Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds dual-screen laptop details and pics unearthed

We caught wind of this dual-screened ThinkPad last week, but now we've got some more details to get your mouths watering -- and your wallets running for cover. The W700ds comes with your choice of Intel Core 2 Quad processors and combined with the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M GPU. RAM maxes out at 8GB and you can stuff a total of 960GB of SSD / HDD storage into this bad boy. The primary 17-inch screen is supposedly the brightest on the market, and if there wasn't already enough to make you drool, it packs an integrated WACOM digitizer as well (like its single-screened sister, the W700). However, this 11 pound package starts at $3,600, so you'd better be ready to break out the piggy bank come January when this beast is set to ship. Don't pout though, it probably wouldn't have fit under the tree anyway. Check out two more pics after the break.

[Thanks, Brian K]

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[Xtort Posted Dec 22nd 2008 1:12PM]

I bet as soon as these are available my place of business will start purchasing them. They may be suitable for many applications, we will have to beta test to be sure. I look forward to seeing them here.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 22nd 2008 2:22PM]

Why not three then? From what I see of the layout, it would look like the second screen is about half the size as the main one. So why not slap a third half size screen on the left side as well. A laptop at this price probably has dual video cards (discrete + Nvidia/ATI) already so it could drive a third display if needed.

[fourblades Posted Dec 22nd 2008 2:52PM]

All I ask is, how about us lefties? Would they release this with the wacom tablet thingy on the left so we don't rest our hands on the trackpad?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 14th 2009 9:11PM]

the reason I still carry a paper notebook and by and large don't do most of my study on my laptop is that when I need to take notes about something on the screen I can't read it and take notes at the same time (I'm addicted to one note and I have a second screen at work and home mostly for this purpose but I do a lot of work in the coffee shop), now I can, I love my HP laptop but I'll be tossing it in favour of one of these come Jan. Kudos to IBM.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 23rd 2009 11:47PM]

This is, without a doubt, a huge step in the direction of a new age of portable computer!

Read more about this amazing machine at:

http://gadget.ology.com/2009/01/23/the-mother-of-all-notebooks/

Thanks!

-Jared J. H. Catapano (ology.com)