http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/ Engadget Comments for Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds hands-on http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
What gets me is that it would be so much more logical to just make the whole screen larger and lighter with OLED technology.]]>Jan 6th 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
I can almost picture the WT700oledPWN]]>Jan 6th 2009 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/


]]>Jan 6th 2009 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/but why is the number pad a different color than the keyboard, or is thats just funky lighting?]]>Jan 6th 2009 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
I kid, I kid...]]>Jan 6th 2009 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
Plus, you're forgetting the insane quality and warranty built into this.]]>Jan 6th 2009 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
Really.]]>Jan 7th 2009 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/I hope you're joking, because it's the American cars that are poorly made and the Lexus/Toyotas that will last longer.]]>Jan 24th 2009 3:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
I'm just confused by this laptop.


]]>Jan 6th 2009 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
ibm/lenovo is my favorite laptop company, but i would honestly love to be sitting in the development room when this thing was pitched, and ask the guy who approved it "why?"]]>Jan 7th 2009 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
This is not a gimmick like Apple's computers. This laptop for a special niche market for 3-D artists and engineers who need a 2nd small screen and a wacom tablet. It's also built to last long unlike Apple laptops. They may not sell many due to the niche market, price, and it's functions but it wasn't expected to. I also don't see what the problem is with having Vista as an OS.

and It was just yesterday that I saw Apple but gimmick over function. Glad you asked.]]>Jan 7th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
I'm kinda not sure what that means cause Wacom makes the tablet]]>Jan 6th 2009 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/]]>Jan 6th 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
Furthermore, I'm seriously going to track down and murder the first person who says "wahh it's functional it doesn't need to look good". Someone designs this thing, and they might as well do a good job.]]>Jan 6th 2009 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 7th 2009 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
Besides that, it's not only unpleasing to the eye, but whenever I have to use a colleague's Thinkpad it feels like the designers just decided to put buttons, keys, trackpads, screens, antennae, etc. wherever they would fit rather than finding a pleasing compromise. Sure, the computers are functional, but it's to a fault, since every time you try to do anything another accessory is in the way.

In short, fire (or execute) everyone involved with the Thinkpad and beef up the specs on the Ideapads.]]>Jan 7th 2009 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 7th 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
Oh, I get it. The Thinkpad is modern art. Guess I'll just pretend I understand it and move on, then.]]>Jan 7th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
I bet if you are using its maximum power output battery wouldn't last for even an hour. But still this hasn't hit the shelves yet so will see what it really can do after it has been launched in the market.]]>Jan 6th 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 6th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/the same however cant be said of macbooks

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For the professional user, I know this laptop has been needed for a while. As a Mechanical Engineer myself I have been using dual screens for years now and find it hard to work productively on a computer with only one screen. Typically I have my main screen occupied with my solid modeling software and my second open with product data sheets, spreadsheets, etc... In fact every single person I have shown my setup, has ended up purchasing a second monitor.

I don't like the fact that IBM choose such a small secondary screen with a low resolution, but I would take on of these in a heartbeat to be able to get work done while not being tied to a desk.]]>Jan 7th 2009 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
Simple really.]]>Jan 7th 2009 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
I can just see the 2nd screen sticking out from a desk and someone walks by and crack, no more 2nd screen :)]]>Jan 7th 2009 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/Jan 7th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
Strangely alluring.]]>Jan 7th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
Furthermore, all of the ThinkPads look like they belong in the year 1999. Outdated and bulky. And built cheaply. I was constantly taking mine in for a screen hinge that kept breaking. I think the only thing that didn't malfunction on that thing was the fingerprint reader.

Based on my negative experiences with the screen hinges,etc., I don't even want to know how many times i would have a sliding screen fixed.]]>Mar 14th 2009 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
And no, I'm not a "fanboy" who uses it for Photoshop and email. I am an electrical engineer that uses Windows XP, Linux, and Mac OS X Leopard all on the same machine, often running simultaneously.

Just thought I'd throw that out there for all of those people who mentioned the word "Mac" and got reamed for it.]]>Mar 23rd 2009 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/ces-2009-hands-on-with-lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds/
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