Lenovo already
got official with a couple of its Windows 7-powered machines last week, but it looks like the rest of the crop is landing today. Of course, we've already seen the 11.6-inch
IdeaPad U150 and 15.6-inch
U550 pop up in various corners of the globe this month, and the
IdeaPad U350 has been around since the summer. That said, we'll take the OS refresh and minor spec bumps any day of the week (along with new colors on the
S10-2), and that's exactly what we're getting. We'll spare you the rehash (it's all there in the read link if you need a refresher), but over on the desktop front, we're pretty stoked about the stylish (and
previously rumored) all-in-one IdeaCentre B500. Packing a Core 2 Quad CPU, 1TB of HDD space, up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM and a 23-inch LCD, this thing may actually perform fairly well in tasks more strenuous than checking email. The business-minded K300 and bargain-priced H230 ($299 starting point) are less thrilling from a hardware perspective, but they'll certainly fit their respective molds quite well. The whole lot should be available to order soon directly from Lenovo, and there's bound to be plenty of options for those not content with base configurations.
posted Oct 26th 2009 12:01PM
Question, have they stopped offering the U110? Is the U150 the replacement?
Woah, That's an awesome desktop.
Oooooh i like the pink with the blue all over it so cute!
Oh and i wonder do they have webcams? I always need a webcam so i can chat with friends and stuff.
I don't suppose they have any plans to update the X200 series? Not that it really NEEDS updating, but something to keep up with the Jones would be nice.
I agree. I've been debating picking up an X200 with MultiTouch for work, but I can't bring myself to buy a laptop until after an update. Damn Apple update syndrome.
What, no Spiderman comments yet?
Ideapad! Ideapad!
Does whatever an Ideapad does!
Can it swing
From a web
No it can't
It's not a mac
LOOK OUUUUUUUUT!
It's the Ideapad!
Hmm, I was going to upvote you until I read the last part. Shame.
only for rhyming purposes :p
Dang, that gaming rig looks so gaudy and is a complete shift from Lenovo's traditional design ethos
awesome I am on my u110 right now. the machine was sluggish with vista. So i installed xp lite and it runs like a dream now. I will try 7 on it has soon as launch day problems get worked out for 7.
They already updated the X200 with two additional ultra low voltage processors, a two finger vs four finger (on the t400) multi-touch screen, and a true outdoor readable screen without glare. Lenovo also made the Vista upgrade easy, first update the bios and then just install Win7 over Vista (after uninstall all the Thinkvantage softwware) (or after a clean install), download and run the ThinkVantage System v4.0 (only for Win7) and it will download all the laptop specific fingerprint, webcam, auto-rotate, tablet buttona, hot key , etc, software and install it for you.
level of want for the 150 may be high
I ordered an Ideapad U550 last Wed during their Win 7 sale--got quoted a ship date of 12/01/09. Whether they stick to that or are able to ship earlier is unknown... Love lenovo's systems, but can't believe they still use a slow boat from China for shipping.