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Lenovo to be first with Windows 8 tablet?

Even though Dell recently announced they would be releasing a business tablet running Windows 8 the "exact day" the operating system is released, it appears the company will have some immediate competition.

The Verge says Lenovo will have a tablet running the upcoming OS on the same day, which they internally believe to be in mid-October.



Most speculate the device will be the 13.3-inch IdeaPad Yoga, which was unveiled at CES in January.

The IdeaPad Yoga is a 13.3-inch notebook that, when flipped, can be used as a standalone tablet.

Although there is not too much known about what the computer's final hardware will be, it is apparently just 0.67-inches thick and made to look like Lenovo's current IdeaPad U300 line. Lenovo says the laptop can be easily flipped to look like a tablet for made to stand V-shaped in "tent" mode, as seen in the pics. The device is very light at just 3.1 pounds.

Additionally, the display is 1600 x 900-resolution and the current prototype has an i7 processor.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 15 Mar 2012 22:02

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• LordRuss

  This looks very reminiscent of the first tablet PCs I first got back in 2005-6 for an engineering department I was working for. Those were IBM as well & they worked great on XP.
  
  Personally, this looks like one of those. Put a SSD, a slim optical on it & I have a great laptop again.
  
  I can't help but reiterate my angst with Windows 8 & the hopes that they don't step on their johnson.
  

  http://onlyinrussellsworld.blogspot.com

  16.3.2012 11:57 #1

• ThePastor

  This might be doable as a tablet. Might be the thing that gets me in... Still, Price point is everything.
  

  "But the bigger point here is that UMG has effectively admitted this takedown was never about copyright. They demanded YouTube censor Megaupload and justify that by saying they have a contract which allows it so its fine. Its painfully clear what they would do with a law like SOPA that gives them much more power"

  16.3.2012 19:26 #2