Along with the ThinkPad X201 models, Lenovo has officially announced the ThinkPad W701 and its bi-curious sibling, the W701ds. Thanks to a helpful reader, we actually knew almost all the details of this launch last week.

Lenovo’s press release does confirm pricing, which I was pretty close to in my estimate. The W701 will start at $2,199 and the W701ds at $3,799. For the rest of the W701 & W701ds details, I’ll direct you to the post I published last week, which I’ve reproduced below.

For those who aren’t familiar with the X200 or W700 series, of which the new ##01 models bring relatively minor changes, Lenovo just published this introduction about these new models. It’s nothing new for those familiar with ThinkPads, but is a good overview.

Internally, you’ll find many of the same same changes in the W701 that we saw in the W510. Four memory slots are available for a maximum of 16GB DDR3 RAM. The five USB ports remain, but one gets supercharged to 3.0 spec and another gets combined with an eSATA port.

The photographer’s must-have CompactFlash reader remains, although it is specified as “54mm PCIe,” perhaps indicating a higher performance model. Intel’s new array of processors is to be used, although the exact models aren’t named. Rounding out the tech upgrades, the new graphics cards are the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M and 3800M.

While the chassis remains the same, you do at least get a new main display. While the 200nit WXGA+ LCD will be available, the must-have WUXGA version gets upgraded to a 100% NTSC color gamut 280 nit LCD. Add in the optional integrated color calibrator that will get your screen’s colors situated in just a couple minutes, and you’ve got quite the mobile photo workshop.