Lenovo has released a new mobile workstation expressly designed to eliminate the user compromise of having only one display available on the go.
Called the ThinkPad W700ds, the new dual-screen machine sports a primary screen with 1920×1200-pixel resolution and a second 768×1280-pixel color display that slides out from the machine’s cover. “That’s 10.6 inches on the diagonal,” said ThinkPad team member Wes Williams.
Covering All the Angles
The integration of a second color screen only contributes a few extra millimeters of thickness compared to the machine’s predecessor, the single-screen W700. Like an automobile’s rear-view mirror, the second screen can be tilted up to 30 degrees.
The primary color display, which measures 17 inches diagonally, delivers 400-nit luminance performance when users select the WUXGA screen option. By comparison, the luminance delivered by most computer displays typically ranges between 50 and 300 nits.
“The 400-nit display is super-bright,” said Lenovo spokesperson Kristy Fair. “There are other optional displays, but the 400-nit is the brightest.”
Moreover, the WUXGA screen’s 72 percent wide color gamut enables a color intensity boost of more than 50 percent. “Color gamut is the screen’s ability to display a wide range of colors — the higher the gamut, the more intense the colors are,” Fair explained. “For users in fields like photography and digital content creation, this is important.”
Customization Options
Every time Williams used to go on the road he had to lug around a second monitor, a color-calibration unit, a digitizer and pen, and a backup hard drive as well as the computing system. “Now there is a better way,” Williams said.
The ThinkPad W700ds provides users with a wide array of configuration options to meet mobile workstation needs. For example, it can be customized with solid-state storage, dual integrated hard drives that can be configured for high-speed or mirror RAID, and…