If your laptop doesn’t give you enough screen space, Lenovo may have a solution. On Friday, the company announced the release of the first laptop with two LCD screens.
The ThinkPad W700ds laptop, with a 17-inch main screen and a 10.6-inch second screen, is called a “mobile workstation” by Lenovo and is meant to appeal to power users who are accustomed to two screens when they sit at a desk.
Tilting Up to 30 Degrees
The mobile workstation offers either an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, or Core 2 Extreme processor, as well as Nvidia Quadro graphics technology, a palm rest digitizer and pen, Intel Turbo memory 4GB module support, and a 4GB memory DIMM.
The 17-inch main display is a backlit WUXGA with 1,920×1,200 resolution, while the second screen is WXGA, also with backlighting, and provides 768×1,280 resolution. The smaller screen can be tilted up to 30 degrees.
But that second screen and other features come at a cost — an expected $3,600, as well as nearly 11 pounds — more than twice the weight of, say, an average ThinkPad laptop.
The double-screened unit will be shown at the Consumer Electronics Show next month in Las Vegas, with an expected release at about the same time. There have been reports that Lenovo was intending to wait until CES to announce the W700ds, but a page announcing the new model went live early on IBM’s site, and the computer-oriented blogs noticed.
Brighter Than Any Notebook
The double-screen model is targeted at photographers and graphic designers, as well as developers, and Lenovo is emphasizing the attention to visual quality. The company pointed out that the main screen has been rated brighter than any notebook available, with integrated color calibration and an X-Rite Pantone color sensor and software for color consistency.
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