ThinkPads are sleek, black, ultralight, and ultrapricey. The 450-MHz ThinkPad 390X fits part of that image, with a classic look and feel and a somewhat high sticker price. But its bulk and mediocre features make it a ho-hum, midrange notebook. Built in speakers are terrible. Keyboard is OK, but compared to my 770, it feels cheap.
Case seems flexible.
Overall, it was OK, but not worth the money and not up to previous IBM units. Cost cutting seems to have taken its toll. I sent it back. I bought one from a guy who knew nothing about the machine for 1700. It was the best 1700 I ever spent.