[reirob]

Exactly! TrackPoint is THE functionality for which I stick with ThinkPads. For people who write with 10 fingers blindly, it is a must have. As with all good tools (vi, shell, haskell, 10 finger typing), it is hard to learn at the beginning, but in the end it is a productivity boost.

I have a X220T and I love it. It's light, the battery lasts very long, the screen is gorgeous, I can work outside. When I need to take notes, or to draw, I use the pen. And for typing it has the excellent ThinkPad keyboard - I do not understand the new mode for keyboards with flat, quadratic key buttons with spaces around, I personally think it is bad for people that need to write a lot. The only thing that I am missing on X220T is the 4:3 screen ratio that would give more vertical space in horizontal mode.