When Windows 7 launched last Autumn, our Performance Engineer, John Mese was kind enough to come on camera with me and discuss Lenovo?s Enhanced Experience, our high performance Windows 7 preload.  We talked briefly about UEFI, and John mentioned that it offered significant advantages for future PCs. Speed is one of these advantages.  In the 3 [...]

One of our Twitter followers let us know that people seem to be having problems posting comments to this blog. I had suspected that was the case when I wrote 3 posts with exactly zero comments, but thought that perhaps I had poisoned my own well by having some long gaps between postings. There is no conspiracy [...]

I blogged last year about my experiences with the CSWR (Center for Severe Weather Research) ?storm chasing? team and our ThinkPad T400s. When I rode along with them, I abused a T400s notebook in the rain, dropped it, and then finally crushed it with a 10,000 lb. truck.  It was a lot of fun, but not [...]

I?m personally pleased that we have delayed our Skylight and IdeaPad U1 Hybrid systems.  The world has changed a lot since CES in January and it isn?t just because of the iPad.  Droids, Kindles, Facebook, and Evos all play a part. Though I am pleased overall, I am not happy with having to wait longer to [...]

I participated in CNET?s Reporters? Roundtable with Rafe Needleman about two weeks ago.  The topic was The Future of Laptops.  While I encourage you to click the link and watch the segment, self-promotion isn?t why I am blogging today.  After the show was over, one thing was readily apparent ? my video and audio quality were [...]

My dad is an avid user of his ThinkPad.  Some time ago I got him a 15? T61p on sale and he?s been thrilled with it.  He surfs the web almost nightly while watching Fox News and sometimes doesn?t go to bed until the battery runs down, which thanks to Power Manager, can be a [...]

I have had a lot going on post-CES.  Here is what I am thinking about these days: AC/DC Combo Adapter A few months we switched from the Slim AC/DC combo adapter to the next generation ULTRAslim AC/DC Combo Adapter.  Our team made a lot of improvements. On DC power, you no longer need to carry the brick with [...]

An internal assignment to consider the implications of competitor CES announcements with respect to Lenovo?s future strategy got me thinking about the implications of CES 2010.  As a result, you get an unasked for bonus post. I was really impressed with the maturity and collaboration that went into our three star products of CES 2010.  Though [...]

When I first wrote about SSD technology on this blog about 2 years ago, I mentioned that we could expect to see hybrid SSD/HDD implementations in notebooks where you could use fast SSD flash memory for commonly accessed files and spinning drives for bulk storage. With our just announced Lenovo IdeaPad Y460 and Y560 notebooks, our [...]

Compared to a scant 6 months ago, today Lenovo is awash in All in One PCs.  There is no question that we see this category as a growth area.  For anyone considering an All in One, allow me to present my compact guide to help you choose from our myriad of offerings. For those who have [...]