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Lenovo 'Ad' Does Great Disservice to the W700ds, Humanity

John Herrman — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:21:13 EST

This video, in short: an creepy guy tells a ridiculous story involving a lusty lady and a Lenovo W700ds. He brags about his second screen, then makes a joke about his presumably large genitals. Genius!

CNET seems to think this came from within Lenovo, but I'd think even the most tone-deaf marketing division would never to let this leave the screening room and fire whoever brought it to them.

In a way, it actually is kind of genius, but only if viewed as a reductio ad absurdum argument against sex in marketing. In the sequel, our fine protagonist will wake up, realize the last ad was all a dream and open up his dual screen, 500GB RAID, integrated tablet Lenovo W700ds to start looking up ways to kill himself. CNET will also call this an official Lenovo video. [CNET]

Hands On: Lenovo's Dual-Screen Laptop Has Basically Every Feature Ever

Adam Frucci — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:53:23 EST

I just played around with the new Lenovo W700ds laptop, complete with two screens and built-in Wacom tablet, and it's a monster. It's not exactly portable, but it's as feature-filled as laptops get.

Of course there's the secondary screen, clocking in at 10.6 inches and popping out of the side of the 17-inch screen. But there's also the built-in Wacom digitizer. And the fingerprint scanner. It is, frankly, awesome. But the cost of said awesomeness is size: this thing is an absolute tank.

Weighing in at about 11 pounds, this is more desktop replacement than portable computer. Sure, you could carry it around with you, but expect back problems if you try to do it too often. Oh, and the battery life? Two hours. Er, yeah. But for people who are looking for a boatload of functionality (not to mention two screens) in a laptop, there are few peers to the W700ds out there.

How the Dual Display Works In the IBM ThinkPad W700ds, Part II

Mark Wilson — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:12:00 EST

We've already seen a clip with the Lenovo W700ds laptop popping out its secondary monitor. But here's much better clip that really gives you a real idea of how it works.

The things we noted: the second display does slide out fairly smoothly and it takes just a few seconds for the monitors to readjust to the dual format. But from what we can tell, the second display also looks dimmer and possibly presents colors differently than the main display—though we can't speak for its calibration. So yeah, it may be a novelty. But we've seen worse novelties. [GottaBeMobile]