Lenovo to auction Olympic laptops for charity

In celebration of the "one-year-out mark for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games," Lenovo has just announced that it will be conducting a series of back-to-back, week-long auctions to gift high bidders with its svelte Olympic-themed machine. Beginning on February 8, 2008, a "Cloud of Promise" laptop will be available for bidding each week leading up to the Olympic Games, and a number of them will even be "autographed by athlete ambassadors." Reportedly, "100-percent" of the proceeds will be distributed through the Lenovo Hope Fund to select philanthropies, including Right to Play, and the auctions will take place at the currently unavailable www.lenovohopefundauctions.com website.

[Via TechDigest]

[brassballs @ Aug 8th 2007 6:12AM]

"Cloud of Promise" laptop = vaporware?

[Argot @ Aug 8th 2007 6:34AM]

No, that would be the Medison laptop.

[Revrant2394 @ Aug 8th 2007 6:25AM]

Olympic computers eh? Who wants to bet the fastest of the bunch is Kenyan?

[Mike @ Aug 10th 2007 1:55PM]

Um, no. The fastest would most likely be Jamaican. The Kenyan model would have the longest battery life. But that is one sweet looking laptop.

[Aljaž @ Aug 8th 2007 8:02AM]

All for charity =)