Lenovo's New Notebooks Last for Up to 12 Hours

Lenovo yesterday officially announced the revamping of the ThinkPad X series and the X series Tablet. The new ThinkPad X61 and X61s notebooks and the X61 Tablet PC boast superior battery life, extended security through new I/O port disablement and the latest mobile processing technology.

In terms of battery life, the ThinkPad X61s is the king of the road, with up to 12 hours of continuous usage, but this doesn't mean that the ThinkPad X61 and X61 Tablet are much worse. The former allows 11 hours of usage, while the latter "only" 10 hours". All in all, it's clearly a superior performance compared to that of other products.

Lenovo's improved wireless design, Ultra Connect II, combined with a new integrated pop-up antenna on the ThinkPad X61 and X61s improves broadband wireless throughput by more than 30 percent while increasing the range over previous models. Also, for an easy wireless experience, Lenovo offers several connectivity options such as WWAN, WLAN with 802.11n technology , GB Ethernet, Bluetooth or modem on select models of all three notebooks.

Additionally, Lenovo introduced the Lenovo 3000 V200 notebook featuring a built-in optical drive, Vibrant View display and robust multimedia features. Lenovo has also updated its ThinkPad and Lenovo 3000 notebook line with the ThinkPad T61 15.4-inch widescreen and R61 15.4-inch widescreen notebooks as well as the Lenovo 3000 N200 14-inch widescreen notebook.

As expected, all new products use the new Intel Core2 Duo processors (frequencies up to 2.4 GHz) with up to 800 MHz FSB and up to 4 MB L2 Cache. Another benefit is the Intel Turbo Memory that uses Flash cache technology to reduce boot-up time and load frequently used applications faster. By copying data to memory faster than can be done from the hard drive, Intel Turbo Memory increases system responsiveness and even saves power, since the hard drive can stay idle longer. Plus, Intel Turbo Memory supports read and write caching for the ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive features of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.

The new ThinkPad X Series ultraportables improve security features, such as Client Security Solution, a unique hardware-software solution to manage passwords and encryption keys, along with optional fingerprint readers, and the new 32-byte hard drive password protection and optional I/O port disablement capabilities. Through port disablement, an individual can deactivate any port on the outside of the system - from a CD/DVD drive to a USB port to a firewire port.

The ThinkPad X61, X61s notebooks and X61 Tablet PC start at approximately, $1,484, $1,474 and $1,779 respectively. The ThinkPad T61 15.4-inch widescreen and R61 15.4-inch widescreen notebooks start at $1,215 and $1,145, respectively.

The Lenovo 3000 V200 and N200 notebooks start at approximately $1,199 and $949 respectively. All the notebooks will be available in June.

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