Lenovo Announces New IdeaPads and IdeaCentres

By admin On Jan 5, 2016

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Lenovo has announced a range of new products, including several new laptops. It also comes with a number of new IdeaCentres, one of which is in partnership with Razer, and a monitor.

Lenovo announced in November that it would partner with Razer and show the new models at CES. The IdeaCentre Y900 Razer Edition and the Y27g curved gaming monitor will appear under the Lenovo brand, among others. According to Lenovo, the Y900 RE is aimed at demanding gamers and is therefore available with an overclockable Intel i7 K processor and two Nvidia GTX 970 video cards. In addition, there is the possibility to expand the working memory up to 32GB DDR4 and there is a possibility for a 256GB SSD and a 2TB hard drive. The housing uses Razer’s Chroma lighting effects. The desktop price starts at $2,299 and will be available in June. A European price or release date is not known for any of the announced products.

The monitor that Lenovo makes comes in two models. One is from Lenovo itself and the other is made in collaboration with Razer. The specifications of the two are almost identical, with the exception that the RE version has Chroma lighting effects. Both have a 27-inch screen with a refresh rate of 144Hz. Also, both have a response time of 8ms and a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. There is a difference in the price. The regular version starts at $549.99 and the RE variant starts at $599.99. The monitors are expected in June.

The Yoga 900S can be seen as a successor to Lenovo’s Yoga 3 Pro. The laptop is made of a carbon compound, making the 900S lighter than previous models. The convertible runs Windows 10 and, according to Lenovo, has a battery life of about 10.5 hours when watching video. The storage space for this differs per model, with the largest available storage being a 512GB SSD. The processor and amount of RAM also differ per model. The fastest version has a Core m7 processor and 8GB of RAM on board. The Yoga 900S is available from $1,099 with an expected release in March.

Lenovo also announced an IdeaPad for gaming, the IdeaPad Y900. The new laptop has a mechanical keyboard and an Nvidia GTX 980M video card. You can choose from a 4GB or 8GB variant for the video card. The fastest processor comes from the Intel i7 K series. The maximum available RAM is 64GB DDR4. For storage, there is a maximum of a 512GB SSD with a 1TB HDD. The laptop comes out in June and prices start at 1999 dollars.

In addition to the IdeaPad for gaming, Lenovo comes with two cheaper laptops. The IdeaPad 700 and the 710S. The 700 is available in 15 and 17 inches, can be equipped with up to an i7 processor and up to 16GB DDR4. For the video card it is possible to choose between a GTX 950M and a GT 940M. The 710S is an ultrabook, with up to an i7 processor. Depending on the processor chosen, an Intel HD or Iris GPU is available. Up to 8GB lpddr3 can be chosen for the working memory. Prices for both the 700 and 710S start at $799. The 700 will be released in June, the 710S in July.

In addition to laptops, Lenovo has also unveiled a desktop: the IdeaCentre 610S. Lenovo calls it a compact home PC with optional removable wireless projector. The IdeaCentre can be supplied with a maximum of 16GB DDR4 RAM and 2TB storage. In addition, there is a choice for the processor, with the sixth generation i7 processors as the top model. The same goes for the video card, where the top model available is the Nvidia GTX 750ti. The price starts at $849 including the projector. The PC will be available from June.