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Lenovo's otherlaptop brandname, the 3000 series, doesn'tquite have the same ring to it as ThinkPad. Enter, then, IdeaPad, thenew name for the company's consumer notebooks, three of which debutedin the US yesterday.
The new machines are the U110, Y510 and Y710, all based on Intel'sCentrino platform and equipped, respectively, with 11.1in, 15.4in and17in widescreen displays - all with a novel transparent faceplate thatextends past the screen and over the bezel too.
Lenovo's Y710: smooth screen
The Y510 goes on sale next week, fitted with a 1.83GHz Core 2 DuoT5550 processor, 2GB of memory, a 250GB hard drive and a DVD burner.The unit has four speakers and a sub-woofer for 5-channel soundreproduction - handy for movie buffs.
Lenovo's U110
The Y710 will sport an as yet unannounced 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo T9300,one of the mobile 45nm 'Penryn' CPUs Intel is expected to unveilformally next week, according to the chip giant's latest roadmap. It'll have an AMD ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 graphics chip too.
The laptop will also feature an numeric keypad equipped with biggaming-oriented direction keys and user-definable keys. A Blu-ray Discdrive is optional, as is a second hard drive for the Y710's auxiliaryHDD bay.
The Y710 isn't due until March, a month that will also see the U110go on sale. The full spec's not yet known, but the machine will comewith solid-state disk options and a red, aluminium lid. Its price hasyet to be set, but the Y510 is expected to cost $799 (£403/€543) whilethe Y710 will be priced from $1199