Eight new ThinkPad laptops targeting professionals who require mobility, high-performance, and extended battery life
Sydney, Australia – 7 June, 2012: Lenovo today announced a new series of ThinkPad solutions tailored to suit a range of professionals including small to medium businesses (SMBs), to government, education and large enterprise.
The portfolio includes the new ultraportable X230 and X230t tablet, and the powerful ThinkPad W530 mobile workstation. Also included in this announcement are the ThinkPad T Series laptops, offering premium performance and mobility, and the ThinkPad L Series laptops that provide business customers a great choice for value mobility and lower cost of ownership with common accessories and docks across the T/X/W Series products.
Including USB 3.0, VOIP features such as face tracking and key stroke noise suppression, optional built-in 3G across the range and Zero Impact Anti-Virus, Lenovo’s new ThinkPad laptops provide the ultimate in mobility, security and performance. All of these solutions are designed to provide the highest level of reliability and portability, having been engineered to retain the world-renowned quality that the ThinkPad is famous for.
“As market leader in the PC plus space, Lenovo is committed to exceeding the needs of our business and education customers. This new range of ThinkPad notebooks have been designed with our customer’s needs front of mind and to provide them with the four features most important to what they do: high-performance, reliability, manageability and durability”, said David Heyworth, Director Product Solutions and Alliances, Lenovo Australia and New Zealand. “Lenovo is committed to meeting the demands of the market and we believe our latest innovations contain updated features and functionalities that cater to a range of professional and education needs.”
The new ThinkPad models are equipped with a platform of high-performance features including 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ processors and Lenovo Enhanced Experience 3.0 (EE 3.0) with RapidBoot technology, allowing the laptops to boot up to 40 percent faster than a typical Windows® 7 computer.1 Lenovo’s new ThinkPad Precision Keyboard features a modern and clean design with optional backlit feature and a patented key shape for a premium typing experience. For a clear and rich audio-visual experience, the laptops include Dolby audio and are available with super-bright 300 NIT HD+ panels. The ThinkPad laptop portfolio are designed to pass 8 military specification tests, providing mobile professionals with the confidence to work anywhere under almost any conditions.
On-the-Go Performance: ThinkPad X230 Ultraportable
Designed for business professionals on-the-go, the ThinkPad X230 laptop delivers high-performance and up to 24 hours of battery life packed into a compact, lightweight form factor.2 Its compact size and ergonomic design, accompanied with the optional Precision Backlit Keyboard, result in a mobile laptop that is a delight to use. Weighing only 1.5 kilograms, the ThinkPad X230 is a road warrior’s dream laptop and also features a super-bright 12.5-inch, 300 nit IPS wide-viewing display.
Flexible and Powerful: ThinkPad X230t Ultraportable Tablet
The ThinkPad X230t convertible tablet with digital pen combines the functionality and performance of a 12-inch ultraportable laptop with the mobility and flexibility of a tablet computer. In addition to the features of the X230, the X230t is available with a choice of multi-touch display or a Corning Gorilla Glass Outdoor usage pen-only screen for use in bright sunlight.
Uncompromised Power and Performance: ThinkPad T430, T430s, and T530
Lenovo’s T Series laptops offer ThinkPad’s ultimate combination of mobility, security and performance, with up to 32.5 hours of battery life and the most secure Fingerprint reader in the world. 3 The T Series laptops perform at the highest levels with features such as optional NVIDIA® discrete graphics.4 The T430s is the thinnest and lightest full-featured 14-inch business laptop available, and is 20 percent thinner and lighter than other products in its class. It offers advanced features such as docking, vPro and a built-in optical drive. The T430s is also available with optional rapid-charge batteries and with Thunderbolt in some configurations. The Series’ best-selling T430 has an extremely compact form and carbon fibre reinforced top and bottom. For users who want a larger screen size in a thin and light form factor, the T530 offers a 15.6-inch display with up to 1920 x 1080 resolution and 95 percent colour gamut.
Other performance and mobility features of the T Series laptops include a built-in SmartCard reader on many configurations, up to 16GB RAM, UL Gold Certification and Intel vPro management.
Mobile Workstation Made Easy: ThinkPad W530
The ThinkPad W530 is an independent software vendor (ISV)-certified workstation for those who require the combination of extreme performance and mobility, with up to 3rd generation Intel i7 Quad Extreme i7-3920XM processor. The W530 is also available with up to 32GB RAM, up to 2TB of disk space and the option of with RAID-0 or RAID-1 configurations.
The W530 includes NVIDIA® Quadro® mobile graphics processors with second generation Optimus™ power management technology. The full HD, 270 nit wide-viewing angle display meets intensive GPU requirements with a 95 percent colour gamut and built-in colour calibrator making the W530 ideal for designers who require a bright, clear and colourful screen with true colour consistency. Up to four additional displays can also be connected to the W530 when paired with the ThinkPad Dock, making the product ideal for high productivity environments.
Traditional ThinkPad Design and Quality: ThinkPad L430/530
Combined with the renowned design and features of the ThinkPad portfolio, the ThinkPad L430 and L530 laptops provide business users with an affordable PC option that doesn’t sacrifice high-performance. With a thinner and lighter design over its predecessor, the new L Series offers a high definition (HD) or HD+ screen – 1366 x 768 or 1600 x 900 – in either a 14-inch or 15.6-inch option and include TPM as a standard feature.
Fleet management costs can also be reduced when deploying a combination of T and L Series laptops, with both sharing ThinkPad docking solutions and common batteries. Furthermore, with 100% recyclable packaging and a high level of post consumer content (PCC or recycled plastic), Lenovo’s L Series is an ideal choice for businesses who value environmental responsibility.
Super Speed Docking: ThinkPad Series 3 Dock with USB 3.0 port
Lenovo’s new ThinkPad docking solutions support L, T, X and W Series laptops, enabling users to maximise the power of the latest ThinkPad laptops. Lenovo enhanced the ThinkPad Series 3 docking offering with a USB 3.0 port that delivers 10 times the performance of USB 2.0. With common ThinkPad docking solutions, batteries, and power supplies, IT managers can swap hardware among employees to maximise resources and minimise costs.
Updated Service and Support Model
All ThinkPad laptops include Lenovo worldwide service and support. Lenovo offers a range of solutions for large businesses that can help save IT departments time and money, including transition services, accidental damage protection service and priority support. Additionally, Lenovo is offering a new option for Onsite Technician Installation of Customer Replaceable Units (CRUs) for ThinkPad laptops, which includes memory modules, optical drive, power supply, PCI cards, fan assembly and hard disk drive. This upgraded warranty option provides an authorised repair technician to install a part onsite, and assist those without a company IT support desk.
Pricing and Availability5
The new ThinkPad models will be available through business partners and on www.lenovo.com.au from June 5, 2012. Models of the ThinkPad X230 laptop will start at a recommended price of AU$1799 inc GST. Models of the ThinkPad X230T convertible tablet will start at AU$2199 inc GST. The ThinkPad T430 laptop will start at AU$1739 inc GST, and the ThinkPad T430s laptop will start at AU$2849 inc GST. The T430s is also available in a premium configuration with i7-3520M processor, 8GB RAM, Thunderbolt, 128GB SSD and 1 Terabyte HDD/DVD Multi swappable drives for AU$3699 inc GST. The ThinkPad L430 and L530 laptop will start at AU$1149 inc GST. The ThinkPad T530 starts at AU$1879 inc GST and the W530 mobile workstation models will start at AU$4099 inc GST.
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