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Lenovo officially unveils the C100 all-in-one desktop PC

Lenovo has recently announced the introduction of its new all-in-designed a C100 desktop computer to take advantage of the low-power specifications of Intel's successful Atom platform. Spotted back in early August, the new system fits a low-power Atom processor inside a 18.5-inch 16:9 LCD monitor, to offer users a choice for a home computer systems that are energy efficient and provides a basic home computing experience.

"Packed with intense experiences and available at a very affordable price, extends Lenovo's consumer C100 offers for fast-growing all-in-one market segment," said Dion Weisler, Vice President, Business Operations, Lenovo. "The C100 is easy to install and easy to use , perfect for those seeking a convenient way to enhance their digital lifestyle. "

According to some of the key features that have been highlighted by the company, the new C100 all-in-a-atomic system has been designed to offer customers a choice of a single-core Atom 230 processor, or a more performance-based can, dual-core Atom 330 processor. Measurement in at 18.5 x 14.5 x 4 inches, boasts the new all-in-one from the Lenovo one 18.5-inch 16:9 widescreen display with a two-inch screen depth design. In addition, the system also offers a built-in DVD burner / reader and four USB ports.

Although the desktop computer market is not doing very well, compared to the notebook segment, IDC believes that the all-in-one desktop category will account for significant growth, particularly in the U.S. market. The new C100 all-in-one will be an alternative for this segment, because we already have a starting price tag of U.S. $ 399 via the company's website and various retailers.

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Lenovo rolls out the much-anticipated ThinkPad T400s

Lenovo has officially announced the launch of the much anticipated ThinkPad T400s, a laptop computer system designed as a blend between the firm previously announced ThinkPad T400 and X300. According to Lenovo, the new laptop is an option for users looking for a fully functional, ultra portable computer that can provide the best computing experience in the business segment. With the official release have a number of reviews of the product on the Internet, as a deeper perspective on what Lenovo has to offer to businesses worldwide.

"We have products that our T400s ThinkPad laptop for thin and light computers to integrate the business," Peter Hortensius, Senior Vice President, ThinkPad, Lenovo, said. "We have applied thoughtful design to the need for increased portability with high performance and usability."

Among some of the options will be made available to T400s, Lenovo noted that the choice of a 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo processor from Intel, fast 128GB SSD or 250GB HDD traditional storage, a 9.5mm thin DVD burner or Blu - Ray player, support for Ethernet, WiFi and optional WiMAX3, WWAN, Bluetooth and a battery that apparently can provide up to six hours of driving. Additional features include 34mm ExpressCard slot and 5-in-1 multimedia card reader, USB / eSATA port and support for Lenovo Constant Connect and Protect technology.

Scholars of Hot Hardware has the good fortune to one of the first for ThinkPad T400s by its pace, with a look at its features and overall build. According to them, this is a laptop to be taken in consultation, particularly by those who are supporters of the ultra-thin, lightweight form. Unfortunately, T400s score not as high in the battery-life test, leave behind some of the other systems.

With the release, Lenovo announced that T400s available from the company and the company's website for a starting price point of U.S. $1599.

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Lenovo ThinkStation S20 and D20 offer green computing

Lenovo has announced two new workstations, the Think Station S20 and D20, designed to meet the specific needs of staff. Besides the new ThinkCentre Station models, the company has also announced that it intends to present its new electronic trading platform, Lenovo eLounge designed to provide its customers a new interactive experience for Lenovo computers solutions online, by any party worldwide.

"The designers, engineers, researchers and developers require the highest level in the calculation of benefits to help them produce new step," said Tom Tobul, Executive Director, Enterprise, software and peripherals, Lenovo. "The new ThinkCentre workstations Station is expressed not only the ultimate in performance, but also a user-Centric design with an emphasis on quiet operation, even during heavy processing.

According to the vendor of computers, new ThinkCentre Station system has been "turbo-charged for services which give users a choice for the upcoming Intel Xeon processors with Intel Turbo Boost for high-performance processing. In addition, the new ThinkCentre Stations offers a choice for the last line of NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics cards, or one of ATI FirePro solutions. There is also an opportunity for another GPU to the NVIDIA Tesla C1060 Think Station platform.

In addition to providing our customers with two workstations for high performance, Lenovo is also offering a green computing solution, using recycled materials, with both models. According to the company, these workstations use recycled materials in 50 percent, while in model D20 about 30 percent post-consumer recycled material comes from recycled materials. In addition, the new ThinkCentre Station workstations have been certified for GREEN GUARD specifications.

