LENOVO THINKPAD W700 DS

The Lenovo ThinkPad W700 is designed with creative people like graphic artists and photographers in mind.

System Configuration
Primary Display: 17 inch 1920 x 1200 screen
Secondary Display: 10.6 inch 768 x 1200 slide out screen (the DS stands for ‘dual screen’)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Extreme 2.53 ghz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Operating System: 64 bit Windows Vista
Hard Disk Drive: 460gb hard disk storage
Graphics: NVidia Quadro FX3700M Video Card

The ThinkPad W700 Dual Screen is not a small laptop. The machine weighs around 13 pounds. You can’t probably spend a lot of time with it on your lap or away from the desk. It has all the imprints of a ThinkPad machines – it’s black, square and solid looking. The full sized keyboard comes with a full numeric keypad. There is a trackpad with 5 buttons and a trackstick in the center of the keyboard. A very interesting feature is the Wacom tablet that is built into the front right hand area of the machine. There is also a digital pen to use it.


Main Screen
The 17 inch main screen is simply fantastic. Colors are great, brightness is good. The 10.6 inch secondary screen is not as great as the primary screen. But it is still a very useful addition. You can run email or other programs on it while working with main documents on the main screen. The smaller screen is in the portrait format while the larger one is in the landscape format. Keyboard/Touchpad

Other Features
The W700 Dual Screen offers plenty of options when it comes to connectivity. There are 5 USB ports. Other options include VGA, 1394 FireWire, CF card reader, Express 64, dual-link DVI, DisplayPort, 7-in-1 card reader, ethernet and wireless. There is also a fingerprint reader for those concerned with security.

Performance
Performance is amazing. You can run a variety of programs all at once and the machine won’t fail you even once. The only problem with performance is that you can’t run this machine on battery for long.

Conclusion
This is a powerful machine with many innovative features. It isn’t cheap. It isn’t very portable either. But if you are looking for a mobile workstation with enough power this is the laptop to buy.