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Buried in eWeek’s article about the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds there’s a photo gallery of live shots of the dual-display mobile workstation. You’ve seen the screen in pop-out action; now ignore the glossy press shots and check out a whole 10.6-inch sub-screen packed full of Photoshop tools.
More shots of the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds after the cut
As the side-profile shot in the gallery below suggests, there’s no disguising the extra thickness involved in adding a slide-out second display. The lid section of the W700ds is almost as thick as the base, and considering that’s hiding anything up to a dual-disc RAID array together with more processing power than a lot of peoples’ desktop PCs, it’s certainly saying something.
Still, it’s a great case of “why not build for a niche within a niche”, and it’s good to see a company not taking the middle-of-the-road route all the time. ThinkPads have generally been seen as the sensible choice; with the W700ds there’s still the sensible build-quality (check out the internal mechanism, shown below, if you have any doubts!) and reliability, but an impressively off-the-wall concept to go with it.
One Response to “Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds live shots”
VitaminCM December 23, 2008
Thinkpads have always been the best (Windows) laptops. I’ve had several for work laptops over the years and they never disappoint. They are the most durable, stable, usable laptops available.
NeutralOpen up a Thinkpad and type something. They have better keyboards than a lot of desktops. Nobody can touch them on keyboards (Including Apple).
This is just one more reason to buy a Thinkpad.
The only knock is that they are heavy.