Lenovo crams everything in to ThinkPad W700 laptop August 12, 2008
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I’m in the market for a new laptop, and while this won’t be it (too big, too expensive) it certainly is impressive enough, unique enough and photo related enough to be worth mentioning here. I am pretty sure my next laptop will be a ThinkPad, just like I have now, however I’m looking for something in the 14″ size. There is no way I want to lug around a 17″ beast, no matter who makes it or how good it is.
This thing is sporting some nice specs. The keyboard will probably be excellent in typical ThinkPad fashion and for number crunchers the dedicated num pad on the right end will probably be very appreciated. Of course like most bigger ThinkPads it includes a touchpad but most importantly this retains the excellent TrackPoint input device. Adding to that however is the Wacom tablet built right in to the palm rest, which would be a really nice feature for some people who travel with a small Wacom for doing their work on the go. On top of that this sports a high quality display with a built in calibrator which automatically keeps the display in check. Neato.
It’s also loaded with some serious hardware like a quad core processor and a video card with a gigabyte of video memory.
I expect many wallets and backs to bust once this is for sale. I for one am curious to see how well this sells, but since the price seems competitive against other high end 17″ laptops it may pull over quite a few users who wouldn’t normally think of the more rugged and typically business minded ThinkPads.
Lenovo’s press release after the jump
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK , NC – August 12, 2008: Lenovo today unleashed the ThinkPad W700, the PC industry’s highest performance mobile workstation. Lenovo brings the first built-in digitizer and color calibrator to a mobile workstation and combines these innovations with technologies such as the latest NVIDIA Quadro graphics, Intel processor technology, dual hard drives with RAID configuration, up to 8 GB of memory, a range of wireless connectivity options including WiMax and excellent multimedia capabilities including an optional Blu-Ray DVD player for the ultimate power and performance PC tool. Lenovo designed the ThinkPad W700 mobile workstation to exceed the demands of the most data and graphics-intensive users, in fields such as digital content creation, computer-assisted design and manufacturing, photography and science fields like oil and gas.
“Lenovo has engineered a new breed of mobile workstations with the ThinkPad W700,” said Peter Hortensius, senior vice president, Notebook Business Unit, Lenovo. “No other PC manufacturer delivers the sheer quality, power and performance and cutting-edge innovation packed into this mobile workstation. It will truly change the way digital content and other application-heavy users work by simplifying and streamlining tasks to make them even more productive.”
As workers become increasingly mobile and demand desktop workstation performance in a notebook PC, the market for mobile workstations is growing. IDC reports that in the past five years, mobile workstations have grown to comprise almost 25 percent of the worldwide workstation market. By 2009, IDC forecasts mobile workstations to comprise 30 percent of the workstation market.
First-in-Industry Engineered Innovation
The ThinkPad W700 mobile workstation takes innovation to a new level with a built-in palm rest digitizer and color calibrator. Designed for digital content creators and users, the mobile workstation’s digitizer helps them easily configure an image, either mapping it to the entire screen or to an area defined by the user. Workstation users, especially photographers will benefit from the built-in color calibrator as color continues to play an important role in their work. The calibrator automatically adjusts the display’s color up to four times a month to help provide the most accurate, true-to-life images.Super-Charged Performance Unleashed
Equipped with the latest Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology, the mobile workstation can be configured with up to 8 GB of memory with 2 GB of that supporting Intel Turbo Memory. Lenovo also offers models with Intel vPro technology for complete manageability. The mobile workstation can be equipped with dual hard drives, with one of them being solid state drive storage. The mobile workstation also offers users wireless connectivity any way they choose to connect to the Internet, whether it’s WLAN or WWAN 2 or WiMax. Additionally, they can connect wirelessly to other devices using the mobile workstation’s Bluetooth and ultra wideband technology.New Heights in Display Technology and Multimedia Excellence
The ThinkPad W700 mobile workstation delivers an unparalleled viewing experience with a 17-inch widescreen, optional 400-nit UWUXGA display. The display’s resolution provides more than twice the brightness of typical displays, and its 72 percent color gamut provides more than 50 percent greater color intensity than a typical display. These capabilities make it the ideal tool for 2D and 3D work. The mobile workstation offers excellent graphics with choices of NVIDIA graphics including the new Quadro FX 3700M PCI Express Graphics Solution with 1 GB of dedicated video memory. Users can easily watch high-definition video with the mobile workstation’s support for DVI, Display Port and VGA. A 7-in-1 multicard reader and five USB ports give users lots of flexibility in transferring content. Additionally, the workstation comes with an optional Blu-Ray DVD player.
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