Lenovo Mobile Workstation Now Offers Dual-Screen Display (
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Lenovo
is unveiling a version of its ThinkPad W700 mobile workstation at
the upcoming CES expo that will incorporate a second, 10.6-inch LCD display
into the laptop, allowing users to have a workstation notebook with
dual-monitor support.
The Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds—the "ds" is short for
"dual-screen"—will debut at the start of CES, Jan. 5. While Lenovo
had been waiting for the show to make the announcement, details about the new
mobile workstation began leaking out Dec. 18 and 19 on sites such as Engadget.
In August, Lenovo
launched the original W700 workstation with a single, 17-inch display and
the company is planning to market both versions of its mobile workstation to
professional photographers, graphic artists and others working in CAD fields.
In addition to the secondary screen, Lenovo is offering users the option of
ordering the ThinkPad W700ds with a less expensive Intel
Core 2 Quad processor running at 2.26GHz and built on the newer 45-nanometer
manufacturing process. When the original ThinkPad W700 came out earlier in 2008,
Lenovo only offered the mobile workstation with an Intel Core 2 Extreme X9300
chip.
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here for a first look at the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds.
What is unique about this particular workstation is the 10.6-inch, WXGA (768
by 1280) secondary display. Engineers added about 10 millimeters of thickness
on to the original W700 design to incorporate the horizontal display, which is
about the size of the screens commonly used with mini-notebooks and some
"netbooks."
The goal was to allow users to bring the dual-display setup that they have
in the office to the home or out on the road, said Wes Williams, a Lenovo
segment manager.
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