I second Rob's curiosity about this. One beef I've been having a lot
lately, though: does anyone
really take any laptop or netbook's claims of "Dolby surround sound" or
"there's a sub-woofer
under the chassis" seriously? For hooking up to external speakers,
fine. But to sit there
and listen to "stereo" from tiny speakers 14 inches apart?
Woofer-shmoofer, I say.
Ellis
Rob Bell wrote:
I don't think I've seen any discussion of this new model on the list.
Looks like it may be a decent compromise between those tiny netbooks and
a regular-sized laptop. Anyone have comments, eagerly awaiting one,
think it is an awful idea, etc.?
http://gizmodo.com/5268846/lenovo-u350-is-pretty-thin-pretty-light-and-pretty-cheap
Quoted from the Gizmodo article, which probably quoted from Lenovo:
IdeaPad U350 Laptop
Lenovo is pushing the envelope on design to bring consumers
ultra-thin, ultra-light and ultra-loaded PC technology. Encased in a
sophisticated sleek silver shell, the IdeaPad U350 laptop starts at
3.5 pounds and measures less than one inch thick1. While thin and
light to the touch on the outside, Lenovo loaded the PC inside with
the latest entertainment and computing features to enhance and
simply users' digital worlds. A 16:9 aspect ratio high definition
13.3 inch LED panel and an HDMI connector allow users to fully enjoy
watching movies or other multimedia in high definition.
The IdeaPad U350 laptop also packs in several unexpected features,
such as Ambient Light Sensor technology, borrowed from the
IdeaCentre desktop line. This technology automatically adjusts the
screen's brightness when in different lighting environments for the
best picture quality. Also, Dolby Sound Room complements the video
experience by providing a high quality surround-sound audio
experience. And with VeriFace facial recognition technology, they
can make their face their password for easy log in. A camera also
comes in handy for video messaging or making Skype calls using the
laptop's WiFi connectivity2.
The laptop's entertainment features are powered by a backbone of
computing technologies, including choices of Intel Core2Solo and
Pentium ultra low voltage processors, up to 8 GB high speed DDR3
memory and up to 500 GB of hard drive storage. The technologies help
users to do more, faster, such as burning DVDs, compressing and
opening documents and enjoying smoother, more realistic gaming. For
high reliability important to individual business users whether on
the clock or off, Lenovo borrowed a component of ThinkPad laptop
design with the Active Protection System. This helps protect data by
temporarily stopping the hard drive if the laptop should fall. The
IdeaPad U350 laptop also comes with OneKey™ Rescue System to help
recover data if it becomes corrupted in just a few simple steps.
/end quote
Later,
Rob
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