World Tech 20 erview: Screen bump for mainstream Lenovo all-in-one

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LAS VEGAS--The last piece of desktop news from Lenovo at CES introduces the mainstream C540 all-in-one.
A largely by-the-numbers commodity PC, the C540 adds a 23-inch, 1,920x1,080-pixel display to the "Essential" product line previously composed of only the 20-inch C340.

Like the C340, the C540 tops out at Intel Core i3 CPUs, although the C540 does get a bump up to an Nvidia GeForce 620LE graphics chip. It also has a 2TB hard-drive option, which could make this system a useful media storage device. The C340 is limited to slower integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics, and tops out at a 1TB hard drive.
Pricing for the C540 begins at $549 when it launches in February. That model will only have a non-touch display, though. Lenovo says it will launch a touch-screen version in June, although it has not specified pricing for that model.

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World Tech 20 review: A beautiful new screen for the Lenovo A730

World Tech 20 review about the Lenovo A730 :-
 

  The Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 was a flagship product for Lenovo last year, adding a relatively polished-looking style to Lenovo's sometimes clunky all-in-one computer's desktop line. The updated 27-inch A730, declared today, brings that very same design, along with an alternative for a truly cut-throat high-resolution screen.
Prior for the A730, only the Apple iMac and also the Dell XPS One twenty-seven had 27-inch displays that has a 2, 560x1, 440-pixel resolution. That high resolution is now an option for the actual IdeaCentre A730. The other components from the A730 keep it coming from competing with those additional pixel-dense 27-inchers. The A730 comes with an option for the actual Core i7 chip, and it will get a bump to Nvidia's forthcoming GeForce 700-series design chips. But with any hard-drive limit of 1TB (with a 8GB solid-state caching push option), and only 8GB regarding maximum system memory, the A730 won't match greater powerful, multiterabyte, 16GB RAM-equipped adjustments of its competition.
Lenovo A730 might counter of which those competing PC don't recline to your full 90 degrees, knowning that that iMac lacks touch-screen input entirely. Those things are true, and those features perform help put the A730 in the high-end, lifestyle product area of interest.
The challenge for Lenovo A730 is that it system will start that has a $1, 499 price tag and only a standard 1, 920x1, 080-pixel-resolution display when it hits the market in June. Lenovo A730 has not specified the upgrade price for the higher-resolution display, but the Dell XPS One that has a 2, 560x1, 440-pixel touchscreen starts at $1, 599. Lenovo A730 could match that price for the high-resolution upgrade. If not, you will have to very much prioritize lifestyle computing spanning a gorgeous screen.

World Tech 20 review about the Lenovo A730 :-

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Review: Lenovo offers PC gamers the Erazer X700

 Lenovo offers PC gamers the Erazer X700

LAS VEGAS--Taking a page from the Alienware design book, Lenovo has a new high-end gaming desktop on the way this March. The Erazer X700 doesn't look like it will compete with the likes of Maingear, Origin, and other boutique PC vendors in terms of design, but it might offer mainstream PC gamers an affordable way to get their hands on some decent 3D horsepower.
The specs for the Erazer X700 will sound familiar to any PC performance enthusiast. Overclockable Core i5K and Core i7K CPUs, support for Nvidia graphics cards up to two GeForce GTX 680s. Lenovo has also included a pair of externally accessible hard drive bays, as well as software that will allow you to overclock the chips in Windows, rather than making changes in the BIOS.
Whether you like the angular, blue LED-ridden chassis will be a matter of personal taste, of course. Many boutique PC vendors are moving away from the lighting explosion in favor of more mature-looking designs like the Maingear Potenza. Still, there's nothing like a menacing look to communicate "gaming desktop" on the shelf at Best Buy, and for the customer shopping there, the Erazer X700 will certainly stand out.
Lenovo says the starting price for this system will come in at $1,199 when it debuts this March. You can configure higher-end options via Lenovo's Web site, and you can naturally expect a Core i7, dual-GeForce 680 GTX set-up to run the price up to the $2,000 ballpark at least.

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