by ThinkPads on April 26, 2010
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Pro’s: Extreme performance, beautiful display, great keyboard, tons of features
Con’s: Abysmal battery life, thick & heavy
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| Specs | Lenovo ThinkPad W510 |
| Processor | Intel Core i7-920XM Extreme (2.0GHz – 3.2GHz, 8MB Cache) |
| OS | Windows 7 Professional 64-bit |
| Memory | 16GB DDR3 |
| Graphics | NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M graphics with 1GB DDR3 RAM |
| Storage | 500GB 7200rpm SATA |
| Display | 15.6-inch Full HD (1920×1080), LED backlit, 242 nit, 95% color gamut, multitouch (2-finger input) |
| Optical | Blu-ray ROM, DVDRW |
| Ports | ExpressCard/34
5-in-1 card reader
2 USB 3.0
1 USB 2.0 (powered)
1 USB 2.0/eSATA combo
DisplayPort (w/audio) & VGA output
Ethernet & modem
FireWire 400 (4-pin) |
| Dimensions | 14.7 x 9.7 x 1.26-1.41 inches |
| Weight | 6-cell: 5.66 lb, 9-cell: 6.01 lb |
| Price | $1599 starting, $3700+ as tested |
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by ThinkPads on March 19, 2010
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Today we bring you a sizable 15% off coupon for the new Lenovo ThinkPad W510. This deal brings the starting price down to $1359, with a base configuration that will gladly handle more than your average computing duties.
We just got one of the new W510′s in the lab and it is a slick box. It’s not the slimmest box, at 1.26-1.41 inches thick & 6 lbs with 9-cell battery, but it is super powerful. If there’s something in particular you want to know about it, leave a comment and I’ll answer the best I can.
The deal expires March 22, or sooner if enough coupons are used. Base specs and details on how to get the deal are below
- Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz Quad-core; 15.6″ HD Anti-glare LED backlit LCD
- 2GB DDR3; 320GB 7200RPM Hard Drive; DVD+/-RW; 9-cell Battery
- NVIDIA NVS 5100M 1GB DDR3 discrete graphics; WWAN ready; 2MP webcam
- Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300; Windows 7 Professional 32-bit; 1yr warranty
How to get the deal
- Click here to configure your ThinkPad W510
- Apply coupon in shopping cart w/no spaces before/after: USP0318W510
by ThinkPads on January 14, 2010
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If you’ve been anxiously watching and checking out Lenovo’s new models on their website, you might have noticed that a number of them have been removed.
Just earlier this week, Lenovo’s ThinkPad T410s, T510 and W510 were available for purchase on their website. We covered some of the details unveiled in the configuration and pricing, but now none of them are to be found.
This is surely temporary, but we don’t know yet why they were removed. Supply is a likely culprit, but there were a number of noted issues with some of the configurations, so they could be fixing things on the backend.
For now, you can still get the refreshed T410 and brand new Edge & X100e models from Lenovo; see them here.
by ThinkPads on January 8, 2010
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Lenovo just posted updated versions of its incredibly helpful PSREF documents. These data-laden PDF files contain specific model configurations and full detail of all their products. If you are a speeds & feeds freak, these are your bible. Feel free to hit the link at the end
We’ll go through the specific tidbits gleaned for each model and then provide a little analysis at the end of the post. Let’s get started!
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by ThinkPads on January 7, 2010
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The new Lenovo ThinkPad W510 mobile workstation notebook is now available for purchase, with some nice goodies and interesting new details.
Perhaps most interesting is the offering of a multitouch screen. I don’t know how I missed it in the press release, but the W510 indeed was intended to be offered with a multitouch screen and you can purchase one today with said screen.
There are good and bad things about this new screen. The good is that the multitouch option is only available with the best LCD, the Full HD 95% color gamut one. The bad news is that multitouch adds $200 to the price of that LCD and delays your W510′s shipment to more than 4 weeks, at the time of writing.
