Lenovo's New ThinkPad With 2 LCD Screens

Consist of two tabs or screens open, wishing we could have two screens on our laptop so we didn't have to keep switching back and forth between windows. The company's next ThinkPad laptop is more of a "desktop replacement" than ever. ThinkPad W700ds a follow-on to the standard W700 model we evaluated and have a 17-inch main screen and a 10.6-inch secondary. The former is a bit larger than the a mainstream 15.4" display. The W700ds' secondary 10.6-in. vertical screen is about the size of a typical netbook display, Lenovo said, or about 40% the size of the W700ds' primary 17-in. display. It can also be tilted up to 30 degrees like a car's rearview mirror. The W700ds also includes a built-in WACOM digitizer, also called an electronic drawing pad, and color calibration software. Despite its power and weight, Williams claimed that the W700ds runs "incredibly cool" because of the use of dual fans and dual-heat reduction systems.

Lenovo's compact V100

The V100 uses the Intel Core ™ Duo processors that efficiently run multiple programs at the same time, the application programs such as words, the browser etc. The V100 comes with an integrated optical drive for watching movies, listening to music or other device. It also offers complete connectivity features such as integrated 802.11 a / b / g wireless LAN, 10/100 Ethernet and Bluetooth.

The integrated graphics really limit the gaming options, but the V100 really does provide a lot of functionality for the price, especially if you're not up for lugging an external drive around and want some of that Core Duo power.

The V100 ran plenty cool even though it doesn't have the low-voltage version of the chip run by its X60 brother. The plastic case build is a bit drab and not near as sturdy as a ThinkPad, but it should hold up fine. However, the 3 to 4 hour battery life seems barely acceptable. There's an ExpressCard 54 slot, so you might want to hold off until an EV-DO solution comes along.