Lenovo Slims Down With Latest ThinkPad

Thin is in!

At least that's the direction laptops are taking.

Last month, Steve Jobs announced Apple's (AAPL Quote) MacBook Air -- a super-thin sliver of a notebook computer. It comes with either a regular, 80GB hard drive ($1,800) or what's being called a solid-state drive (64GB of storage with no moving parts) for $3,100. Yes, the solid-state drives are bleeding-edge technology -- and sport a super-premium price tag.)

Apple isn't the only company using these newfangled drives in newly designed computers. Lenovo has announced its version of the technology, the ThinkPad X300 notebook. ...