Regarding pricing and availability is the Think Station D20 and S20 will be available from next month via the website of the supplier of the computer and select business partners, with prices starting at around £ 980 and £ 780 respectively, excluding VAT.

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New Lenovo ThinkPad W700 Mobile Workstation provides dual-screen configuration

Lenovo today announced the highly anticipated mobile ThinkPad W700ds work, as the first portable system that provides its users with a dual-display configuration. The company has in addition to the new line of ThinkPad combines some of the highest performance with a unique design that provides a wide range of functions, particularly those of professionals in areas such as digital content creation, oil and gas exploration, computer-aided design and photography.

"The ThinkPad W700ds Dual Screen Mobile Workstation challenged our team of international development at a technical book for the operation of the users of the work - in the office and on the move," said Mark Cohen, Vice President, Bloc notes business unit, Lenovo. "With this innovation for the most PC users have to the ultimate size and functionality with the maintenance of the PC cool and quiet. The mobile worker is the result of innovation and performance of Lenovo cutting.

Information on the new ThinkPad is fully consistent with what was said, since the first information about the system were included in the Internet. The W700ds are some of the latest Intel processors area optional hard drive / RAID SDD, NVIDIA Quadro FX graphics, an impressive 8GB of DDR3 RAM, dual-link DVI / Display Port / VGA support, a 7 - in-1 Card Reader, not less than five USB ports, WiFi, WiMAX optional smart card reader and hard drives with full disk encryption. You should also take into account the dual thermal solution and voluntary Digitizer, just to get a full picture of the new Lenovo laptop for work.

Because of its technical specifications and dimensions of the new Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds system is far from his laptop computer all day. It is tailored to the needs of professional and advanced users who probably will not be intimidated by his starting price of $3.663.

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Lenovo ThinkPad R400 listed at $200

A few weeks ago, we learned about Lenovo's new line-up of light mobile PCs, ThinkPad notebooks, which promised much in the performance and design meant. The new SL, R, T and X series came with a Centrino 2 platform and "rock solid" design, all in the spirit of the company's line of best business-oriented notebooks on the market. Some of the machines have been tested and reviewed soon after its launch, and marked with the winner while. The ThinkPad notebook x200 received special attention from the public.

This travel friendly machine is considered to be an "excellent light notebook for mobile professionals who require business essentials." The ultraportable mobile PC also comes with a price that is suitable for the performance level that it offers. But while the launch of the ThinkPad x200 was a success, its road to glory seems to have shown a remarkable series of mistakes made by Lenovo. The good news is that mistakes are not connected to the machine itself, but the terms of the manner in which it is stated on the company's website.

Yesterday, it appears that the 12.1-inch ThinkPad x200 ultra-portable got a nice price when a 128GB SSD option was chosen. This option provides for a price $ 70 lower than the standard 80 GB hard drive configuration. The price was at his time at the Lenovo site, and was appealing enough on the set next to 64GB SSD option that was available for a $ 830 premium. Some users have sent their orders during the time the error was there, so we wonder whether the company will respect them.

But this is not all about Lenovo's Web site. It seems that the success of the ThinkPad T, SL, W, R, X-series has led the company in clumsiness. The next mistake that can be spotted the price for 14.1-inch ThinkPad R400, is said to be the EEE PC killer. The notebook was available for only $ 200 Canadian. It seems that the whole price system has messed up, and all starting from the baseline price and ending with the fund.

The company's Web site is probably undergo major changes, because at the moment of writing this article no products can be seen on it. We have tried to make a configuration, but the message "Your session has expired" message as soon as we leave the product page to access any of the series. We hope that this is not another bug, and we are waiting to see how the company will fix the problems.

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The IdeaPad Y430

Lenovo today introduced four new notebooks, as part of the company IdeaPad composition. Designed to bring consumers new color choices, and new functions, Lenovo latest IdeaPad laptops may be on track for successful implementation, especially given that these new models are based on recently released Intel Centrino technology 2.

The company's new notebooks are available in the number of color solutions, including Valencia orange, blue Indigo ", Bold black and red Crimson. They are built more focused consumer features, such as facial recognition, a key Rescue System1, HDMI may contact with the digital world and Blu-ray optical drive options. With built-in facial recognition technology, Lenovo customers will be able to log into their computers without any password required. These functions can easily replace any other password management tool that could to require that in the past.

