Here it comes…

I can recommend the X300 for road warriors without hesitation, provided they can live with its two biggest downsides: a relatively paltry file-storage capacity and a hefty price tag. This ThinkPad starts at $2,476 for a stripped-down model and at $2,799 for a preconfigured retail version with a half-size battery. The configuration I expect to be the most popular, with a full-size battery and DVD drive, is about $3,000.

(Via Price May Be Steep, But Thin ThinkPad Has Abundant Features | Walt Mossberg | Personal Technology | AllThingsD.)

On the TWIT podcast they were smacking down the Air, claiming this new ThinkPad will eat its lunch.

Even Walt admits the design is underwhelming, though it makes up for it with the additional ports and DVD drive.

They are missing the killer feature of the Air — Mac OS X.

Without the OS, the X300 and other competitors, are just a pile of commodity PC components.

Plus, anyone can get started with an Air with OS X for $1,000 less than the X300.

The X300 is simply the first in a line of also-rans that will be released now that Apple is pushing mobile computing in a different direction.