 "Lenovo Launches T60 Widescreen ThinkPad")
Laptop manufacturer, Lenovo, has announced a widescreen option to its ThinkPad T60 range. The 15.4 inch widescreen laptop starts at 5.1 pounds, making it one of the lightest laptops in its category.
Apart from being compact, the 15.4-inch ThinkPad T60 widescreen WXGA display will also allow 30 percent more data on the screen than the 14.1-inch or 15-inch ThinkPad T60 XGA displays. This extra room claims to help users maximize the screen view for their presentations. The 15.4-inch ThinkPad T60 widescreen display also aims to help users in evaluating spreadsheets and data on an airplane or in other travel situations.
Sam Dusi, executive director for marketing, Lenovo Notebook Business Unit said, “As the widescreen PC’s popularity spills over from the consumer market to business customers, the new ThinkPad T60 widescreen is giving users more choice. The new notebook gives business users the functions they need, like multiple connectivity options and strong graphics capabilities in a thin and light widescreen form.”
The ThinkPad T60 widescreen also offers wireless connectivity options including integrated 3G WWAN on Cingular or Verizon networks, an embedded WLAN card based on 802.11n technology, Bluetooth Wireless Technology and Infrared. The new model also comes with Access Connections, a ThinkVantage Technology, to help users easily connect to the Internet through their service provider as they switch between wired and wireless networks. It provides up to eight hours of battery life with a nine-cell battery, and its thin form factor starts at 1.1-inch. The ThinkPad T60 widescreen notebook is also equipped with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, and customers will be ready for the next operating system with the option of Microsoft Windows Vista Capable or Vista Premium Ready models.
Other features of the ThinkPad T60 are, the airbag-like Active Protection System and a spill-resistant keyboard, along with the latest Lenovo security tools, such as the Embedded Security System and an optional fingerprint reader, that help fight against unauthorized access to data.
The ThinkPad T60 widescreen will be available for purchase from November 28, 2006 at $1,399.