Lenovo's 14-inch Z460 mentioned again overseas, this time with a Core i5 CPU

Ready for the latest international laptop mystery? Good. Lenovo's 14-inch Z460, which has yet to be confirmed as real by the company, recently surfaced over in China with a decidedly average set of specifications. A Core i3 CPU, 2GB of RAM, a 320GB SATA hard drive and Windows 7 Home Basic were found onboard, though no further details were divulged. Fast forward to today, and this very same machine is seemingly available to order on contract from Singapore's own SingTel, complete with a Core i5-430M processor (2.26GHz), Windows 7 Home Premium, a 14-inch WXGA display, 500GB hard drive and 2GB of DDR3 memory. Naturally, a free integrated wireless modem is thrown in here, but now we're stuck wondering if a) this is the last of the configuration options and b) when exactly Lenovo plans to come forward and officially introduce this thing. Any day now, Junior...

[Thanks, Zhang Yi Jiang]

[motmotzabot Posted May 3rd 2010 7:00AM]

Ah, interesting. I thought that looked like the Singnet website!

[Andronicus Posted May 3rd 2010 7:48AM]

Not a bad little powerhouse. If they wanna sell "junior" it better be a lot cheaper.

[malexandria1 Posted May 3rd 2010 7:49AM]

I don't understand, what is the 24 month contract for? To buy the computer? A Dataplan?

[motmotzabot Posted May 3rd 2010 9:37AM]

@malexandria1 The ISP is bundling the laptop free with a 2-year internet plan.

[fast Posted May 3rd 2010 8:02AM]

They should start selling these with a small ssd just for the OS, would really make these sorts of machines that much snappy.

[fast Posted May 3rd 2010 8:03AM]

@fast ...unless these are cookers like the aluminum ones, ssd's fail like crazy under extreme heat.

[fast Posted May 3rd 2010 8:07AM]

@fast ...just kidding...ssd's don't have temperature problems.

[pissshivers Posted May 3rd 2010 8:23AM]

30mb email storage sealed the deal for me.

[noxipoo Posted May 3rd 2010 9:44AM]

@pissshivers that 20MB bonus did for me.

[mschipperheyn Posted May 3rd 2010 9:33AM]

Looks ok. AFAIC it's about availability now. Core ix laptop availability is still mediocre in Europe.

[freakdiablo Posted May 3rd 2010 9:49AM]

@david1984

Were they the ideapads or thinkpads? I've heard mixed reviews about the ideapads but only good things about the thinkpads.

[bigcow05 Posted May 3rd 2010 9:56AM]

@david1984

Not really. Every one of my friends with a Sony has had problems with them right after the warraties expired. Maybe the new ones are better?

[thisismartin Posted May 3rd 2010 10:22AM]

Uh look! 30MB Email storage!

[fast Posted May 3rd 2010 10:25AM]

@bigcow05 new ones might be better. One brand that everyone I know and has one say good things about: Toshiba. Dunno, never owned one but 2 friends that sell those things say it's a delight to work with them if anything needs fixing.

[Irina Posted May 4th 2010 5:38AM]

I would love a Lenovo portable, they're so sleek... but damn it the keyboard and trackpad is annoying and ugly! :( Not a good home-pc choice, imo. I hope they release at least one good looking, good specced portable. The Edge series is pretty