http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/ Engadget Comments for Lenovo debuts "fit anywhere" Q700 home entertainment PC 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/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/
how well does a X4500 handle 1080p?]]>Aug 12th 2009 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/
Price ain't too bad either though I think $400 starting would be the real sweet spot...]]>Aug 12th 2009 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/
Looks like this thing is fail central. Way to go, Lenovo.]]>Aug 12th 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/How well does X4500 handle 1080p? It doesn't. Its not "video accelerator", more like "video codec" that puts all the job on CPU. If CPU can handle it, it will play back nicely. But CPU usage will be high, very high, or unbearable and you won't receive pleasurable experience.

SKIP this thing and wait for either Lenovo S12 or Acer Aspire Revo or any other Nvidia Ion toy if you want to be able to watch movies, not only read text and work with office docs.]]>Aug 12th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/
even the direct translation

...NO customization options equates to fail.

doesn't make sense.

got you now GRAMMAR POLICE
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I guess a dual core pentium is upt to way more than just less than demanding!

Of course it wont beat an i7 rig, and the graphics are - as always - a joke, but for "brute computing power" this is more than enough.

Question is just: are pentiums still the power suckers they used to be?

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"The Q700 is designed to double as your personal computer, home theater, sound room and **gaming console** in a décor-friendly tower no larger than a DVD player."

....

Gaming Console... right... maybe if you're using a NES emulator...]]>Aug 12th 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/
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Silly.]]>Aug 12th 2009 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/
Well I'll take a dual-core Pentium over a single core Atom for starters. You don't get the economies in power but it can handle quite a bit more abuse (multiple streams).

To answer your question I never said I would. I merely stated it looked better suited to WHS than HTPC. In fact you have pretty much agreed with me in your other posts. And as with almost all other devices to date the street price will most likely be quite a bit lower than the MSRP.]]>Aug 13th 2009 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/
swing and-yet-another miss.]]>Aug 12th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/
I'd prefer ion based but it's far from an utter fail for that reason.]]>Aug 12th 2009 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://gizmodo.com/5336054/dell-inspiron-zino-hd-eat-it-mac-mini

I'll wait for that and see what's under the hood. The CPU is fine for a HTPC, but it NEEDS to be paired with a good GPU to make that work. Too bad Lenovo doesn't get it.



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Even with software that isn't GPU accelerated.

Sure your CPU utilization will be VERY high, but if you run the right software, that goes down to 30% or so even with Blu-Ray.

And by "just fine" I mean NO frame drops and perfect audio, etc. I don't know where you guys are getting otherwise; obviously this thing won't game worth a CRAP but the X4500 runs cool and lowers the overall cooling requirements for the system resulting in the ability to build NEAR silent machines.

Try that with a higher-end nVidia or ATI card.. good luck getting good cooling in a small form factor.

You can certainly get better quality overall video from an ATI or nVidia solution; with overall better PQ, but some of the info in this thread is CRAP from people with zero experience with this hardware.]]>Aug 12th 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 12th 2009 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/
you would be surprised at how much load it takes off the cpu in blueray]]>Aug 12th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 13th 2009 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 13th 2009 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Aug 13th 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/
Each time one of these POS boxes come out claiming to be a true HTPC are missing this key issue. My ass is still waiting for a slim ps3 or a HTPC-in-a-Box with a Blu-Ray drive.

FAIL]]>Aug 13th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/lenovo-debuts-fit-anywhere-Q700-home-entertainment-pc/Oct 1st 2009 2:55PM