo famous.And the most dissatisfied seeds are trackpads and sometimes they do not respond.

Fortunately surprised

The 12: 3 -inch display has an aspect ratio of 3: 2.This is a common ratio in the Detachable PC market, and if you look at documents and web pages, a long display in the height direction is just right.