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Lenovo ThinkPad W701ds
$3,800.00
Released March, 2010
The Pros:17" professional 16:10 1080p RGB-LED backlit main display - much better colour accuracy, contrast and viewing angles than your average display. Built-in HueyPro hardware colour calibration. DisplayPort and DVI digital video outs.
The Cons:Display is still a TN panel - far worse quality than an all-out calibrated IPS monitor. Not as widely available as Lenovo's other ThinkPad offerings - not customizable on the US site for instance. Extremely large and heavy - not for taking to work every day.
The ThinkPad W701ds is the dual-screen version of Lenovo's high-end W701 notebook laptop. The W701ds and its single-screen cousin share many features in common, such as the Wacom digitizer with pen.
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The Wacom technology registers writing easily, without having to press the pen down very hard. The UPEK fingerprint reader, an interactive security system, is another shared feature. The W701ds is an upgrade of Lenovo's previous dual-screen notebook offering, the W700ds. The option of Intel's Core i7-920 2.66 GHz processor is a result of this upgrading, as is the inclusion of Nvidia Quadro FX 3800M graphics. While the primary display is a 17" WUXGA (1920 x 1200 resolution), the secondary display is a 10.6" WXGA (1280 x 800 resolution). The nine pound weight of the W701ds makes it a little less portable than other notebook laptops.
Features
- 17" WUXGA LED primary display (1920 x 1200 resolution)
- 10.6" WXGA LED (1280 x 800 resolution) secondary display
- 16GB DDR3 memory
- 2.5" HDD 500GB storage
- 1.8" SSD up to 256GB
- WiMAX, WLAN
- 2.1 megapixel camera
- USB 3.0 port (x1)
- USB 2.0 ports (x4)
- Wacom digitizer (w/ pen)
- Windows 7
- 9-cell battery w/ two hours of life
- Embedded X-rite color calibrator
- Raid 0,1
- Multi burner and DVDs
- 12.7mm UltraBay
- VGA port
- Dual Link DVI
- Display port (x1)
- IEEE 1394
- eSATA port (x1)
- Exp (54mm) and Exp (34mm)
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth
- UPEK fingerprint reader
- 10-key numeric pad
- 5-in-1 media card
- Compact flash card 54MM PCIe
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17" professional 16:10 1080p RGB-LED backlit main display - much better colour accuracy, contrast and viewing angles than your average display
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built-in HueyPro hardware colour calibration
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DisplayPort and DVI digital video outs
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customizable directly from the manufacturer (in most countries, most of the time)
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secondary slide-out display for additional screen real estate - 10.6" display with a 768 x 1,280px resolution
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powerful desktop replacement hardware - quad-core Core i7 processor, Nvidia Quadro graphics, up to 16GB of memory, dual drive bays
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world-famous ThinkPad keyboard with number pad
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multi-touch trackpad and TrackPoint mouse emulation
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high quality ThinkVantage software for network and battery management
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minimalist default Windows install
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impressive speakers for a ThinkPad - something usually found to be sub-par on the professional-focused line
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display is still a TN panel - far worse quality than an all-out calibrated IPS monitor
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not as widely available as Lenovo's other ThinkPad offerings - not customizable on the US site for instance
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extremely large and heavy - not for taking to work every day
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secondary display looks like crap in comparison to the main one
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