Lenovo unveiled the giant two-headed Laptop
The last giant Lenovo laptop PC sports two screens – a 10.6-inch screen slides on a 17-inch dual-monitor multitasking. Weight 11 pounds, the W700ds, it is difficult for a schlep, but it is a great package of hardware punch for those who need to work more easily transported from one place to another in a real job.
In addition to preparing to present their products at 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the Chinese equipment manufacturer Lenovo Lenovo debuted More information on a range of new laptops, the most striking that offers consumers a dual display configuration.
The ThinkPad W700ds a 17-inch screen with a 10.6-inch screen slides secondary. It is the first mobile phone with two built-in shows, according to Lenovo, and allow users accustomed to working with two monitors on the ability to operate in a mobile environment. Prices start at $ 3663.
With the double screen ThinkPad, Lenovo also announced three new laptops are set and size of a standard 16-inch laptop 14 inches, with prices between $ 829 and U.S. $ 1199. Lenovo S10 NETBOOK also given a makeover, adding new features and multimedia networks. The new S10 is equipped sells for $ 350.
The four new desktop IdeaCentre is the A600, which includes an Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) More about Intel Core 2 Duo processors, optional ATI (Nasdaq: ATYT) More information on the ATI graphics card on the graphics card and a hard drive 1 terabyte of storage Linux MPS Pro Focus on your business – not your IT infrastructure .. Available in April, desktops start at $ 1000.
Laptop? More information, such as transport
Although May seems cool to have a portable sports two displays, the ThinkPad w700ds is a niche product KLEYNHANS Stephen, an analyst at Gartner, said TechNewsWorld.
“This is not the type of notebook users, but it goes to one with a very specific requirement,” he said.
Lenovo despite requests for mobility KLEYNHANS said the system “is not really for mobile use.
“You can not open this thing on an airplane tray table or the local Starbucks (NASDAQ: old) More information about Starbucks. It is portable to use. It is directed to a content creator or engineer who needs to work elsewhere than in an office, but need access to a level of performance, “he said.
A job for the road
After several screens is increasingly necessary for many workers who need to deal with complex working environments or multiple applications at the same time, according KLEYNHANS.
“It is expected that the capacity of workers who need mobility, without having to drag along – or find – another monitor to work off site,” he continued.
The dual screen mobile heavy price reflects its heavyweight – the team is tipping the balance of 11 pounds.
“The biggest drawback is the machine size and weight. It is a great team, “said KLEYNHANS.
Twice, the Real Estate
Increased screen real estate available for multiple monitors to help maximize the productivity of users on a single screen solution, Lenovo said, citing a report from Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) More information on Microsoft Research . At 10.6 inches, the ThinkPad W700ds “secondary display is about 40 percent of the screen size of 17 inches and slides on the side of the screen bigger. It can be adjusted to take into account the views of a user to a maximum of 30 degrees.
The second main screen optional 400-nit WUXGA (Widescreen Ultra Extended Graphics Array) display offering up to twice the brightness of the mobile workstation ThinkPad earlier. The main color of the screen allows more than 50 percent greater color intensity.
W700ds The ThinkPad is not just a sample, however. The mobile also includes options such as mobile Intel quad-core Extreme processor and two hard drives with RAID (redundant array of independent disks) configurations and Nvidia Quadro FX mobile graphics hardware. Including up to 8GB of DDR3 memory at high speed and a choice of solid-state drive or traditional hard drive to 960 GB of storage.
At the end of the multimedia system offers an optional DVD drive and high-speed UDMA (Ultra Direct Memory Access) Compact Flash reader, support for Dual Link DVI, Display Port and VGA, a 7-in-1 multicard reader five ports USB. Options include WiMax WiFi connectivity with select models offering support. Security-wise, the dual-screen portable includes a fingerprint reader and the optional hard disk with disk encryption.
