Lenovo Unleashes ThinkPad W700, A Mobile PC Workstation

By DE Editors

Lenovo (Research Triangle Park, NC) introduced the ThinkPad W700, a 17-in. widescreen mobile workstation engineered with game-changing technologies to exceed the demands of the most data and graphics-intensive users. Lenovo says this ThinkPad brings the industry’s first built-in digitizer and color calibrator to a mobile workstation and combines these innovations with first-in-market technologies such as new NVIDIA Quadro FX mobile graphics and supporting next-generation Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad Core processor technology.

Other features include optional dual hard drives with RAID configurations, up to 8GB of high speed DDR3 memory, a range of wireless connectivity options, and multimedia capabilities include an optional Blu-ray DVD burner/player.

The ThinkPad W700 mobile workstation complements Lenovo’s W500 mobile workstation and ThinkStation S10 and D10 workstations.

Supporting the latest Intel processor technologies including the next-generation Core 2 Extreme Quad Core processor, the mobile workstation can be configured with up to 8GB of memory with an additional 2GB of Intel Turbo Memory. Lenovo also offers models with Intel vPro technology for complete manageability. The mobile workstation can be equipped with dual internal hard drives, including solid-state drive storage. The ThinkPad W700 mobile workstation offers both the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M and 3700M Open GL graphics processors with up to 1GB of dedicated video memory for exceptional graphics performance in a 17-in. mobile workstation. The hard drives can be configured for RAID 0 to help users access and save their data faster than traditional disk-writing methods, or users can choose RAID 1 for mirrored data redundancy.

The mobile workstation includes WiFi wireless connectivity.

The ThinkPad W700 mobile workstation will be available beginning in September with models starting at $2,978.

For details, contact Lenovo.

Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.