It’s a new year and Lenovo is out with an entire new line of notebooks NOT called ThinkPad. That’s right folks – the company has unveiled a new notebook line called “IdeaPad” featuring systems with 17 inch and 15 inch widescreen displays. An 11 inch widescreen notebook will be unveiled later this year. All the new IdeaPad systems feature items such as:

• Dolby Home Theater sound
• VeriFace facial recognition security
• GameZone keys with secondary display
• Touch-sensitive controls
• One-Stop Multimedia Control Center
• “Fresh” looking auxiliary lights and buttons

IdeaPad is made up of three new systems – the IdeaPad Y510, the IdeaPad Y710 and the IdeaPad U110. Let’s go over the basic feature set for these systems.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y510:

• All the common features
• Features 15.4 inch widescreen display
• Integrated 1.3 megapixel digital camera
• Wireless LAN
• Up to 250GB HDD
• 6 in 1 card reader
• CD/DVD writer
• Frameless screen with a super-thin bezel
• Features “Light Weaver Texture” on the notebook shell
• Full size keyboard
• Touch sensitive multimedia controls
• Multi-light battery indicator
• Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 processor running at 1.83 GHz
• Windows Vista Home Premium OS
• Intel GMA X3100 graphics
• 2GB of memory (up to 4 GB)
• 4 speakers, 1 sub-woofer
• Weighs 6.4 lbs with battery
• Measures 14.3 x 10.2 x 1.1-1.4 inches
• 4 hour battery life
• Available on January 6th, 2008

IdeaPad Y710:

• All the common features
• Integrated 1.3 megapixel digital camera
• Secondary hard drive option
• Hinge and logo areas are illuminated by colorful halo lighting
• touch-sensitive multimedia controls
• Frameless screen
• full-size keyboard
• Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 processor running at 2.5GHz
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• 17 inch widescreen display with 1440 x 900 resolution
• ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 graphics
• Up to 500GB SATA (with secondary HDD)
• 2GB of RAM – up to 4GB
• Dual Layer CD/DVD Recordable with Blu-ray DVD reader
• 4 speakers and 1 sub-woofer
• Weighs 7.9 lbs with battery
• Measures 15.6 x 11.2 x 1-1.5 inches
• Four hour battery life
• Available in March of 2008

IdeaPad U110

• Smallest of the new family of notebooks
• 11.1 inch widescreen display
• Thin and light notebook
• VeriFace face recognition security
• Dolby Home Theater audio
• Optional SSD
• Available in March 2008

[Check it out via DailyTech]

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