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 [...]
Lenovo Shows IdeaCentre Table PC and New Win8 Products
Early on in the laptop development cycle, IBM developed a pretty nice piece of hardware with a cool, Escher-like, origami kind-of keyboard that fold out and then back in when you opened the lid. They also designed the track button for this device, allowing them to take up less space. It was good design work, [...]
Lenovo Recalls Many of Their M70z and M90z Think Centre All-in-One Computers
Did you purchase a Lenovo ThinkCentre M70z or M90z All-in-One Computer? Or did you win one of the three that we gave away here on Gear Diary? If so then you’ll want to pay attention this recall notice. There are 16,000 M70z and M90z units affected, and the recall is focusing on the power supplies specifically, because [...]
Holiday Gift Guide: For Those Who Work on the Go
From the Editorial Staff of Gear Diary: Is there someone in your life who loves music? If so, here are five gifts with which you can’t go wrong. We have to start this list with the 11″ MacBook air. It’s small, light, under $1000 and it makes working on the go a pleasure. You’ll quickly forget [...]
Lenovo Gets Down to Business with the ThinkPad Tablet
One of the big surprises for me tonight at the Pepcom Holiday Spectacular! (we’ll have much more from this event over the next few days) was the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet. The ThinkPad Tablet is the first tablet specifically designed for business settings. It has some great features, feels great in the hand and it has [...]
The Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e Review: a Small Form Factor Desktop Computer
It has been a while since I have used a desktop computer, and even longer since I used a desktop computer running Windows. Truth be told, the last time I had the opportunity to use a Windows desktop computer it was not the most pleasing experience. Yes, it was in the days of Vista, and [...]
The Lenovo ThinkCentre M90z All-In-One Desktop Computer Review
photos by Kevin Lenovo recently sent me a 23″ touchscreen ThinkCentre M90z all-in-one desktop computer to use for long-term evaluation. Because of its similar form factor to the ThinkCentre A70z (which had a 19″ non-touchscreen monitor), I already knew that I would like its space-saving design. But what I didn’t expect was how much I [...]
Lenovo Releases Their First AMD-Powered M-Series ThinkCentre Windows 7 PC, and We’ll Be Giving One Away Soon!
This is just a heads up! Lenovo and AMD have joined together to create the new M75e ThinkCentre, and the specs are pretty impressive … The ThinkCentre M75e is an enterprise-class mainstream desktop designed for cost-conscious large enterprises and public segments. This is the first M-series ThinkCentre desktop featuring the powerful AMDTM processor AMDTM VISION Pro [...]
The Lenovo ThinkCentre A70z 1165 as a Digital Picture Frame With Benefits; Why Not?!
At the end of 2008 I bought my first digital picture frame, the Gigantor 15″ from Think Geek, which at the time was one of the largest available without getting into astronomical amounts of money. I paid about $200 for it, which I thought was a pretty good deal considering that many 10″ and under [...]
Lenovo’s Lephone continue’s the “hybrid” design legacy
Photo courtesy of Lenovo on Flickr Lenovo took some serious recognition from CES this year winning CNET’s Best of Show this year with the Hybrid U1 laptop/slate. Looks like the beginning of a Hybrid type legacy with the new shots of the Lephone Lenovo Smartphone. This super slick new phone snaps in to the keyboard/dock [...]
Lenovo has separation anxiety with the new U1 Hybrid
Photo courtesy of PC Mag Lenovo is kicking it into overdrive this week with tons of announcements and leaks of upcoming products. Their CES booth should be quite active if all these releases are available eye candy at the show. One of their new models announced is a Hybrid Tablet/ULV Notebook called the U1 Hybrid. [...]

















