All new lineup through spring 2010

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/landing_pages/products/new-product-showcase

 

~~~~~~~~~~
Available for sale on January 7, 2010
ThinkPad T410 and T510 laptops
The ultimate combination of performance, portability and energy efficiency
Business notebooks designed for portability without compromising performance.

* Latest Intel® processors
* HD LED backlit widescreen displays
* Up to 18 hrs. battery life with optional Slice 9-cell battery
* Next-generation easy-to-use keyboard
~~~~~~~~~~

Forgive my noobish amount of knowledge but what is a Slice battery?

 

It's a battery that attaches to the bottom of the laptop, if I'm not mistaken.

 

You can see a conceptual image of the slice battery a little bit down in the following blog post:

http://lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/?p=349

 

quite a collection, lot more than before, i am excited by all the eye candy, but would have to wait and try them first before making the final call on these new models.

 

Hmm, I thought it would be flat for some reason. I wonder how it'll work with a dock

 

lead_org, looking forward to expanding your signature with many new models?

BTW which ones do you use from that vast array of ThinkPads every day?

 

Well you will have to probably take it off when you dock it. Because it kind of looks like it will cover / attach into the docking socket.

This will be attached to the notebook IN ADDITION to the regular battery. And I guess you wouldn't need the extra juice while you are docked?

 

Yeah, I suppose so. Seems like an inconvenience if you regularly dock and undock your laptop though and have to remove the slice.

I hadn't even heard of the V360 and V460 yet.. it looks pretty nice

 

Hmm, I wonder what the battery life is without the electrically charged tumor *thinks*. I guess it's no use really asking right now =p we'll know when we know!

 

I read this article and found that USB 3.0 will not be put on these new Thinkpad Series!!!! As the author said

"These machines do not feature USB 3.0 yet. Intel declined to provide USB 3 support in this year’s chipsets so many vendors will be skipping adding USB 3.0 on all but their highest end machines where they will be adding extra USB 3 controller chips. We have picked eSATA on many machines, so those of you needing higher speed external storage will have options."


However, I found this article saying that

http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Lenovos_Refreshed_ThinkPad_Series_Unveiled/551-108467-893-2.html

"Apart from Gigabit Ethernet
, USB-eSATA combo port, FireWire, DisplayPort, and 5-in1 multimedia card reader, W510 has 4 USB ports of which one will be USB 3.0 port."

Which one should i believe?

 

you should NOT replicate the same post...

 

Do you believe the Lenovo blog, which is sponsored by Lenovo, or some random Indian news site? I think the choice is obvious. Also, as lead_org said, don't do cross-posting. It's very rude.

 

Updated
"#53 Matt Kohut Says:
January 5th, 2010 at 9:45 am
vkyr – I goofed. Yes, the W510 does have 2 USB 3.0 ports. At your prodding, I went back and checked with the disclosure and I don’t know how I could have missed something so significant. Apologies, and thank you. I have fixed the text above. "

 

Good...back to ATI for the Ideapad Y with the 5000 series in March.

 

A slice battery is a flat battery attached at the bottom of the laptop that span the entire bottom. Look at the HP ENVY 15, it has slice battery. It is usually an extended battery. Instead of the old traditional piece that hangs on the back.

 

First of all. Sorry for duplicating posts.

Yes, The choice's obvious, in this case, the random Indian news site is the one because W510 comes with USB3.0.

The Lenovo blog, which is sponsored by Lenovo said it doesn't

Maybe he just forgot

 

i was thinking it would be like the slice available on the Dell E6400...
hmm this one seems smaller? I'm guessing its an additional 9 cell plus the system 9 cell plus the ultrabay battery! = 18hrs

 

do you know if thats gonna be an ideapad or a thinkpad?
im really hoping lenovo stops adding so many new *lower quality* thinkpads!
btw, the ideapad A300 on there seems really nice! better looking than an imac! did u guys see just how thin the base was!

 

Nah, it won't be a Thinkpad, even though it's a "small-business" notebook. Maybe if it had a trackpoint! haha

That's what I thought when I first read about it, but then I saw the concept pictures posted earlier in this thread. And I think they're going to discontinue the ultrabay battery on all the new Thinkpad models, save for the T410s.

 

I wonder if the T410 will still be compatible with the ultrabay batteries on the T400 and earlier models.

Ok, great whatever--slice batteries. But I've seen those on the equivalent business-class HP laptops and I'm not impressed. Those significantly increase the dimensions of the laptop to make it fatter. They don't fit well in smaller laptop sleeve cases because they are so not rectangular shaped anymore. Plus they also don't dock, so then you have to unhook the slice battery and charge it seperately. It sorta defeats the purpose of the dock (which is one step connect/disconnect).

I'd rather do with 2 9-cell batteries (carrying a spare) and the ultraybay battery. Having two in at the same time is nice because then you don't have to hibernate to swap the main battery. Also, I rarely if ever use the optical drive when I'm portable, especially because any disc that would use it otherwise, I just duplicate as an image on the HDD (better power consumption that, too!).


I guess I'll have to wait a see till the 7th..

 

Those also caught my attention.

"Lenovo also announces two new products for the SOHO market for small office and home-based businesses with the IdeaPad V360 13.3-inch and IdeaPad V460 14-inch laptops. These products are designed for the 1-9 segment of the SMB market. The V460 and V360 come with Switchable Graphics that lets users switch between performance modes for longer battery life, and OneKey Rescue System for quick and easy data recovery with anti-virus protection. They also include a fingerprint reader for additional security. With their cool-to-the-touch metallic finish and all new 2010 Intel® Core™ Processors, they are designed to look and deliver the business.

Notable features:
* Intel Core i5/i7 processor
* 13.3-inch (V360)/14-inch (V460) LED-backlit display
* Switchable discrete/integrated graphics card
* Lenovo Enhanced Experience certification
* OneKey Rescue System
* Windows 7

Pricing and Availability

The IdeaPad V460 laptops will be available beginning in March 2010 starting at $749.99. The IdeaPad V360 laptop will be available beginning in May 2010. The starting price for the V360 is $749.99."

Source: http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1298 and http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/notebooks/0,39050495,62060377,00.htm