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Lenovo parodies MacBook Air commercial: Lenovo parodies MacBook Air commercialThat is AWESOME!!And oh so true! HILARIOUS!!! :)Very well done spot...This is an excellent piece of marketing from Lenovo. They should be commended, maybe handed an award or something.I am certainly going to share this with all of my Apple loving, black turtleneck wearing friends.Great advertisement.A...; Tags: Notebooks, MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, Lenovo Group Ltd., MacBook Air commercial, MacBookAir; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Lenovo parodies MacBook Air commercial: This video, being circulated to Chinese contract manufacturers and component suppliers, parodies the MacBook Air "manila envelope" television commercial. It's apparently the work of Lenovo (at least according to Fake Steve) who's trying to "coast on our momentum and pretend they're as cool as we are when it comes to...; Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Lenovo's 11-inch laptop now available: Lenovo announced today that its new 11-inch widescreen laptop for consumers is now available online. The IdeaPad U110 was one of three notebook models Lenovo announced at CES in January when the company rolled out its new consumer brand, which includes IdeaPad laptops, and outside of the...; Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Face Recognition, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-04-29
HP, Lenovo join Dell in extending Windows XP: HP, Lenovo join Dell in extending Windows XPThe problem is not installing software it......is running the software. A lot of programs assume the user has administrative rights and would fail to run if they did not. Your solution doesn't appear to address that issue.Easy fix to make Xp betterThere is...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows, Lenovo Group Ltd.; Discussion threads 2008-04-26
HP, Lenovo join Dell in extending Windows XP: Rumors of Windows XP's demise have been greatly exaggerated. I wrote about Dell's downgrade program in a post earlier this week (Windows Vista just can't catch a break). It looks like Dell may have started something. Both HP and Lenovo now plan to offer Windows XP to...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Lenovo Group Ltd., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-04-26

Can solid state hard drives really improve system performance?: Or is it too early to see a significant difference? There's an interesting debate going on over at Slashdot this morning after one user made headlines by claiming that system performance bumps from SSDs are already upon us. And, according to some, the Lenovo Thinkpad X300 ultralight...; Tags: Hard Drive, Performance, Lenovo Group Ltd., Performance Management, Notebooks, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-18
HP announces the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC: HP announces the HP 2133 Mini-Note PCLenovo Thinkpad X61It seems to me that lost in all the announcementshere of inexpensive laptops is the venerable LenovoX61 Thinkpad. I got one last November for about$800 after some digging on the Internet for a couponcode. Lenovo has these sales from time...; Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Processors, PC, keyboard, wide-Screen, Hewlett-Packard Co., Lenovo Group Ltd., HP 2133, HP 2133 Mini-Note PC, HP 2133 Mini-Note, laptop computer; Discussion threads 2008-04-08
Lenovo IdeaPad Y510: When is a ThinkPad not a ThinkPad? Don't twist your brain too hard around this riddle. It's when Lenovo, a corporate staple, makes a play for the casual laptop buyer, dressing up its solid, well-built systems with some new consumer-friendly features and naming it the 15-inch IdeaPad Y510. Aside from...; Tags: Notebooks, Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM ThinkPad, laptop computer; Product reviews 2008-03-31
Rolling your own starts to make more sense: Rolling your own starts to make more senseComputer storeA computer store builds them for me, at my own specifications. Without operating system or any other software, ofcourse. Same price as when I would buy the components separately and assemble them myself. Plus I have one year warranty.Then I pump Ubuntu...; Tags: Linux, computer store, Ubuntu, Lenovo Group Ltd., education; Discussion threads 2008-03-11
IBM denies re-entering PC market with Russian deal: IBM denies re-entering PC market with Russian dealMatter of sematics?Seems to me that if you're selling PC architecture machines running whatever OS, then you're in the PC business. However, enough people use the term "PC" to refer specifically to x86 machines running an MS operating system that IBM execs...; Tags: Linux, Desktops, SECURITY, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Looks like Linux, IBM Corp., Lenovo Group Ltd., Russian deal, secure, PC, LINUX IS, PC Market, Russian Hackers; Discussion threads 2008-03-10
