Gear Diary Lenovo Intros “Rip and Flip” ThinkPad Helix and First Multimode Mini Ultrabook photo

It’s hard to hear the CES buzz all the way back here from my home office in Austin, and yet I still do a wee bit.  And one of the things that seems a little buzzy is Lenovo and some of their new PCs.  And I have to admit that, Mac guy though I currently am, they do look pretty interesting.

Lenovo has just announced two new additions to its family of convertible laptop-tablet devices – the ThinkPad Helix, a convertible featuring a “rip and flip” design, and a more powerful and productive IdeaPad Yoga 11S, equipped with Intel processors and featuring Windows 8. The ThinkPad Helix and IdeaPad Yoga 11S convertibles will be available starting in late-February and June, respectively, through retailers, business partners and www.lenovo.com. Models start at approximately $1,499 and $799, respectively.  And I’m sure that when Lenovo talks about “rip and flip”, they’re referencing that unpleasant Velcro-ripping sound, and not, say, ripping something to pieces and then flipping it off, or anything like that.  And no, I don’t think “convertible” means that they have a top you take down.  Not that kind of convertible, people!

If that sounds good to you, well then maybe you should surf on over to the Lenovo site and take a look.  And if you do, be sure to let us know what you think below!

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Doug is a nerd from way back, falling for a Commodore PET at the age of 15, and never looking back. Riding the nerd wave, he got a Computer Science degree and entered the tech industry at a young age, deciding after a year and a half of front-line phone technical support that he should try something, *anything* else. He settled on technical writing, and has been cranking out documentation for companies like Unisys, SGI, Cisco, Juniper, and many others ever since. He is nothing short of ecstatic to be working for H-P from his home base in Austin.


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