Chinese IT giant Lenovo is set to show their new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 notebook today at a major event in Sydney, the new premium notebook is set to go head to head with the wafer thin Samsung 9000 and the Mac Book Air.The new notebook comes decked out in a soft, rubbery finish on each and every surface, including the sides giving it a premium notebook feel.
What is not known is when Lenovo will enter the consumer market in Australia with their new range of tablets and All In One PCs. Overnight the company revealed a new range of ThinkCentre desktops including a 21.5-inch Edge 91 model that has been revealed in the USA with a $699 starting price for a 3.1GHz Core i3 and integrated Intel video.
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At the top end the company is offering a quad Core i7 and the option of 1GB Radeon HD 6650 video for pro 3D or gaming. Any Edge 91z can be outfitted with up to 8GB of RAM, either an 80GB SSD or a 1TB rotating hard drive, and the option of Blu-ray.
Engadget who has reviewed the new Lenovo Think Pad X1 said that new notebook looks — and feels — like a ThinkPad.
They said that Lenovo has taken the ThinkPad’s classic boxy shape and chiselled it down into something more tapered.
The chassis (13.3 x 9.1 x 0.65-0.84 inches) isn’t as cartoonishly thin as the MacBook Air, and because of its wedge profile the X1 will particularly suffer in comparisons that dwell on the back end of the chassis, near the hinge. Still, it’s near-impossible to look at it and not appreciate how trim it is, especially toward the front where the lid opens.
Heavier than both the Samsung 9000 and the MacBook Air the new laptop has poor battery life though it did get a got a good wrap from Engadget who concluded “It’s as thin and durable as it is ergonomically sound, it performs briskly, and particularly thanks to those strong speakers, we can see people snapping this up even if their lives aren’t scheduled around meetings and business trips.”
“But for some people, that short battery life — and, to a lesser extent, the glossy display — could be heartbreaking deal-breakers. On the one hand, we’ll be the first to admit that our battery test is more gruelling, perhaps, than your daily routine. And the slice helps, though it piles $150 on top of the price, and gives the laptop a chunkier profile, which defeats the purpose of splurging on a notebook this slim. Despite this flaw, we found ourselves interacting with it as more than just a corporate black box, but our personal notebook. In that regard, the X1 hits its mark”.
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