There's not a lot to go on here, but Lenovo's official Twitter account posted pictures of two products that are purportedly being revealed in more detail later this week. The IdeaCentre Q100 / Q110 nettops are said to be "some of the thinnest nettops in the world," and while the teaser image is certainly a looker, for better and for worse we can already smell the Atom processor from here. Also on the menu is the IdeaCentre D400, the company's first home server.
We Got Served did a little digging, and as it turns out, the D400 was released in Asia at the beginning of this month, with four hot swappable bays, four USB ports, and an eSATA port. It'd be nice to know
when this week Lenovo was planning to lift the veil of secrecy, but at least we won't be worrying about it come Saturday.
[Via
ThinkPad; thanks, Mark]
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posted Aug 17th 2009 10:03PM
Why is there a bowling ball in that design?
Because Lenovo does what they want.
Pioneer have that Nettop available already, plus you can get an ION version - guess that would be the Q110 for Lenovo.
http://www.pioneercomputers.com.au/products/info.asp?c1=4&c2=167&id=2934
Would be neat if it didn't have all those ugly emblems on the case.
BULBA BULBA!
Can you think of a better way to let know potential buyers that this thing it's compatible with the lastest coffee cups and bowling pins?
nice design, especially the nettop
that homeserver looks nice but it looks exactly like the acer h340 (I really like mine) and I doubt it will be cheaper than the h340 so I dont see too many jumping on it over the h340.
looks like someone sneezed clipart all over it. looks as bad as a cicolas cage movie!
cicolas cage.... a man cursed from birth, only one letter away from a normal name.
ION or I'm out.
I may be alone in this - but I am deeply uninterested in the seemingly endless stream of crippled, limited computer-like appliances that have been coming out for the past year or so.
IdeaCentre? Yeah that's about right. You get this as a first computer and after playing around on the net you get all sorts off ideas. "I'm going to edit movies, I'm going to play video games and watch HD movies." All excellent ideas, and Lenovo will be happy, for a moderate charge, to upgrade you to a DoCentre.
is just me, or does it look like the D400 home server has a standard Mini ITX board (with Low Profile PCI slots) at the bottom?
I am so sick of Atom based devices. They all belong on craptastic. (I am now officially boycotting the use of the term n****p)
"You are so small, its funny to me" -heavy (TF2)
Aside fromt he Nettops. Lenovo released an alternative to Thinkpads. The E-Series.
Link:
http://shopap.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/phweb/LenovoPortal/en_PH/catalog.workflow:expandcategory?current-catalog-id=3634951826AE4D3881BFFF1AC5FCD957¤t-category-id=68364A6D886D43E7AE193E325A3BDC51
I'm still waiting to see a mini-PC with equal or better specs (2.0GHz Core 2 Duo, Nvidia 9400M) than Mac Mini without increased size (6.5 by 6.5 by 2 inches) or price ($599). You also get 5 USB ports and two display connectors for dual monitors at 2560x1600 and 1920x1200.
Oooh, they spelled it "Centre", it must be something really special.
in that it's from a part of the world other than the USA?
ION, PLEASE
Who the hell cares about how "thin" a nettop is? Its base is about 3 times as wide anyway.
eSATA = yummy
Before buying Lenovo Google T61p + SATA II + capped
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I'll stick to HP, at least the profit dollars come back into the United States!
Oh those poor little nettops and home servers, always being teased by the mean old Lenovo.
Where did they get that cheap clip art they engraved on the surface of that poor thing? Have they not learned ANYTHING from watching Apple? You don't decorate your hardware with clip art that costs $1 and hope people think it looks cool.