http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/ Engadget Comments for Lenovo IdeaCentre A300 and Multimedia Keyboard review 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/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Crapgadget is the word you're looking for.]]>Jun 20th 2010 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
Yeah, I bought it and it's a piece of junk. It's 2010, and engadget thinks we should be using a trackball?

diNovo Mini FTW!]]>Jun 20th 2010 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
+1 on the mini. I love mine. Yes, plastic lid and all.]]>Jun 20th 2010 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/yeah same here]]>Jun 20th 2010 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/The thing I hate most about the product is a clear rip on the apple background (leopard) trying to make the two things similar. If I want to buy apple I will buy apple, but I don't need to be appealed by the characteristics of apple to have a windows computer (if you don't know what I'm referring to, look at the pictures at the top with the purple background.)
So may say that's not on purpose but I think it has to be a motive here.

And by the way, this is coming from a person that loves both companies.]]>Jun 20th 2010 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
Poor guy.

THose type of backgrounds have been out for so long before Mac made them their own. I feel sorry really of how blind Apple consumers really are.]]>Jun 20th 2010 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/You obviously don't like windows so stfu you troll.]]>Jun 21st 2010 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/so if he doesnt like windows he needs to shut the fuck up? you seem to have the intelligence of a bodyguard.]]>Jun 21st 2010 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Did I say anything about windows?
If you actually read my comment you would know I was refering to Lenovo, and NOT microsoft.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
I can still see *something* of whats going on on the screen. The glare must be so bright people have to wear special googles to only go in the same room as that monitor, let alone use it...

GLAAAAAAAAAAARE !]]>Jun 20th 2010 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/I want to destroy the idiots who thought glossy was a good idea for computer displays.]]>Jun 20th 2010 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
You have to get in line behind me then...and there is a good chance there is not much left when I'm trough with them...

^_^
]]>Jun 20th 2010 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
Indeed.]]>Jun 20th 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
I really enjoy the fact that my display doubles as a vanity mirror. Très chic! ]]>Jun 20th 2010 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/It's not a Tuma!!!]]>Jun 21st 2010 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
What were you thinking?]]>Jun 20th 2010 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
I love the little bugger. Still, I would have rathered a trackball to a trackpad. ]]>Jun 20th 2010 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
macbook ? imac ?

Isn't that the stuff where you have to be shorter than this *makes gesture with 2 fingers an inch apart* to use them ?

^_^]]>Jun 20th 2010 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 21st 2010 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
What a waste of a brand. :(]]>Jun 20th 2010 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
The only thing is I just don't see the practical value and limitations of an all-in-one worth it in the home except in specific environments like a kitchen computer and the like.

PS: IMO 24" is the price/performance sweet spot for a single 1080P display. ]]>Jun 20th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
Nowadays with video cards coming with HDMI ports, so too are the monitors and HDTVs. More and more people are doing what the anything-video-related companies want them to do, play movies and/or watch TV on their computer monitors.

That being the situation, monitors now need to have HDMI and DVI ports, be at least 24" diagonal (mine are 28" which is also fine), low MS response times, and super high resolution (my two HD monitors that I have connected to my computer are 1900 x 1200). ]]>Jun 20th 2010 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
I concur that the HP AIO are good--but I think the Sony 24"ers are pretty good and competitively priced as well. I have the older LV and its been a pretty decent machine.]]>Jun 20th 2010 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
I'd appreciate a link or something...]]>Jun 20th 2010 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
This is a slick setup and people should recall what an $1800 computer configuration was, back just 10 years ago. So for $900? That's a great price for what this is. And street price should soon be about $750.

What this is to me is for the non-tech consumer crowd or office executives who want a cool looking desktop with which to impress clients. IMHO it fills the needs of those two groups.

Nope, it's not a gaming machine or something for anyone who needs a high powered machine, such as people who work with graphics or video production. (Those people would be buying a $4,000 machine anyway. And that would be a budget model.)

I'd consider this but I have my desktop connected to two 28" HD monitors via HDMI cables to a Radeon 5870 video card. I'm running 1920 x 1200 resolution, 5 MS response times.

As slick as this Lenovo looks, my two 28" HD monitors have way more wow factor, especially when I run an HD screen saver in dual monitor mode. LOL.

Moreover, my PC has dual layer DVD, BluRay, two 1 TB hard drives and 12 USB ports. My point is that I agree with the reviewer, you have to consider the limitations of this kind of machine. They look neat and cool with everything contained in a small footprint case, but you can forget about upgrading it or changing something around that you don't like. The machine is truly WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).

Then again, this might be slick for my bedroom, for those late night visits to all my favorite video port sites. ;)

]]>Jun 20th 2010 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
True, you can use a USB external drive should the need arise. But the target market for this machine still uses DVDs. So if one intends to use this to play movies, he or she should not have to shop for an optical drive to do so.

While it may have driven up the cost slightly, Lenovo should have included a BluRay/DVD player (at least). A benefit of doing that would have been the ability to advertise "Plays BluRay Movies!" That would have given this a high tech function/feature to match its high tech look.]]>Jun 20th 2010 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/lenovo-ideacentre-b500-hands-on-impressions/

and you can buy it with a quad core processor]]>Jun 20th 2010 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/
Thanks for the link =)

It definitely looks better, none of that glossy, plastic crap]]>Jun 20th 2010 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/20/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-multimedia-keyboard-review/Jun 20th 2010 8:27PM