Lenovo targets business users with widescreen notebook
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Lenovo has launched a widescreen version of its ThinkPad line of notebook PCs, bidding to compete with Dell for business users.
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(InfoWorld) - Making an effort toÂ compete with DellÂ for business users, Lenovo Group has launched a widescreen version of its ThinkPad line of notebook PCs. The ThinkPad T60 will use a 15.4-inch widescreen, yet hold its weight down to 5.1 pounds, lighter than any comparable notebook from the top five PC vendors, Lenovo said Tuesday. The company also hopes that adding this feature will regain consumers' confidence after Lenovo was forced in September toÂ recall the batteries from 526,000 ThinkPad modelsÂ -- including the T60. Like notebooks sold by competing vendors Dell, Apple Computer, and Toshiba, those computers used lithium-ion batteriesÂ manufactured by Sony, whose faulty design could lead to overheating and fire. Lenovo already sells widescreen notebooks in other product lines, such as the Z-series and 3000-series for small businesses, but this is the first widescreen model for corporate users, said Rajat Aggarwal, product marketing manager for the T-Series at Lenovo. Those customers can already chose a T60 notebook with 14- or 15-inch screen, but have recently been asking for the full widescreen version, allowing them to display more columns on an Excel spreadsheet, show multiple windows and fit better onto airplane tray tables, Aggarwal said. In another nod to high-end users, the notebook will be capable of running Microsoft's new Vista OS, with a dual-core Core 2 Duo processor from Intel and graphics card from ATI. Despite this package, Lenovo is lagging behind its rival PC vendors in delivering widescreen notebooks to the business market, analysts said. "Lenovo is playing catch-up in the widescreen game," said Samir Bhavnani, research director at Current Analysis. "Lenovo is a little late to the game because Dell's entire lineup of corporate systems is available in widescreen right now. Dell just identified a market shift before Lenovo did." Still, the product should be popular with Lenovo's core audience, the corporate user, Bhavnani said. Since acquiring IBM's notebook PC division in 2005, Lenovo has succeeded at preserving the ThinkPad brand's history of innovation, rolling out features such as the tablet PC and integrated wireless broadband. Lenovo is selling the ThinkPad T60 notebook with 15.4-inch display for $1,399 in the base model. Users can upgrade to a version that works as a laptop workstation for faster numeric computation or to run the Vista Premium OS.ADVERTISEMENTNEW IT SERVICES FROM IBM: EASIER TO BUY AND IMPLEMENTDiscover a simpler, more cost-effective way to get the solutions your company needs to grow more flexible and efficient.
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There's something in the air -- a new ultrathin laptop from Lenovo that some observers think could become the first major competitor to Apple's MacBook Air.
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Intel has shrunk another processor that will be incorporated into new ultrathin laptops, possibly creating competition for the processor it developed for the MacBook Air ultrathin laptop.Laptop vendors Lenovo and Fujitsu will include Intel&#39;s low-voltage Core 2 Duo SL7100 LV chip in their upcoming laptops, which are expected to hit the market soon.Like the Core 2 Duo processor specially developed for Apple&#39;s MacBook Air notebook, Intel shrunk the new processor to make it 60 percent smaller than standard-sized processors belonging to Intel&#39;s Merom family, according to Connie Brown, an Intel spokeswoman. The chip is manufactured using the 65-nanometer process like other Merom processors.Though the shrink size is the same, the SL7100 LV chip consumes less power and operates at a slower speed. It will operate at 1.2GHz with 4MB of cache. It uses 12 watts of power, according to processor details provided by Intel. The Core 2 Duo processor for MacBook Air uses 20 watts of power while operating at 1.6GHz to 1.8GHz.The new processor was developed independently of the MacBook Air processor, Brown said. &quot;These [SL7100 LV processors] are similar but not identical to the Apple processor,&quot; Brown said. The MacBook Air processor was specially developed to meet Apple&#39;s needs and is also available to other PC makers, Brown said.Lenovo will include the Core 2 Duo SL7100 LV processor in a new notebook, according to specifications published on the Best Buy Web site, which lists specifications of 2GB of RAM, a 64GB solid-state drive, and a 13.3-inch screen. The laptop is the ThinkPad X300, according to posts at numerous tech-enthusiast Web sites.Declining to comment on the ThinkPad X300 posts, Lenovo spokesman Raymond Gorman said that the company will be &quot;announcing a new ThinkPad by the end of the first quarter that we believe will continue our tradition of innovation and function.&quot;Fujitsu will include the SL7100 LV in its ultraportable LifeBook P8010 laptop, which includes a 12.1-inch screen, a DVD-RW drive, and wireless and wired networking, according to a document filed with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. The laptop is due to ship in the U.S. this month and will be available starting at $1,699 on Fujitsu&#39;s Web site starting Tuesday, according to a company spokeswoman.Apple CEO Steve Jobs called Intel&#39;s development of the Core 2 Duo chip for its MacBook Air an engineering feat during a keynote at the Macworld Conference and Expo in January.Intel has publicly talked about developing chips with smaller form factors, including at the Intel Developer Forum last year, when it said it would shrink chips by up to 60 percent for its next-generation Montevina mobile platform, which will include the new Penryn processors manufactured using the 45-nm process.
