14 DAY TRIAL // After a rather long time of not having anything to offer the mobile market, Advanced Micro Devices finally managed to take on Intel. Yesterday, in Cannes, France, AMD refreshed its entire platform portfolio, bringing out not just netbook and ultrathin CPUs, but also the Danube mainstream platform. Now, being the eager PC supplier that it is, Lenovo has decided to take said platform and place it inside its ThinkPad Edge 14 and 15.
"We're creating a full SMB program, starting with products like the ThinkPad Edge 14 and 15 inch laptops," Jerry Paradise, director, Worldwide ThinkPad Product Marketing, Lenovo, said when the two computers were initially launched. "We have seen strong demand already for the ThinkPad Edge 13 inch, and we'll continue to expand the ThinkPad Edge lineup going forward, extending the same leadership in innovation, quality and reliability in SMB that we're known for with large enterprise customers."
The ThinkPad Edge 14 and 15, as their names imply, have screen sizes of 14 inches and 15.6 inches, respectively, and were initially introduced in March. Back then, the only processor options available were Intel Core i3 and Core i5 chips. Now, the PC maker has added the Athlon II X 2 P320 dual-core, the Turion II X2 P520 (also dual-core) and the Phenom II X3 P820 triple-core units.
Regardless of which CPU is chosen by end-users, the business laptops will feature a memory capacity of up to 4GB, a storage space of up to 500GB and the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 graphics. Other specifications include Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, a number of USB ports, a Blu-ray drive and the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional operating system.
The AMD-powered ThinkPad Edge 14 and 15 notebooks for small and medium businesses will start shipping in the US as of June 22.