Lenovo ThinkPad X120e snatches up AMD's Zacate, aims to right all of the X100e's wrongs

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Remember the ThinkPad X100e? Of course you do, the ultraportable or
"notbook" only lasted 3.5 hours on a charge (with a six-cell battery!)
and nearly burnt through our jeans. But that's all in the past now --
Lenovo's promising to have turned it all around with the ThinkPad
X120e. The 11.6-inch laptop still has the same chassis as the previous
version -- awesome curved keys, red pointing stick and all -- but
instead of AMD's old Neo parts, it packs the long-awaited AMD Fusion
APU technology. We're still waiting on AMD's official Fusion
announcement, but the X120e will be available with both the Zacate
E-240 and E-350 processors, which includes AMD's Radeon HD 6310
graphics on the same chip. It's said to deliver a pretty great
graphics experience with over 6.5 hours of battery life, and better
yet, AMD and Lenovo both ensure us that the heat issues have been
taken care of. Naturally, we'll have to test that all out for
ourselves, but at $399 there's no denying that it's all sounding
extremely tempting. The X120e will be available in February, and if
you cross your fingers hard enough, we'll whip up a review before you
have to pull out the plastic. Full press release after the break.