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Lenovo expanded its arrangement with Best Buy stores in a move to sell more notebook PCs to small business users.
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By Liu Baijia  Chinese computer giant Lenovo will use its Chinese transaction model in other markets after successful pilot schemes in Germany and India.  So said Deepak Advani, senior vice-president and chief marketing officer of Lenovo.
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Colorful, lighweight Inspiron consumer notebooks use flash memory instead of hard drives.
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(InfoWorld) - In a modest win for Microsoft's struggling online services business, Microsoft said late Tuesday that computer maker Lenovo will pre-load Windows Live services on its ThinkPad notebooks, ThinkCentre desktops, and Lenovo-branded PCs. Lenovo will integrate the Windows Live Toolbar on computers so that when users start up, they will see it on their desktops, said Justin Osmer, a Microsoft senior product manager. Through the toolbar, users can access Windows Live Search and other Live services, including a customized Windows Live homepage that they can set up for quick access to their favorite sites, he said. Microsoft would not disclose the terms or duration of the deal between the two companies. It is the first deal Microsoft has struck with a computer maker to pre-load the Windows Live Toolbar on PCs. However, Osmer said Microsoft would seek similar deals with other vendors to integrate Windows Live Toolbar with PCs. Microsoft unveiled its Windows Live brand for its Web-based services in November 2005. Since then, it has revamped Live's e-mail and search services and added new ones in an effort to earn more online advertising revenue in competition with Google. So far, however,Â Microsoft has had little success, and revenue for its online services business remained flat in its last fiscal year. On a recent conference call, financial analysts from UBS Investment Research said Microsoft was losing share to Google in search queries and ad revenue. As a remedy, analysts suggested Microsoft strike dealsÂ like thisÂ one with Lenovo to integrate its Windows Live Toolbar directly onto PCs to give users more access to its services.
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Lenovo and Best Buy For Business today announced that select Lenovo  notebook PCs will be available for purchase at approximately 300 Best  Buy For Business retail store locations across the U.S. beginning this  month.
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Updated OS includes software applications designed for business users.
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(InfoWorld) - Fujitsu offered visitors to the Ceatec exhibition in Chiba, Japan, a look at how entertainment PCs of the future could be with the display of two prototype computer designs. The Turn Table PC represents one possibility for a home entertainment PC that can switch between being used as a notebook computer or as a digital turntable, allowing aspiring DJs to scratch and spin digital media files. TheTurn Table PC design calls for a 20-inch LCD (liquid crystal display screen) that can be folded closed to use the turntable function. The turntable function would be controlled by a touch screen on the outside of the notebook's lid. The other design that Fujistu showed is the Ultra Mobile, a handheld-computer design that calls for a touchscreen and includes a built-in digital camera for taking photos, as well as a digital music player and support for wireless Internet access. Measuring the same size as a CD jewel case, the Ultra Mobile design uses a novel method to turn the system on and off: users rotate the front half of the machine -- including the screen -- 45 degrees, changing the computer's shape from square to a star. Fujitsu has no plans to manufacture either design, said an attendant manning the company's booth.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.
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IBM hopes to ease the minds of roving execs by adding yet another layer of security to its ThinkPad notebooks. Mirroring Microsoft&#39;s &quot;biometrics for the desktop&quot; move, IBM has added fingerprint readers to
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With notebook computer configurations now ranging from tiny ultra portables to hefty desktop PC replacements, it's clear that one size was never meant to fit all. After a few weeks of trying out the Fujitsu LifeBook P7010D, I was convinced it didn't fit me.
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Business PC customers have a new brand to get used to with the launch of Intel's vPro technology.
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By Wang Xing  Lenovo will expand its presence in rural China to maintain its competitive edge, according to one of the computer giant's top managers.
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Word that IBM is mulling a move to sell its desktop and notebook PC business to China-based Lenovo Group had executives at most of Big Blue&#39;s vendor competitors scurrying to stay out of the limelight until more details of the deal--and final word on
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The notebook comes with a 17-inch screen, the company's first at that size.