• Lenovo Launches New Monitor Series for small business computing

Today (2nd August 2011), Lenovo announced in a press release that they have launched a new monitor series for small business computing. Entitled "Lenovo Launches New Monitor Series Tuned to Small Business Computing", the press release is available below :-


RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – August 2, 2011: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today announced a new series of Lenovo monitors - the LS Series - to give small-to-medium (SMB) businesses a line of monitors crafted to their unique needs with large screens, bright and brilliant image presentation and touch-enabled navigational control. The 21.5-inch LS2221 wide and 23.6-inch LS2421p wide full HD monitors are perfect deskside companions for Lenovo’s series of ThinkCentre Edge desktops. Also today, Lenovo introduced the new ThinkCentre Edge 71 desktop, designed for mainstream SMB users with image-raising style, advanced performance and simple-to-use features without breaking the bank.

“The new ThinkCentre Edge 71 and Lenovo LS Series monitors are designed from the ground up for small-to-medium businesses, giving them the style, features and functionality they need,” said Tom Shell, vice president and general manager, Worldwide ThinkCentre Business Unit, Lenovo. “Our LS Series monitors include everything customers need: a large screen that displays eye-popping graphics, reliable technology that just works and convenient extras like touch-enabled buttons to easily adjust hardware settings.”

Lenovo LS Series Eyes Crystal Clear Computing
When it comes to a visually rich multimedia LED display, the Lenovo LS monitors offer a visible difference with their 10 million to one dynamic contrast ratio. For such large screen real estate, the monitors are extremely energy efficient, exceeding the requirements for Energy Star 5.1 and meeting TCO 5.2. The LS2221 wide comes with VGA and DVI connections for displaying digital video, while the LS2421p wide offers greater functionality with VGA and HDMI outputs, a four-USB port hub and up to 300 brightness level. Additionally, the monitors are equipped with capacitive touch buttons for a clean and minimalist appearance, tilt stand, modern, slim bezel design and the same three year warranty available on the premium ThinkVision monitors.

Professional-Grade Image & Performance with ThinkCentre Edge 71
The glossy, polished front of the ThinkCentre Edge 71 in tower and small form factors gives business desktop computing a stylish flare. Additionally, there are no legacy ports, giving the desktop a cleaner appearance. For the total Edge computing experience, users can pair the desktop and monitor with an optional wireless Lenovo Ultra Slim Plus Wireless Keyboard and Mouse that reflects the clean and modern island-style keyboard used on ThinkPad Edge laptops.

Without a doubt, the ThinkCentre Edge 71 desktop can double as an SMB’s power-pounding, number-crunching productivity machine during the day and as a perfect entertainment device for watching movies/TV, listening to music and relaxing online off the clock. Equipped with up to Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core processors (65 watts), users have tons of performance at their fingertips, and the desktop boots extremely fast, thanks to Lenovo’s Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Windows 7.(1)


Features include:

• Large storage capacity: up to 1 TB HD or optional SSD storage and up to 8 GB DDR3 memory
• Rich and robust graphics: integrated Intel graphics or choices of optional AMD discrete graphics up to Radeon Caicos with 1 GB of dedicated memory
• Range of productivity tools: DVD player/burner, Gigabit Ethernet, six USB ports, security via USB port disablement and HD password protection in BIOS

The new desktop solves everyday computing hassles to make the experience more enjoyable and productive. Upgrading storage and memory requires no tools and only a few minutes. A hidden, rubber grip handle makes moving the desktop (2) no big deal. With no expansion graphic card required, the ThinkCentre Edge 71 desktop offers an unbeatable value for users who need to work with two displays via VGA and DVI.

The desktop comes equipped with Lenovo’s suite of ThinkVantage Technologies, including Rescue and Recovery, Power Manager and System Update to restore, manage and update the PCs easily. For times when SMBs need IT support, they can turn to Lenovo’s ThinkPlus Priority Support program that offers a variety of services from damage and accident protection to technical assistance to online data backup.


Pricing and Availability (3)
Pricing for the Lenovo LS2221 wide and LS2421p wide monitors is $229.99 and $299.99, respectively. They will be available starting in August through business partners and www.lenovo.com. Pricing for models of the ThinkCentre Edge 71 desktop starts at approximately $369. The desktop will be available starting in October through business partners.



1Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Windows® 7 uses RapidBoot technology to start your PC on average 20 seconds faster than a typical Windows® 7 computer. Compares averaged data from Lenovo EE 2.0 PCs with averaged data from 42 competitor products of similar configuration. Testing conducted by CNET Labs, Beijing in November 2010, using the independent Microsoft VTS tool to measure start-up, shutdown, resume and other Windows® 7 performance measurements. Data from competitor and Lenovo PCs were averaged and compared to calculate the claims used. Performance will vary by model and configuration.

2Available on tower models.

3Prices do not include tax or shipping and are subject to change without notice and is tied to specific terms and conditions. Reseller prices may vary. Price does not include all advertised features. All offers subject to availability. Lenovo reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice.

Apple has updated the MacBook Air with a new model that is only 0.68 cm thick at its thickest point and weighs only 2.9 kg. The new Apple MacBook Air has a 13.3 "LED backlight with a resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels. 13.3 inch Apple MacBook Air is priced at $1,299 while the 11.6 inch Apple MacBook model is priced at $999.

