Which I'm guessing is the cheapest version?
Actually, the X200 (and it's sucessor, the
X201) is Lenovo's top-of-the-line subnotebook, one of the few machines out there that combine a netbook-like form factor with the a real laptop's computing power. That's why there's not touchpad, too: They decided to use the space to make the keyboard a bit bigger.
Well The one in the store looked square, maybe it was an illusion from the design and the size of it, or I just expected it because they haven't changed anything else and I wasn't looking carefully, I don't know. [...] Either way I still don't like the stupid joystick. If you do fine but I don't think I would ever grow to find it better than a touch pad.
I said like a page ago that all current ThinkPads are widescreen, which you chose to ignore.
On top of that, except on the supersmall X-series laptops you don't have to use the clitoral pointing device at all, so i just don't see the big deal.
You don't like ThinkPads, which is fine with me. Their stone-age design and aura of rugged reliability and old-school h4x0r is not for everyone. Someone already mentioned the IBM Model M, this is similar.
But don't bust into every laptop buying advice thread and spout out false information about them not being widescreen and the touchpad being "stupid" when clearly you are maliciously uninformed on both fronts.