There are two new portable computers, each of them come in a different form factor, namely 13 - inch widescreen IdeaPad U330 and 14 - inch widescreen IdeaPad Y430. In addition, Lenovo is also exempted from IdeaPad Y530 and Y730 notebooks, which, like the above models are also based on the new Intel Centrino2 technology.

"From San Francisco to Paris to Singapore, customer feedback on our inaugural IdeaPad notebooks was exceptional," said Stephen DiFranco, Lenovo vice president of and general manager of Americas for consumers, Lenovo. "Our new styles, colors and innovations are for customers and how they express themselves and their ideas. " he explained.

In the U330 model is part of the company, Series U, which is all about expression of ideas, the style, according to Lenovo. It features a super-slim, ultra-light design, like the company's first U model, the U110 notebook. His 14 - inch display is powered by a backlit technology, which aims to improve the visual user experience.

In Y430 and Y530 are designed to meet the requirements of most portable computers of users, as is intended for inclusion in the market. The last of the new IdeaPads comes to provide users a high level of productivity, as required by one hardware users. In the notebook includes pretty much the same characteristics as any other models but can provide a maximum storage capacity of 640GB, with two hot-swappable 320GB hard drives.

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Toshiba Protégé is now added 128GB SSD

With all the recent talk about the future of storage for both portable computer and computer systems, it comes as no surprise that Toshiba has chosen to feature its latest Protégé ultraportable laptop with 128 GB SSD. And, just in case that is not familiar with the Protégé family, the company's new product will be commendations a 12.1-inch display. Even more, he weighs only 2.4 liras, which makes this notebook features high portability.

The company's latest model is dubbed Protégé R500-S5007V, and is the newest addition to the series of ultraportable notebooks, coming from a company that aims to provide support mainly to business users.

Toshiba, the world's fifth largest manufacturer of computer, has managed to increase storage capacity of its SSD-based offer from 64GB, that the R500, offered by another model in 2007, to 128GB with this latest Protégé. However, what is more exciting is that this storage upgrade is not raise starting price tag of $ 2999, which should offer all the more interesting. Toshiba also managed to maintain the same features the previous model, as one ultra-low-volt Intel Core 2 Duo U7700 processor with a clock speed of 1.33GHz, 2MB of L2 cache and 533MHz front side bus.

Toshiba of Protégé can be placed in the same category as Lenovo of X300 and Apple MacBook air, as these two products also fell somewhere between standard ultraportable notebooks and laptops. However, according to IDC, best suits R500 in the ultraportable category, which is laptops weighing less than 4 liras, which have a 12 - inch display, or smaller.

According to IDC, currently, ultraportables account for between 8 and 10% of the PC market in the world. But because of the Lenovo ThinkPad and MacBook X300, the market is slow, but definitely changed.

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Get ready for Lenovo IdeaPad U110

Lenovo IdeaPad U110

Watch the Lenovo IdeaPad u110 video

Take a deep breath and get ready to welcome the new Lenovo family, IdeaPadU110. don’t go shopping to much, safe your money and this new U110 is worth $1,899.

Prepare yourself for the ultra-fans, the dirty details you require. Lenovo IdeaPad U110, which is available in the United States tomorrow in black and red, is ready to begin, 1899 $, directly from Lenovo. Wondering what is inside the U110? Here is:

• Intel Core 2 Duo L7500 CPU (1.6GHz, 4MB, 800MHz)
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• 11.1-inch widescreen WXGA (1,366 x 768) LED-backlit panel
• Intel's GMA X3100 graphics set
• 120GB 4,200RPM hard drive
• 2GB of RAM
• dual-layer DVD writer (external)
• 1.3-megapixel camera
• 10/100 Ethernet, WiFi and optional Bluetooth
• 2.4-pounds with 4-cell battery
• Dimensions: 10.8- x 7.7- x 0.72- through 0.88-inches

You'll also get a 1-year warranty, a trio of USB 2.0 ports, FireWire / VGA sockets, a 6-in-1 multicard reader, Mini-PCIe / ExpressCard slots, audio in / out and a pair of stereo speakers. It should be noted that the 4-cell battery is only rated for 2-hours of use, while the rig can withstand up to 8-hours if the 7-cell Li-ion expansion pack is utilized, too. You may also notice a slew of retailers carrying a $1,999 model starting in mid-May -- those come stocked with 3GB of RAM versus the standard 2GB on the $1,899 model.

Chinese manufacturer Lenovo comes from his laptop in the past presented IdeaPad family. The so-called IdeaPad U110, the new notebook will retain the broad outlines, in the ThinkPad series of notebooks, but unlike the past, it is particularly targeted at consumers rather than businesses.