Finally seeing the full customization options, we can get a good picture of how Lenovo is pushing the much-revised W510, as well as see the financial implications of some of the new features. Let’s take a quick overview:
- Standard equipment: Quad Core i7, 1GB NVIDIA NVS 5100m, 1x2GB DDR3, Webcam, DVDRW, 9-cell battery, 320GB 7200rpm HDD, Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 WiFi, Win7 Pro, Bluetooth
- Quad Core Extreme adds $750 over base
- Win7 Pro or Ultimate only (32 or 64)
- Base LCD has 4+ week delay, Full HD 95% color gamut LCD adds $250 over base
- Color sensor adds $70
- 8GB DDR3 RAM via 4 DIMMs adds a more reasonable $255 over base 1x2GB
Perhaps most telling of this information are the standard features. Lenovo is offering quite a lot of normally optional features in the $1599 base model, telling us that they intend to make the W510 a force to be reckoned with. Even the hard drives are all 7200rpm, a nice touch that shows they are aiming for a target audience that doesn’t play around with silliness like 5400rpm drives or Windows “Home” versions.
Maybe some people would prefer more choices in lower end components, to save themselves a few nickels and dimes. However these base features aren’t exactly frivolous, rather they are very appropriate for the target audience of this machine. I applaud Lenovo for not just making this a T510 with beefier graphics: the W510 has been shown the attention and dedication to turn it into a truly professional offering, something more reminiscent of the ThinkPads of yore. Let’s just hope the actual product holds up to that image.
Configure your own ThinkPad W510 here
by ThinkPads on January 4, 2010
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Continuing our coverage of Lenovo’s product launches, we have the refreshes of Lenovo’s bread & butter T and W Series ThinkPads. Lenovo is incrementing to the 10′s with the product number, so we present to you the T410, T410s, T510 and W510.
As I was writing this post, Lenovo’s Matt Kohut put up an excellent summary of all these refreshed models, highlighting the major changes, including a few that I’d have missed. I highly suggest you give it a read.
Let’s take a look at what is new:
All models
- New Arrandale-based Intel Core i5 & i7 processors, including quad-core in W510
- T510 & W510 are now 15.6-inch 16:9 ratio, 14-inch models stay 16:10
- Keyboard design (larger Esc/Del keys, larger keycaps, etc) from T400s
- Dual noise cancelling mics, low light webcams & dedicated mic mute (as seen on T400s)
- Mini Dock Series 3 docking support (as seen on T400s, details here)
- Full Windows 7 Enhanced Experience support
- Larger, flush-mounted touchpads (appears to be same type & texture as on T400s)
- Fn & CTRL key mapping in BIOS
- T410, T510, W510 support new “bump” battery that attaches to bottom-rear of notebook (see pic below, T410s excluded)
- Existing Ultrabay batteries no longer compatible with T410, T510, W510; is compatible with T410s
- All LED backlit screens with symmetrical LCD (no more off-centered LCD, cosmetic change only)
- Powered USB port that is active when machine is in standby/hibernate, denoted by yellow tab
- USB/eSATA combo port
- ExpressCard 34mm & 5-in-1 card reader (no more choosing between the two)
ThinkPad W510
- Available 95% color gamut display with optional color calibrator
- Four SO-DIMM slots for 16GB max DDR3 1333 RAM
- RAID 0, 1 via Bay Adapter
- Single USB 3.0 port, in addition to three USB 2.0 ports
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1GB switchable graphics
- 128GB, 160GB & 256GB SSD options
- Core 2 Quad i7-720QM (1.6GHz), i7-820Q (1.73GHz), Extreme i7-920XM (2GHz)
ThinkPad T410
- Entirely new mechanical design
- Adds 4th USB 2.0 port
- 6-cell battery now sits flush (unclear if new batteries are used)
- NVIDIA NVS 3100M 512MB switchable graphics standard (same on T510)
- Core i5-520M (2.4GHz), i5-540M (2.53GHz) & i7-620M (2.66GHz) processors (same on T510)
ThinkPad T410s
- NVIDIA NVS 3100M 512MB switchable graphics standard
- Core i5-520M (2.4GHz), i5-540M (2.53GHz) processors
Phew, that turned out to be a lot more changes than I figured when just glancing at the documents. Now let’s talk a bit about what all this means – hit the jump for more analysis and photos.
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