Archive for the 'Lenovo IdeaPad' Category

Along with the IdeaPad S12, Lenovo introduced today two new laptops - the 13.3-inch IdeaPad U350 for consumers and the 15.6-inch G550 for small and medium business users.

The U350 is a thin-and-light notebook based on Intel’s ultra low voltage processors - Core 2 Solo and Pentium ULV - and features up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, and up to 500GB of hard drive space, while its LED backlight display has a movie friendly 16:9 aspect ratio. The new IdeaPad also sports an HDMI output, Dolby Sound technology, and an Ambient Light Sensor which “automatically adjusts the screen’s brightness according to the lighting environment”.

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Lenovo today announced the IdeaPad S12 netbook that will feature the NVIDIA Ion platform in select models.

The company’s first 12-inch netbook includes a full-size laptop keyboard, the Intel Atom processor, Intel’s integrated GPU or 1080p-capable Ion graphics, a 160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, a battery life of “up to six hours” with a 6-cell battery.

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Lenovo today officially announced the IdeaPad S10-2, an improved version of their 10.1-inch S10 netbook.

The S10-2 is 0.2kg lighter and 4mm thinner than the S10 and includes a slightly larger and improved keyboard and larger touchpad, a 6-cell battery for “up to 30 percent more battery life than before”, an additional USB port for a total of 3 ports, and a new cover pattern and color design. The netbook’s sound system is upgraded with Dolby headphone technology, while select models also include a built-in 3G mobile broadband module.

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Lenovo has launched the IdeaPad Y550, a 15.6-inch entertainment notebook based on Intel’s processor.

The laptop features the Intel Core Duo or Core 2 Duo CPU, the GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics or the NVIDIA GeForce G 105M 512MB dedicated graphics card, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, up to 500GB of hard drive space, a DVD burner, 802.11n wireless, and a Bluetooth module in select models.

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Lenovo has released the IdeaPad Y450, a 14-inch laptop for consumers.

The IdeaPad Y450 is a smaller sibling of the Y650 and the upcoming Y550. The new laptop features Intel’s Pentium or Core 2 Duo processor, GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics or the NVIDIA GeForce G 105M 256MB dedicated video card, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, up to 320GB of hard drive space, a DVD burner, 802.11n WiFi, and a Bluetooth module in one of the offered models.

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Lenovo’s IdeaPad Y650, the company’s first notebook with a 16-inch display, is now available for purchase.

The multimedia-oriented IdeaPad Y650 comes with the Intel Core 2 Duo processor, the latest NVIDIA GeForce G 105M 256MB dedicated video card or Intel’s integrated GMA 4500MHD graphics, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, a 320GB hard drive, a DVD burner, 802.11n WiFi, and Bluetooth.

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Lenovo announced today three new laptops for consumers – the 16-inch IdeaPad Y650, the 15.6-inch Y550, and 14-inch Y450.

Along with 16:9 format glossy widescreen displays and a new “super-slim” design, the latest IdeaPads feature Intel’s processors, optional NVIDIA graphics chips, up to 500GB of hard drive storage space, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, DVD burners, WiFi, and optional Bluetooth.

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Select online retailers in the United States have started to offer the Lenovo IdeaPad S9, a new 8.9-inch netbook.

Geeks.com and Buy.com sell a 2.4-pound S9 model with the Intel Atom N270 processor at 1.6GHz, GMA 950 graphics, 512MB of DDR2 memory, a 4GB solid state drive, and Linpus Linux Lite operating system. The LED-backlit display has a resolution of 1024×600 pixels.

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Laptop Logic has recently tested Lenovo’s IdeaPad S10 netbook and wrote for our website a guest post, summarizing the in-depth review.

“Lenovo’s new IdeaPad S10 netbook comes fitted with the same core components as most netbooks with slight variation: a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 512MB RAM, 80GB HDD, and a 10.2” LED backlit screen are included in the base configuration, and that has to be considered somewhat mediocre compared to some of the competing models that come with twice the RAM and roomier hard drives. Another thing that separates the S10 from the competition, however, is a very attractive design – it’s slightly thinner than the popular MSI Wind and sports a “flowing” design with appealing chrome highlights.

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Lenovo has slashed prices on its IdeaPad S10 netbooks by $50.

The IdeaPad S10 General Computing models with 512MB of RAM and an 80GB hard drive now start at $349, while the S10 Large Capacity systems with 1GB of RAM and a 160GB HDD start at $399.

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Along with the Y530, Lenovo has made available recently the 17-inch IdeaPad Y730 consumer laptop.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y730 features the latest Core 2 Duo processor, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, up to 640GB of hard drive space using two 320GB units, and a DVD burner or Blu-ray combo drive. The glossy “frameless” display is managed by ATI dedicated graphics and has a resolution of 1440×900 or 1920×1200 pixels, depending on model.

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Lenovo and retailers in the US have started to offer recently the IdeaPad Y530, a new 15.4-inch consumer laptop that is based on Intel Centrino 2 technology.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 is available in two versions. The first is the Y530 Home Entertainment featuring Intel’s lower-end processors (Pentium T3200, Core 2 Duo T5800) and the Intel GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics. The Y530 High Performance Media variant comes with the Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 or more powerful P7350 and P8400, as well as with the Nvidia GeForce 9300M GS or 9500M G dedicated video cards. Both notebooks come with up to 4GB of DDR2 or DDR3 memory, depending on model, up to 320GB of hard drive space, and a DVD burner.

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Lenovo, Toshiba, and Acer unveiled yesterday their first notebooks supporting WiMAX, next-generation wireless broadband technology.

The PC makers are now shipping laptops with Intel’s WiMAX/Wi-Fi Link 5050 module, formerly codenamed “Echo Peak.”

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The Lenovo IdeaPad U330 is a recently announced 13.3-inch consumer notebook, that features Intel Centrino 2 technology with switchable graphics.

The ultraporable, which weighs “just over 4 pounds”, comes with the Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 processor at 2GHz, 2GB or 3GB of DDR3 system memory, up to 320GB of hard drive storage, and a built in DVD burner. Users are enabled to switch between the GMA 4500MHD integrated and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 256MB dedicated video chip dynamically, without rebooting the system. The 4500MHD is a battery saver, while the 3450 provides better graphics performance.

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Lenovo’s first netbook - the IdeaPad S10-42312CU model - is now available for purchase.

The 2.65-pound IdeaPad S10 features a 10.2-inch 1024×600 widescreen display with LED baclight, the Intel Atom N270 single core processor at 1.6GHz, GMA 950 integrated graphics, and Windows XP Home operating system.

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