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- Manufacturer: Lenovo http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/contr...
- Retail Price: Starting at USD $2099.00 http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/contr...
- Release Date: January, 2009 http://www.lenovo.com
- Primary Function: Dual Screen Laptop http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/contr...
- Interesting Fact: One of the first Dual Screen Laptops http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/contr...
- Memory: Varies Based On User Configuration http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/contr...
- Connectivity: Wireless, Wired, Bluetooth, WiMax, 3G http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/contr...
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Laptops are quickly becoming desktop replacements, and thus more screen real estate is required when working on them. Lenovo is one of the leaders in the laptop market, especially with the renowned IBM Thinkpad brand. The Lenovo W700 is one of the first dual monitor laptops in the market. While its not geared toward portability, it is geared toward being a desktop replacement.
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Features and Functions
W700ds key features: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/special-offers.workflow:ShowPromo?LandingPage=/All/US/Landing_pages/ThinkPad_notebooks/2008/W700/W700dsReviews
"I just played around with the new Lenovo W700ds laptop, complete with two screens and built-in Wacom tablet, and it's a monster. It's not exactly portable, but it's as feature-filled as laptops get.Of course there's the secondary screen, clocking in at 10.6 inches and popping out of the side of the 17-inch screen. But there's also the built-in Wacom digitizer. And the fingerprint scanner. It is, frankly, awesome. But the cost of said awesomeness is size: this thing is an absolute tank.
Weighing in at about 11 pounds, this is more desktop replacement than portable computer. Sure, you could carry it around with you, but expect back problems if you try to do it too often. Oh, and the battery life? Two hours. Er, yeah. But for people who are looking for a boatload of functionality (not to mention two screens) in a laptop, there are few peers to the W700ds out there." http://gizmodo.com/5126012/hands-on-lenovos-dual+screen-laptop-has-basically-every-feature-ever
" Lenovo has been forced to announce the ThinkPad W700ds ahead of the planned CES announcement after a page on the IBM website went live early - and if there's ever been a laptop worthy of being referred to as "the hamburger with the lot", it's this one. The 11 pound monster sports a 17-inch display and a secondary 10.5-inch display that folds out to the right - click through for the laundry list of other features.
Lenovo claims that that the primary display is brighter than any other laptop display on the market, and has a color gamut equivalent of 72% of Adobe RGB which is again superior to any other laptop display.
With your choice of processors from a 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo T9400 all the way up to a 2.53GHz Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9300 with 12MB of L2 cache, 4GB of DDR3 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M or 3700M graphics, there's no shortage of grunt.
The complete antithesis of Apple's pro laptops, which have just started cutting back on connectivity, the W700ds packs VGA, DisplayPort and Dual Link DVI options for driving external displays, and your choice of smart card reader, CF reader or ExpressCard/54 slot alongside a dedicated ExpressCard/34 slot. And if you can handle making it even heavier, there's room for a second hard drive. Did we mention there's a WACOM digitizer in the palm rest?
The W700ds appears to be as close as you'll get to a portable desktop without actually carrying a desktop around, and we're expecting it to be a big hit for graphic designers, video editors, 3D artists, game developers and many other professionals who need as much screen real estate, connectivity and/or CPU/GPU grunt as they can get, in a machine that can travel with them."http://www.gizmag.com/lenovo-dual-screen-thinkpad-w700ds/10607/
"Ahead of the gadget extravaganza in Las Vegas, the Consumer Electronics show, Lenovo debuted a slew of new PCs including a dual-screen notebook, an updated netbook and a slim desktop.
The company’s launched four new laptops including the IdeaPad Y650, a 5.6 pounds lightweight notebook, the IdeaCentre A600 desktop and the IdeaPad S10 netbook that comes with features such as "instant-on" capability and facial recognition.
The three Y Series laptops -the 16-inch Y650, the 15.6-inch Y550, and the 14-inch Y450– are black with a copper-colored trim around the perimeter. The laptops are configurable with up to 500 GB of hard drive storage space and up to 4GB of memory.
The notebooks are expected to be available in March and priced starting at $1,199 for the Y650, $829 for the Y550 and Y450.
Lenovo’s dual-screen notebook, the ThinkPad w700ds, will also be shown at CES. It’s the first dual-screen mobile workstation, says Craig Merrigan, vice-president of branding and strategy for Lenovo. The ThinkPad w700ds will have a 17-inch primary screen and a 10.6 inch secondary screen that slides out to the right.
The dual-screen notebook, however, comes at a hefty weight and price. It will weigh about 11 pounds and retail for $3,600.
The company also updated its $350 S10 netbook with new multimedia and networking features. The netbook will include Quick Start, a functionality that allows users to access frequently used applications such as browser, music player, Skype and instant messengers with just a few easy clicks.
It will sport a 10.2-inch display, weigh about 2.4 pounds and come in color choices including black, white, red, blue and pink.
Also included in the company’s lineup is a new desktop computer that it bills as its slimmest so far. The IdeaPad A600 comes with a Intel Core 2 Duo processors, optional ATI graphics card technology with DirectX10 support, up to 4GB of memory and up to 1TB (1000GB) of hard drive space Connectivity options include WiFi, a 6-in-1 media card reader, side-mounted USB and FireWire ports with additional USB ports on the rear of the panel. "http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/01/lenovo-introduc/
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The Lenovo W700DS
The Dual Monitor Laptop is an awesome new product that is intended to be a desktop replacement and offer the owner more screen real estate with some sort of portability in mind. The Lenovo W700DS is one such product and is featured in this video.
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Mahalo Answers for Dual Monitor Laptop
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