Lenovo's VAIO P Reserve Edition?
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Mar 11th 2009 4:26AM
posted Mar 11th 2009 4:26AM
Update: Tipster clarified that the pics are from a showroom inside a Lenovo office, not IBM's Beijing HQ.
Oh Lenovo, when will you learn brown leather gadgets aren't cool - you'd think the reserve edition selling about 3 models would have gave them the hint.
Also, its not a ThinkPad (no TrackPoint) so likely a China only Lenovo model if it ever comes out.
Looks like a trackpoint in the upper right corner of the keyboard
nighthawk:
I think that's the power button. a trackpoint doesn't make any ergonomic sense up there.
@ matt
it's really make ergonomic sense. if you going to using a hand to support the device and used thumb in the same hand rub the trackpoint and free another hand for keyboard
If this is trackpoint in the right top corner, so where in the hell are mouse buttons?? How to use trackpoint without buttons??
The body looks like some type of leather material... I wonder why they made it that way..
Well... if it were black leather I'd buy it.... and a black catsuit for my gf to go with it.
But is it really leather? Cause I think it could also be something else...
Um... to make it look like an accessory? That is my guess. It looks like my wife's clutch.
Nice handbag...
it IS leather. just like the Lenovo Reserve Edition ThinkPad.
That's just plain stupid. Is that a 21:9 screen ratio? :|
is that a green Trackpoint in the upper right corner of the keyboard? Glad to see they keep with the Thinkpad tradition, but green is unusual.
I hope they sell something else like this at an affordable price range (i.e. NOT Reserve Edition) cuz I want one!
Its looks like a foot long.
Please dont tell me that the aspect ratio of this 21:9!!! >_
awwww.... what a let down, that looks like shit! An this is coming from someone who is dieing for a viao p
That screen is just... wow. I thought the Vaio P was stretching it (heh) in terms of wideness already. And this one looks even shorter!
It looks as if it a full foot long!
Dont tell me that the aspect ratio on this is 21:9!!!
It'll go perfectly with that panasonic super wide-screen tv.. :D
@Flying Pig
I think Philips makes the TV that you reference.
Looks quite nice.
Maybe the ultrawide screens have found theirselfs a niche for such a type of device.
But i doubt it. With every new generation of computer screens, laptops and tvs being a tad wider, i guess this kind of screen aspect ratio will move on to bigger units.
I am wating for the next generation of macbooks and imacs. 20" 100:1 wiiiiiiiiiiiiideeeeeeescreen, with the keyboard simply being all letters and numbers in one row.
I agree. It is idiotic to see so much divergence in aspect ratios - why can't they stick to one particular standard?
We are going back to the One-Line display.
Ok, this isn't a netbook, look at the size compared to the slim desktop PC it's sitting on. I'd bet good money on this being being an MID.
It looks like there's a web cam on the left and some control buttons on the right hand side of the screen and maybe a couple of USB ports on the lower right side of the device.
It's not going to be much wider than maybe 20-25cm, although it still seems to have a very odd resolution display whatever it ends up being. I'd expect this to be a next gen Atom for MID based device and we might get to see some more details from IDF Beijing which is happening early next month.
Ridiculously wide.
ridiculously *short*
I guess that works too.
Oh for fuck's sake, SCREENS ARE BLOODY WIDE ENOUGH!
16:10 is fine.
16:9 is bearable.
I'm almost willing to put up with the VAIO P's screen.
But this is just fucking excessive. DO NOT WANT.
--neg
lets be redundant
-Jon
p.s. -Jon
The wideness isn't new: Nokia's Communicator series had always used similar screen aspect ratio. For Windows the only benefit is probably the extra space for "gadgets".
It doesn't look like it's designed for male users either.
Still looks better than the Vaios screen and love the in-descrete webcam.....even though its on the left. Looks more like a D4 competitor since the trackpad/power is on the upper right
I can only imagine the amount of vertical scrolling I'd have to do just for webpage viewing.
no problem, just hold it sideways...
If you look at the usb ports on the side you can measure a width of 6 to 7 usb ports, so 80 - 90 mm. The length should be about 3 times the width, so about 250 mm.
Looks to me like a check holster :D Very stylish if you ask me
@ matt
it's really make ergonomic sense. if you going to using a hand to support the device and used thumb in the same hand rub the trackpoint and free another hand for keyboard
this is stupid, i hate having my documents show up in 200 percent on a normal computer and having to scroll up and down constantly, but this just takes it to an extreme. what a bad idea
is it just me or does it look like if you close it, the top wouldn't completely cover the keyboard?
Its just you, seeing as there is a pic of it with the lid closed.
That's what I thought after seeing the first picture, but it's clearly just a trick of forced perspective. Look at the shots after the break and you'll see the difference.
And as far as the mid/netbook/WhateverTheHellThisIs... meh. There is no way that it will be cheap enough to offer any sort of netbook value, and the leather skin suggests that it may snag a premium OVER the Sony. No thanks.
Replace the brown leather with copper orange, then we'll talk.
Uhhh. No thanks. I suppose I'm glad they're selling this thing "by invitation only"
The hinge looks like it folds all the way over for tabletop use. I wonder if that "smartly" disables the keyboard when it's flipped around the back.
thats an idea! it´d be pretty cool if it did that. good thinking dan
It doesn't look very practical... Perhaps its just a concept model? Would be nice if Lenovo really made a Thinkpad netbook though, I would get one for the keyboard and trackpoint.
On the other hand, this is the first device I've seen that will actually go well with Ubuntu's default color scheme.
Its looks like a foot long.
Please dont tell me that the aspect ratio
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Dual Screen option?
I still haven't decided if it's pretty or just creepy and deceptive.