Lenovo has announced three new IdeaPad laptops (U150, U550 and Y550P) and three IdeaCentre desktops (B500, K300 and H230) loaded with Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system. In addition, the company has made its IdeaPad U350 ultraportable and S10-2 netbook available with new textures and colorful patterns.
Getting back to the Win7 refresh, we have
IdeaPad Y550P, Lenovo’s first laptop to be powered by Intel’s mobile Core i7 processors. The machine has a 15.6-inch HD screen, Nvidia discrete graphics, Dolby Home Theater surround sound, and the SlideNav touch-sensitive bar located above the keyboard that makes it faster and easier to navigate programs, documents and shortcuts.
The 13.5mm
IdeaPad U150 weights as low as 1.35kg, and features a 11.6-inch display, a Pentium Dual Core or Core 2 Duo CPU, up to 8GB of RAM, GMA X4500 integrated graphics, and a battery life of up to 7 hours.
The
IdeaPad U550 ultraportable is 24mm thick, and has a 15.6-inch (1366x768) screen, a Pentium or Core 2 Duo CPU, up to 4GB of RAM, a HDD with a maximum capacity of 320GB, a DVD writer, the Ambient Light Sensor which automatically adjusts screen brightness based on light conditions, plus a fingerprint reader and the VeriFace facial recognition software.
The
IdeaCentre B500 is an All-in-One desktop with a 23-inch Full HD (1920x1080) LCD that boasts a Core 2 Quad CPU, up to 8GB of RAM, 1TB of storage space, JBL-brand integrated speakers, and a 4-in-1 remote control that acts as a motion-drive games controller.
Also powered by an Intel Core 2 Quad processor, the
IdeaCentre K300 tower desktop goes from $499 to $$1,999 and can pack up to 8GB of RAM, RAID configured hard drives, and either integrated graphics or Radeon discrete graphics (up to Radeon HD 4870 X2).
Last but not least, the value-minded
IdeaCentre H230 starts at $299, and can be equipped with a Celeron, Core 2 Duo, or Core 2 Quad CPU, a maximum of 8GB DDR3 memory, up to 1TB of storage, Nvidia or AMD graphics and a 16-in-1 card reader. That’s it, move along.