Apple MacBook Air is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo, and it has a SSD, but no optical drive. Apple MacBook Air also features a new piece design as the MacBook Pro. The new Apple MacBook Air will offer a battery life of seven hours and a time of 30 days standby, WiFi 802.11n, Intel 320 graphics CeForce. There will also be a smaller version available with a 11.6-inch screen.

HP is introducing a new netbook model called the Mini 110 which is expected to be released on early June.


Compared to its predecessor, HP has made several improvements to the Mini 110, including larger hard drive capacities, improved graphics performance, more USB ports, and comes with Syncables software thats used for synchronizing files between netbook and another PC. There will be 3 color options available for the Mini 110: black, white and pink.

There will be 3 different edition of HP Mini 110:

• HP Mini 110 XP Edition: This model comes with either a 32GB solid state drive or a 160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, and optional WWAN. At launch this netbook will be available with the same black swhirl pattern found on the HP Mini 1000, but in July it will also be available in white and pink. The HP Mini 110 XP Edition will also be available with an optional Broadcom Crystal HD Enhanced Video Accelerator for handling 1080p video. A high resolution 1366 x 768 pixel display option will eventually be available as well. This netbook should be available starting June 10th with a base price of $329.99.

• HP Mini 110 Mi Edition: This version comes with Ubuntu Linux and HP’s custom Mi Edition interface for the operating system. It will be available with up to 2GB of RAM and a hard drive up to 250GB. Prices start at $279.99. The HP Mini 110 Mi Edition should be available June 10th for $279.99.

• HP Mini 1101: This model will be available with Windows XP Home, XP Pro, or Vista. You can also get it with freeDOS if you want to install your own operating system. It’s available with a 32GB SSD or 160GB or 250GB hard disk. There’s also an optional EV-DO/HSPA mobile broadband modem. The HP Mini 1101 will be available starting June 1st with a starting price of $329.
  

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• New ASUS RS and TS Series Servers

ASUS introduced the new RS and TS Series Servers, namely the RS300-E7, RS100-E7, TS300-E7 and TS100-E7 servers on the 11th April 2011. All these new RS and TS Series Servers uses the next generation Intel® Xeon® Sandy Bridge CPUs, which allows excellent and quick performance, great expandability, may upgrade options as well as an improved energy efficiency.

These new RS and TS Series Servers (RS300-E7, RS100-E7, TS300-E7 and TS100-E7 servers) that are being used by ASUS allow a server-class networking, with easy remote management and an excellent data protection and these are ideal for data entry and customers who want a complete feature set, effortless operation and a better-quality cost-to-performance.

The Intel® Xeon® Sandy Bridge CPUs that the new and TS Series Servers (RS300-E7, RS100-E7, TS300-E7 and TS100-E7 servers) used are either dual or quad core. They are used the new Intel® technologies which provide various boost in performance in many ways. The TS300-E7 and RS300-E7 servers use the quad hardware-accelerated Intel® Gigabit LAN which provides an extraordinary boost in increase bandwidth, when compared to the previous dual LAN servers.

The TS Series Servers (RS300-E7, RS100-E7, TS300-E7 and TS100-E7 servers) use fault tolerance technology and handle huge traffic precisely. Network performance is greatly improved as the IPv6 readiness resolves the upcoming IPv4 address assignment issues.

With the ASUS Flex-E Technology, the TS300-E7 server allows users to use the product, interchanging it as either a workstation and/or a server. Users can switch from a single PCI-E x16 link (this is usually better for graphics cards) to 2 PCI-E x8 links (this is more suited for an I/O expansion). Using SAS as storage (instead of SATA), the new ASUS RS and TS Series Servers has the optional ASUS PIKE kits which include a slim-profile, flexible storage options via SAS RAID, maximizing I/O performance and data protection. In the same way, the optional ASMB5-iKVM upgrade kit allows users to use keyboard, video and mouse (KVM for Ethernet) for remote system access.

Additionally, the ASUS RS and TS Series Servers use 80+ power supplies, which diminish power loss and consumption, resulting in a lower power bill. They all comply with the EU´s Restriction on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), and are designed while respecting the Energy Star requirements. This helps in protecting our environment.

The new the ASUS RS and TS Series Servers have a built-in virtualization support that allows the use of VMWare® ESXi, and reduces power consumption, cooling and space requirements and at the same time, allow users to experience the max of virtualization.

The new Line Act Accord (TAA)-compliant ThinkPad X32 notebook offers high features and options, including:

* All-day bombardment living (up to 101 hours) with group battery positive nonmandatory sprawled experience firing
* Enhanced opening reproduction and discourse via the nonmandatory ThinkPad X3 UltraBase
* Intel Pentium M processor 745 (1.8 GHz, 2 MB L2 buffer, 400 MHz front-side bus (FSB)) with Intel SpeedStep technology2
* Wireless upgradable3 assistant
* Mini-PCI roster, supported on IEEE 802.11b4 or 802.11b/g on elite models
* Desegrated UltraConnect™ sensitivity to help perfect worldwide oftenness reportage and performance for built wireless LAN connectivity on 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g networks5
* IBM Embedded Safeguard Subsystem 2.06
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* Microsoft™ Windows™ XP Paid