The IdeaPad family of notebooks to the immense popularity since January this year when the first units, the shelves. The U110 is more than the elegant and commercial prospects implementation in the ThinkPad series. It is rather an entertainment with a focus on the mobile solution and can also be used as an Art


The IdeaPad U110 weighs less than one kilogram and is equipped with a black or red cover and structured metal. The LCD screen is a little more elegance in an extremely successful.

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Lenovo ThinkPad X300

The ThinkPad X300 on new packaging for a large display, full-size keyboard, and almost all who are mobile, with a user needs in a sleek, lightweight case. The ThinkPad X300 is extremely thin and easy; sleekest ThinkPad yet, built-in DVD burner, WWAN, GPS, USB and Wireless.

Lenovo has decided to increase both in the red rubber-head pointing device TrackPoint stick and a touchpad on the ThinkPad X300. The decision is understandable: ThinkPad viscerally many users are involved in their track points, while other users can not, then why not also to the methods? But the dual mouse buttons seem games against the whole issue of simplification that the ThinkPad X 300 embodies.

To provide more space for the buttons on the camera Track Point, the touchpad is low enough remains on the wrist, with its buttons near to the laptops board the front-end. Fortunately, the ThinkPad X300 is quite thin, we use the touchpad with our wrists on the surface of an office - or on our legs, when the phone in the series. The biggest concern is that in the course of our lazier by using moments, in which our wrists fell on the wrist remains, we can strip and the touchpad accidentally move the cursor astray.

Especially for people who are not with thinkpads, you can use the floor and / or the keyboard, if you do not like it. Lenovo maintained both for the taste.

This X300 comes with Solid-state drive, Solid-state drive reaches a high premium; touchpad's position makes it easy to strip accidentally when entering.

Specs at glance: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (1.2 GHz); RAM installed: 2.0 GB; OS provided: Windows XP Professional but vista also recommended.

I have not check the price for this X300, if you want to compare to other brand and get the price simply go to amazon.com

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Lenovo ThinkPad X300 Lightweight Notebook to Compete With MacBook Air?

A notebook that is extremely generous with the connectivity options

By: Bogdan Botezatu, Hardware Editor | softpedia.com

CES 2008: Pretec Sets New CF Storage Record with 48GB Card Strange thing, just a few days after Apple released their state-of-the-art, ultra-portable MacBook Air, Lenovo's lightweight approach at the mobile world gets leaked onto the web. Lenovo has been increasingly

aggressive on the mobile world lately with its Snowmountain Y410, ThinkPad X61, and the IdeaPad Y510, but thinking that they can compete with a Mac OS X notebook seems to be a little far-fetched.

The leaked notebook is called ThinkPad X300, an ultra-portable PC powered by a Merom-based 2.0GHz "Dual Core Hybrid LV" processor with a 12W thermal design power. Since it is labeled as "hybrid", it is assumed that it might be close to the special version of the Core 2 Duo that Intel crafted for Apple's MacBook Air.

According to the leaked specifications, Lenovo's ThinkPad comes with a 13.3", 1440x900 LED backlit display, two DIMM slots that allow for a maximum of 4GB of DDR2 memory, fingerprint biometric security module, touchpad and trackpoint inputs, as well as a built-in webcam. Unlike the common ultra-mobile PCs on the market, the laptop comes with a fully-fledged keyboard for comfortable and efficient typing.

The laptop is not cheap on connectivity either. It offers almost every option a picky user might imagine. The X300 is rigged with three USB 2.0 ports, three internal PCI-Express slots, Firewire, 4-in-1 SD card reader, the brand-new DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet and an ExpressCard slot. The wireless options are wide and include Bluetooth, 802.11n, Verizon EV-DO Rev A, Cingular HSDPA and WiMAX connectivity.

Those who find this too good to be true will find satisfaction in the sole weak spot in the whole notebook. Lenovo offers a single internal storage option that may provide both inefficient and expensive: a 64GB solid state disk (SSD). The current technical specs don't mention any hard-disk drive option, but there must be one, since a 64 GB SSD device will add some heavy load of cash to its price tag. The good news is that the notebook comes with an internal DVD burner.

I have previously told you about the laptop's ultra-portability. The whole load of components is stuffed into an elegant casing measuring 12.5" x 22.86 x 1.85 - 2.33 centimeter frame that only weighs 1.13 kilograms, including a 3-cell battery. Pricing and availability for the notebook are still undisclosed.

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