I have an x200 and I absolutely love it. My previous laptop was an HP which got ~2.5 hours when it was brand new but was down to about 10 minutes after a year. My x200 gets about 10 hours of battery life with the wireless on. I have the solid state drive and the large battery. I use it all day in meetings for work without plugging it in. Granted its new right now, it's an portable type laptop while my HP wasn't so the comparison isn't completely fair, but I'm hoping that the battery keeps it up.
I couldn't agree more.
I'm not so naive that I think it isn't going to affect me. If we let the markets work it out then it will affect me. I will have a hard time buying (not be able to buy) a home for many more years. The job market will dry up just as I am graduating. It will be tough. However I still think that the government should leave it all alone. They are welcome to try to stimulate the economy by spending money on things that the government ought to like infrastructure, education, etc, but they should stay out of the private financial markets. If it hits the regular people like myself hard then so be it. I think things will work their way out in the end.
He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him. -- Bion