Lenovo ThinkPad Mobile Workstation Offers 2 Screens
Lenovo’s
new ThinkPad W700ds (ds stands for dual screen) mobile workstation is
claimed to be the first mobile workstation in the industry with two
screens. The company is eyeing high-end user segments like digital
content creation, oil & gas exploration, computer-aided design, and
photography to sell this product.
Lenovo
has also arranged a live demo of the system at YouTube.
“The
ThinkPad W700ds dual screen mobile workstation challenged our
international development team to engineer a notebook to fit the way
workstation users work – in the office and on the road,” said Mark
Cohen, vice president, Notebook Business Unit, Lenovo.
The
company says that because many workstation users typically work with two
monitors, Lenovo designed the ThinkPad W700ds mobile workstation with
two screens to accommodate their work habits while on-the-go and to
eliminate the compromise of having only one display when operating in a
mobile environment.
Measuring almost 40% of the 17-inch primary screen, the 10.6-inch second
screen is to give users extra screen real-estate. The second screen
slides out from the PC cover behind the primary screen, and it can also
be adjusted to fit a user’s viewing angle by up to 30 degrees, similarly
to how a car’s rear view mirror tilts.
This
feature and test of engineering only adds a few millimeters in
additional thickness to the mobile workstation over its predecessor, the
ThinkPad W700 mobile workstation, says Lenovo.
The
second screen complements the primary optional 400-nit WUXGA display,
which provides up to twice the brightness of earlier ThinkPad mobile
workstations. Lenovo explains the primary screen’s 72% wide color gamut
enables more than 50% greater color intensity for an uncompromised
viewing experience.
The
ThinkPad W700ds mobile workstation will offer a customizable multimedia
experience with optional DVD burner/player and high speed UDMA compact
flash reader, support for Dual Link DVI, DisplayPort and VGA, a 7-in-1
multicard reader and five USB ports.
In
addition to Wi-Fi, for connectivity beyond the office, select models
support WiMAX. Security features include an optional fingerprint reader,
a smartcard reader, and hard drives with full-disk encryption.
According to Lenovo, the product is now available and pricing for models
starts at $3,663.
