Podcast #160 - Lenovo ThinkPad X1, OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2, Crysis 2 DX11 update, Llano preview and more!

Subject: General Tech | June 30, 2011 - 02:50 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, X1, Thinkpad, revodrive, ocz, nvidia, llano, Lenovo, Intel, dx11, crysis 2, amd

PC Perspective Podcast #160 - 6/30/2011

This week we talk about the Lenovo ThinkPad X1, OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2, Crysis 2 DX11 update, Llano preview and more!

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath and Allyn Malventano

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Program length: 57:49

Program Schedule:

0:00:45 Introduction
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0:02:16 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Review: Thin is In
0:03:08 Samsung Nexus S 4G Review: Google Bliss.
0:05:04 Super Fast PCI Express Cable Capable of 32 Gbps Announced By The PCI SIG
0:08:37 OCZ RevoDrive 3 x2 480GB PCIe SSD Review - Seriously Fast Storage
0:24:23 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI Computer, and their all new Sandy Bridge Motherboards!
0:25:00 Crysis 2: DirectX 11 free update released
0:31:45 NVIDIA Releases GeForce GTX 580M and 570M, Brings Optimus to Hardcore Gaming Laptops
0:34:10 Badaboom, the once NVIDIA only transcoding accelerator, now works with Sandy Bridge
0:38:40 Llano's dance card is available, pick a date with your favourite new AMD APU tomorrow
0:41:05 Just Delivered: Cost effective AM3+ Boards.
0:42:30 Show and tell: Llano CPU and MB
0:44:26 Free games?
1. http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Meet-Medic-Uber-Update-and-TF2-itself-are-freed
0:48:20 Quakecon Reminder - http://www.quakecon.org/
0:50:45 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
1. Ryan: Bitcoins? Ken is testing a LOT of GPUs for this!
2. Jeremy: I guess I'll shout out to Might & Magic entertaining me for 25 SMEGGING YEAR S!
3. Josh: Eyefinity! It is a lot of fun. Surprising capabilities from many modern applications. Even a lot of older ones...
4. Allyn: RevoDrive 3!
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0:56:35 Closing

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Review: Thin is In

Author: Matt Smith

Date: June 23, 2011

Subject: Mobile

Manufacturer: Lenovo

Tagged: X1, Thinkpad, Lenovo, Intel

Introduction and Design

Achieving smaller, thinner profiles is a long-standing goal of laptop manufacturers, but there’s been a particular obsession with ultra-thin laptops ever since Apple introduced the MacBook Air by taking it out of a manila envelope. Since then, tablets and smartphones have only increased the appeal of thin laptops. Consumers are becoming used to the idea of their electronics tightening their waistlines, and there’s no sign that this trend will stop.

The manufacturer response to this demand has been a lackluster. Laptops like the Dell Adamo came and went, but didn’t seem to put much dent in the market. That wasn’t terribly surprising, because making a laptop thin is expensive, and the Windows laptop brands generally struggle to bring in customers for products priced over $1000.

One of the most successful responses to the Air was arguably Lenovo’s ThinkPad X series. The X series had always been thin-and-light, but was never targeted towards the average consumer. Still, these laptops – particularly the X301, which had a display size similar to the MacBook Air – seemed reasonable competition. Then Lenovo pulled the plug on the X301, leaving a 13 inch thin-and-light shaped hole in the roster. Today’s we’re looking at the plug for that hole.

Continue on and read our full review of the Lenovo X1 notebook...

Lenovo's thinest ThinkPad yet, the X1

Subject: Mobile | May 24, 2011 - 03:21 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Lenovo, Thinkpad, X1

There is a lot to love about the ThinkPad X1, inside a Core i5-2520M @ 2.5 GHz (with Intel HD 3000 graphics of course) 4GB of DDR3 and a 7200RPM 320GB HDD powers a 13.4" 1366 x 768 LCD which is covered with Corning Gorilla glass. All that in a package weighing 3.73lbs and with dimensions of 13.26" x 9.1" x 0.84". Even the back plate is interesting, with a USB 3.0 port, HDMI port, Mini DisplayPort port and a powered eSATA/USB 2.0 combo port, in addition to the card reader and USB 2.0 ports. Unless you are married to the IPS LCD on the X220 TechSpot highly recommends this laptop.

“A couple of months ago we were checking out Lenovo’s then latest ThinkPad offering, the X220. Based on Intel’s second generation Core processors, this system was classic business-oriented ThinkPad throughout. A few months before the X220, I had the IdeaPad U260 in-house which was classified by Lenovo as a “thin, light, stylish travel companion”.

I mention those two units as a transition to what we have for review today, the new ThinkPad X1. As the thinnest ThinkPad ever, the X1 seemingly takes the best features from the X220 and the U260 and merges them into one. The result is an extremely thin and sleek 13.4” notebook that is a real follow-up model to the X300 series that many came to own and love a couple of years ago.”

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