The Lenovo ThinkPad 2 – Powered by Windows 8 – Will Cost $799
The Lenovo ThinkPad 2 – Powered by Windows 8 – Will Cost $799.
Lenovo has revealed that its
first Windows 8 tablet, the ThinkPad 2, will cost $799 upon release. You do get
a keyboard dock thrown in for that (over-the-top) asking price, which is a nice
touch, but perhaps not a big enough one to persuade ordinary consumers to crack
open their wallets and purses.
Windows 8 is being released on Oct. 26, and alongside
Microsoft’s latest operating system will come a range of tablets powered by it.
As well as Microsoft’s own Surface, which we’ve yet to find out
the final pricing details for, there will be the ThinkPad 2 from Lenovo, which
we do now know the final pricing details for.
Previous rumors had the price of the Lenovo ThinkPad 2 pegged at
between $600 and $700, but, as revealed to WP Central, it’s actually going to cost $799. For that
you’ll get a Windows 8 tablet with a 10.1-inch 1366×768-pixel IPS screen, and a
(rumored) 1.8GHz Clover Trail processor. ThinkPad 2 will also boast a 10-hour
battery life, two cameras: 8MP on the back, 2MP on the front, LTE, NFC, and
USB. A full-sized keyboard dock will come as standard, as will Office 2013.
Lenovo has been quick to point out that the ThinkPad 2 is being
geared towards enterprise customers rather than mainstream consumers. Hence the
added functionality and subsequent higher price tag. This is being seen as a
replacement for a laptop rather than the toy some people describe the likes of
the iPad,
the Nexus 7, and the Kindle Fire. $799 would buy you an entry-level
ultrabook, but this would be nowhere near as powerful.
The
Lenovo ThinkPad 2 certainly looks good, but then all of the Windows 8 tablets
so far revealed have the aesthetics in place. What we don’t yet know is how
this tablet, or any of the Windows 8 tablets, will actually perform. We have to
hope they are more than capable, or Windows 8 will be pretty much redundant
from day one. And Microsoft will surely have to concede defeat to Apple and
Google on this new front.
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