Lenovo Introduces SSD and Backlit LED’s on new ThinkPad’s

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SED and LED options for the new ThinkPad T400, T500, ThinkPad W500 and the New ThinkPad X200

Lenovo has announced several new full laptop ranges which will include SSDs (solid-state drives) as a storage option and LED backlit displays.

The new ThinkPad T400 may have an SSD option (soon as we have news we’ll let you know) but the ThinkPad T500 will have a 64 GB Solid State drive as an option and will also include an LED display

With more of us conducting business on the go, the demand for laptops with desktop capabilities continues to increase, but so does the need for fast boot times and low power consumption, so that we can all snatch that quick 10 minutes connectivity between airport security queues!.

Whilst Lenovo anticipates that SSDs will eventually replace hard drives for primary storage because of both performance and durability improvements, the flip side to this positive is that SSDs are more expensive.

“Lenovo will continue to offer hard drives as an option as it introduces more SSDs,” a company spokeswoman said. Eventually SSD capacities will increase and costs will come down to the level that matches those of conventional drives.

The main beneficiary to these technological improvements however is the environment, with all of the new notebooks emerging from Lenovo being Energy Star compliant and achieving at least an epeat Silver rating.

In a further effort to improve energy efficiency and improve multimedia capability whilst preserving battery life Lenovo will also introduce switchable graphics on the new ThinkPad T400 and T500.

Worldwide Segment Manager, Charles Sune, says, “Intel’s Centrino 2 mobile platform will allow a laptop to switch from using a separate graphics card while connected to the mains to using integrated graphics when running a battery.” The ThinkPad W500, T400, T500, and the new IdeaPad U330 will have switchable graphics included.