Greenpeace rates tech giants for green IT creds: Sony Ericsson leads, Dell and Lenovo top PC makers: Greenpeace has issued its latest report rating the giants in the consumer electronics and personal computer business on the green-ness of their products. Things that get considered included mobile phones, TVs, personal computers and game consoles but not servers (which explains why Cisco or IBM aren't on this list, although...; Tags: Greenpeace, Dell Computer Corp., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Lenovo Group Ltd., Green IT, News, Leadership, Games, Management, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-03-07
Lenovo X300 ultraportable now available: Right on the schedule, the Lenovo X300 is now available for order. And it looks like Lenovo has the first hit on its hands since acquiring ThinkPad. The reviews (see below) have been overwhelmingly positive, which is no surprise given the ultraportable's unique specs and pedigree....; Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-02-26
And now for a sexy notebook that businesses can actually use: And now for a sexy notebook that businesses can actually useSo are you saying that a business can't use the Air?I'm not sure that is a safe bet. I don't have a use for it. But what of those who end up buying the Air and using it...; Tags: Notebooks, notebook, MBA, Lenovo Group Ltd., optical drive, sexy notebook, Ethernet; Discussion threads 2008-02-26
And now for a sexy notebook that businesses can actually use: While Apple has received a not-unreasonable amount of buzz for its MacBook Air, even folks like the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg, who is typically quite the Apple fanman, were forced to acknowledge that while sexy, it wasn't necessarily practical for business use. Well, Lenovo's new ThinkPad...; Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Blog, Folk, Notebooks, Blogging, Storage, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Internet, Josh Taylor; Blog posts 2008-02-26
The Lenovo X300 is a true road warrior device: I just recently purchased a super compact Fujitsu U810 UMPC (my review is under development right now) because my personal gadget budget had a cap of US$1000. However, for those of you in the enterprise looking for a serious road warrior device that is high portable and has everything, but...; Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo X300, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Engineering, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Processors, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Semiconductors, Components, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-02-26
Lenovo ThinkPad X300: We held our breath as we opened the box that contained the Lenovo ThinkPad X300. After all, this was not only the long-awaited update to the CNET Editors' Choice-winning X series, but also the potential conqueror of the headline-grabbing Apple MacBook Air. And so far, at least, the...; Tags: Notebooks, Consumer electronics, DVD, Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo ThinkPad, ThinkPad X300, IBM ThinkPad, MacBook Air; Product reviews 2008-02-22
MacBook Heir? Lenovo X300 is everywhere this week: Thanks to specs that match up nicely to the MacBook Air--it also fits in an interoffice envelope--Lenovo's still unannounced X300 ultraportable got a lot of press this week culminating in a February 25 cover story in BusinessWeek. Prior to that, The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg...; Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Apple MacBook, Expresscard, Image Processing, Laptop Computer, Lenovo X300, Modems, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-02-15
More 3G options for HP, Lenovo laptops: The news out of GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona isn't all cell phones. Qualcomm announced that HP will ship several business laptops this year using its Gobi 3G chipset. Gobi is notable because it is a single chipset that works with both types of 3G networks,...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Lenovo Group Ltd., EVDO, 3G, Laptop Computer, Gobi, Chipsets, Notebooks, Cellular Phones, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-02-14
Flyweight bout: Lenovo X300 vs. MacBook Air: Flyweight bout: Lenovo X300 vs. MacBook AirWith the exception of ProcessorThe X300 wins almost hands down. One specification that you didn't list and can't really check without some expensive investigation would be durability. While the Lenovo probably is a fairly sturdy laptop, but still plastic. Compare that...; Tags: Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, aluminum case, Lenovo X300, optical drive, MBA, MacBook Air, Lenovo Group Ltd., Apple MacBook; Discussion threads 2008-02-13
Flyweight bout: Lenovo X300 vs. MacBook Air: Details of Lenovo's new ultraportable have been leaking out for nearly a month. The latest bit of info on the X300 comes from a product page on Best Buy's business site, which according to TrustedReviews and others listed a $2,744 configuration with a 13.3-inch display, 2GB memory,...; Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Apple MacBook, Lenovo X300, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-02-11