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CES: Lenovo, touting thin PCs, takes second stab at consumer market

Jan 5, 2009
 
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Its new IdeaPad laptop is as nearly as skinny as Apple's MacBooks January 5, 2009 (Computerworld) Lenovo Group Ltd. on Monday unveiled its 2009 lineup of consumer desktop and laptop PCs, led by a new IdeaPad notebook that is as nearly as skinny as Apple Inc.'s latest offerings. The IdeaPad Y650, which sports a 16-in. widescreen display, measures just one inch thick -- a hair more than the unibody aluminum MacBook and MacBook Pros introduced in October by Apple. Those laptops measure 0.95 inches thick. The 5.6-lb. Y650 uses carbon fiber for strength. It starts at $1,199 and comes with a 16:9-format glossy LCD display, JBL speakers and a two-finger multitouch trackpad. Lenovo's other new Y series of notebooks -- the Y450 and the Y550 -- also include 16:9 glossy displays and multitouch trackpads, according to Ninis Samuel,... [read full story]                    

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