yro.slashdot.org - Lenovo has issued an update to address a vulnerability in its fingerprint scanner app that it ships
with ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, and ThinkStation models running Windows 8.1 or older version of Windows.
This beats the Lenovo ThinkPad X240's score of 27.9 GOPs by a wide margin, and is on par
with the ThinkPad T440s, but well behind the Acer Travelmate P645's grade of just over 45 GOPs.
That's about on par
with the ThinkPad T440s.
Yet, Lenovo
with its ThinkPad E580 offers...
Yet, Lenovo
with its ThinkPad E580 offers a complete business laptop for a starting price of just $ 699.
The device, which comes complete
with a ThinkPad keyboard and ThinkPad Pen Pro, starts at $ 1,449 with a seventh - generation Intel Core i5 - 7Y54 processor, 8 GB of RAM, and 128G SSD.
The portfolio case also features a loop for the digital pen that comes
with the ThinkPad 10.
Lenovo got a lot of things right
with the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, and all the advantages carry over to the Carbon Touch: it's light, gorgeous, functional, and powerful enough for every realistic ultrabook task.
It actually reminds me of the attachable keyboard that came
with the ThinkPad X1 Tablet last year, and that's a good thing.
Lenovo has a winner
with the ThinkPad 8 — it's designed in such a way that it feels very portable, yet the quality display and use of Windows 8.1 means it can be used for business tasks that your average Android slate might not be up for.
Those who choose to get the $ 35 Quickshot cover will gain a couple extra features
with the ThinkPad 8 — namely, the corner flap that folds down and triggers the camera, making it easy to snap a picture without opening the cover and firing up the camera app.
According to our light meter, the ThinkPad 13's screen emits a maximum of 243 nits of brightness, well below the 301 - nit category average, but about on par
with the ThinkPad T470 (234 nits) and much brighter than the Dell Latitude 5480.
As tends to be the case with Lenovo laptops, you have a lot of configuration options
with the ThinkPad X260.
One reason why I ended up
with a ThinkPad 13 instead (see comment above).
The carbon - fiber chassis is black (or silver, if you like change),
with the ThinkPad logo in the top - left - hand corner of the lid.
You also get a digitizer pen
with the ThinkPad 10 for natural writing with pinpoint accurate.
That's below the 59 - fps category average, tied
with the ThinkPad P70 (32 fps) and smoother than the ZBook Studio (14 fps).
Lenovo has previously targeted the education market and super low - end of the consumer market with its Chromebooks, but is now getting in on the mid-range segment
with the ThinkPad 13 Chromebook.
Lenovo keeps it really simple
with the ThinkPad T480's preloaded software.
Lenovo updates its ThinkPad X Series convertible
with the ThinkPad Edge Twist.
Same issue
with the ThinkPad bluetooth mouse as well.
HP has also firmed up its design language, and the Spectre models — though they look much different — compete
with ThinkPad in perceived quality.
Lenovo offers a few display options
with the ThinkPad X1 Carbon.
The configurations that start at $ 650 adds the ability to work with an active digitizer stylus (sold separately for $ 38) like the one that comes
with the ThinkPad Tablet 2.
After trying to make peace
with the ThinkPad T61 for 24 hours, I got a return authorization from Lenovo and gladly paid the 15 % restocking fee, shipping, insurance, and tracking (about $ 290, total) to send it back.
The ThinkPad T61 is awkward and clunky compared
with a ThinkPad T43, a Dell XPS M1530, a MacBook Pro, a Sony Vaio, and so on.
The first press images were leaked back in July when we also got our hands - on
with the ThinkPad along with its consumer - oriented sibling the IdeaPad K1.
I have not hit that point
with the ThinkPad Tablet yet, primarily because testing out all of the various ink apps and getting to a point of having a sustainable level of productivity is taking up any time that I could devote to experimenting with some of the ThinkPad Tablet's pre-installs.
Hopefully, this is something Lenovo can address in a software update as this is one of the pre-installed apps they provide
with ThinkPad, sourced from a developer that only releases it to OEMs.
Lenovo has announced ThinkPad X1 Carbon and ThinkPad X1 Tablet along
with ThinkPad X1 Yoga.
Last month Lenovo president and COO Rory Read revealed that the Chinese company would be launching a duo of Android tablets with the the Honeycomb packing devices aimed at both the consumer market with the IdeaPad K1, and the business market
with a ThinkPad labelled device.
As
with the ThinkPad X200, Lenovo has eschewed its usual TrackPoint - and - touchpad combination in favor of only a TrackPoint to streamline the system.
For the corporate IT market that Lenovo caters to
with its ThinkPad brand, the tablet has a handful of custom features.
It seems like all tablets look pretty much the same these days, and Lenovo isn't re-inventing the wheel
with the ThinkPad Tablet 2.
Lenovo offers a compact Bluetooth keyboard dock that combines wonderfully
with the ThinkPad Tablet 2; but there's a problem, the optional dock costs an additional $ 120.
It offers support for handwriting recognition
with the ThinkPad Tablet Pen (standard on higher - end models, optional on the entry - level model).
Last month Lenovo president and COO Rory Read revealed that the Chinese company would be launching a duo of Android tablets with the the Honeycomb packing devices aimed at both the consumer market with the IdeaPad K1, and the business market
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This was a major issue for quite a few people
with the ThinkPad Tablet 2.
Only 350 will be provided
with the ThinkPad tablet PCs, to test drive the program before making an investment.
We also wish HTC had included the type of functionality Lenovo offers
with its ThinkPad Tablet, such as the ability to convert handwritten notes to text, a lined notepad, or at the very least a pen dock.
Recorded in my bedroom next to a noisy air conditioner last summer
with my Thinkpad T - 42, it's about as close as I've ever been to chasing that passion.
Not exact matches
The Lenovo
ThinkPad X1 Yoga is a fine laptop in its own right, but it doesn't really ascend to the level of top - tier notebooks until you equip it
with an OLED display.
It also comes
with the iconic red mouse «nub,» called the TrackPoint, but all modern
ThinkPads still come included
with the nub.
Lenovo is celebrating 25 years of the IBM
ThinkPad laptops, which were first released in 1992,
with the special - edition
ThinkPad 25.
Lenovo
ThinkPad Tablet comes
with the Documents to Go app preloaded to view and edit Microsoft Office files, provides Lenovo App Shop access and 2 GB of cloud storage.
The Lenovo
ThinkPad Tablet is priced at US$ 509 for the 16 GB version
with digitizer pen (US$ 479 without the digitizer pen) or US$ 589 for the 32 GB version
with digitizer pen.
The «give a mouse a cookie» side of me wishes there were a docking keyboard
with a second battery that would add life to the
ThinkPad Tablet instead of draining it via Bluetooth, but I guess I can't have it all.
Also,
with an Intel chip on - board, the new
ThinkPad will be backward compatible
with existing Windows programs.
The upcoming
ThinkPad has also been provided
with a few features that should appeal to the business community.
The
ThinkPad Keyboard comes in black, red or gray and promises a «
ThinkPad classic typing experience,» replete
with a TrackPoint.