There are no many differences between the appearances of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s and ThinkPad X200. The Lenovo ThinkPad X200s seems to be lighter and thinner than Lenovo ThinkPad X200 when you take it with your hands, which may be because of the fan.

I will disassemble both Lenovo ThinkPad X200 and Lenovo ThinkPad X200s, and let you know not only the differences of appearances but also the internal structures of them. It is worthy for you to have a look.

We have a look of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s first.

There is no line on the Lenovo ThinkPad X200s.

The bottom side of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

The trackpoint of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

ThinkPad’s LOGO

The fingerprint reader

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

The above laptop is Lenovo ThinkPad X200s; the lower laptop is Lenovo ThinkPad X200.

There is no small window for Bluetooth of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s, while Lenovo ThinkPad X200 does have.

The front side of ThinkPad X200s and Lenovo ThinkPad X200s are same.

The left side interfaces of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s are as same as Lenovo ThinkPad X200 except for air vent.

the right side of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s and Lenovo ThinkPad X200 are exactly same.

The rear side without the battery inserted of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s and Lenovo ThinkPad X200.

The rear side with battery of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s and Lenovo ThinkPad X200

The different air vents

The fan of Lenovo ThinkPad X200 is much thicker than that of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s.

The logo and model of Lenovo ThinkPad X200 are both on the right side.

The logo of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s is on the left side while the model “X200s” is on the right side below the screen.

There is a position for webcam on the Lenovo ThinkPad X200.

There is no a position for webcam on the screen bezel of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s, the bezel may be able to be changed.

The shell and screen frame are different on Lenovo ThinkPad X200 and Lenovo ThinkPad X200s.

The batteries of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s and Lenovo ThinkPad X200 are different too.

The connectors of two batteries are same.

The palmrests of both laptops are somewhat different, the palmrest of Lenovo ThinkPad X200 is equipped with a copper foil while Lenovo ThinkPad X200s not.

The keyboards of both laptops are same.

Two laptops are disassembled.

This is ThinkPad X200s.

This is ThinkPad X200.

This is ThinkPad X200t.

The fan of Lenovo ThinkPad X200

The fan of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s is much smaller and there are more space left on the motherboard.

The fixed frame of ThinkPad X200’s fan

The fixed frame of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s’ fan is smaller too.

The motherboard of Lenovo ThinkPad X200

The motherboard of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s is shorter than that of Lenovo ThinkPad X200.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X200t’s motherboard is shorter too, well, it is added Bluetooth and a speaker.

X200′s Turbo Memory

X200s’ Turbo Memory, and there is an antenna left.

ThinkPad X200’s wireless card with one more antenna left.

ThinkPad X200s’ wireless card with one more antenna left too.

The chipset of ThinkPad X200’s motherboard

The chipset of ThinkPad X200s’ motherboard is different from the chipset of ThinkPad x200.

The left side fans and brackets are different between Lenovo ThinkPad X200s and Lenovo ThinkPad X200. The above laptop is Lenovo ThinkPad X200s.

The length of front board is different.

The chipsets of them are also different.

How to go beyond the classic Lenovo Thinkpad X61? We can see progress and lack of co-existence for Lenovo Thinkpad X200 in design and performance. So we have a simple disassembly on Lenovo Thinkpad X200 to see differences between its internal structure and Lenovo Thinkpad X61.

Remove screws at the bottom of Lenovo Thinkpad X200 can easily divide the keyboard and palmrest, then we can clearly see the internal architecture design of Lenovo Thinkpad X200.

Remove palmrest

In the palmrest, we can clearly see C-face of the Lenovo Thinkpad X200 uses a PC + ABS-FR (40) composite materials which is from Japan MITSUBISHI TMB1615 raw material supply. 7 triangle symbol next to the word meaning that such materials are recyclable also can protect the environment.

Take keyboard away, Lenovo Thinkpad X200 keyboard have a lot of human eye shape holes compared to Lenovo Thinkpad X61, can speed up the leaks.

Lenovo Thinkpad X200 interface and card reader using small module design.

Lenovo Thinkpad X200 motherboard integrated is very high, you can see the three-chip if open the back.

Lenovo Thinkpad X200 comes with Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100 wireless card, also set aside two antennas for the more advanced WIMAX or 3G wireless upgrade.

Lenovo Thinkpad X200 Fan

Hitachi HTS542516K9SA00 160GB hard drive

Lenovo Thinkpad X200 Speaker

Lenovo Thinkpad X200 Interface Module

Add a layer of plastic film at the top of  Lenovo Thinkpad X200 motherboard, playing the role of dust waterproof.