Lenovo’s Mini PC is right around the corner [not nettop]

By | September 19th, 2009



This is a big year for Lenovo and their fans as they announced world’s thinnest and best nettops and Mini PCs under IdeaCenter. The IdeaCenter Q700 series is a compact desktop series, slightly bigger than a nettop, and offers good desktop power. The PCs were set to release in late August, 2009, however we see no such announcements yet on lenovo’s website.

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Many users complaint that nettop don’t suffice their processing needs, and yet the want a compact size too. The mini PC is a solution for them providing good specs in a compact sized box about the size of a DVD player. Lenovo is offering TV and remote with it too in a good deal of $549 having 320 GB more hard disk space than regular model and a LAN card that is missing in the regular Q 700 mini PC. See the comparison of the avaialble models here.

Technical Specs:
IdeaCentre Q700 – 30151CU ( with TV & Remote)

  • Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core E5200 Processor ( 2.50GHz 800MHz 2MB )
  • Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64
  • Intel Integrated Graphics X4500
  • 4 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz
  • 640GB Hard disk space with 7200 RPM
  • DVD-R
  • One year parts and labor warranty
  • LAN Card (missing in the model without TV and remote)
  • Price: $550

lenovo Q700

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lenovo Q700 dvd drive

The PC also offers HDMI port to connect to HD TV (comes with) and play games or watch movies. Besides this it has VGA, eSATA and 4 USB 2.0 ports and audio slots for surround sound. It also supports 1080p! It will be a good products for small business and office environments if not for home. Visit Lenovo for details.

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