My dad is an avid user of his ThinkPad.  Some time ago I got him a 15” T61p on sale and he’s been thrilled with it.  He surfs the web almost nightly while watching Fox News and sometimes doesn’t go to bed until the battery runs down, which thanks to Power Manager, can be a [...]

I have had a lot going on post-CES.  Here is what I am thinking about these days: AC/DC Combo Adapter A few months we switched from the Slim AC/DC combo adapter to the next generation ULTRAslim AC/DC Combo Adapter.  Our team made a lot of improvements. On DC power, you no longer need to carry the brick with [...]

An internal assignment to consider the implications of competitor CES announcements with respect to Lenovo’s future strategy got me thinking about the implications of CES 2010.  As a result, you get an unasked for bonus post. I was really impressed with the maturity and collaboration that went into our three star products of CES 2010.  Though [...]

When I first wrote about SSD technology on this blog about 2 years ago, I mentioned that we could expect to see hybrid SSD/HDD implementations in notebooks where you could use fast SSD flash memory for commonly accessed files and spinning drives for bulk storage. With our just announced Lenovo IdeaPad Y460 and Y560 notebooks, our [...]

Compared to a scant 6 months ago, today Lenovo is awash in All in One PCs.  There is no question that we see this category as a growth area.  For anyone considering an All in One, allow me to present my compact guide to help you choose from our myriad of offerings. For those who have [...]