Pulled the trigger on a X220

Well, I am gonna say goodbye to my X120e soon, as I found some good savings codes and ordered a X220 with IPS screen, i7, BT, the Centrino 6205 wifi, camera. Gonna upgrade the ram myself and gonna try to see if I can stuff my Vertex2 SSD in it. If not I will wait a bit and get an Intel one when they come out wiht 7mm ones better than the 320 series.
The X120e was my first Thinkpad in many years (I had a T21 for about 5 years 10 years ago. Its been plagued with too many issues, and while the X220 is not without some issues too, I think they will be addressed faster than the low cost X120e. Also looking forward to much better performance with a "real cpu".
| X220 i7-2620M | 12.5" IPS | Intel 520 Series 180GB Main SSD | Mushkin 120GB mSATA SSD | 8GB RAM | Intel 6205 WiFi | BT | Win7 Pro 64 SP1 |

Hello,
As an X120e owner, I would be interested in your thoughts on how the X220 compares to it.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
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