Windows 7 Migration Made Easy - Automated, With No Desk-side Technicians Required Did you know that on April 8, 2014 Microsoft will discontinue all Windows XP support? As a result, hot fixes, updates, and patches for XP or Office 2003 will no longer be available. To compound the issue, new 2013 hardware chipsets will not support XP, which will lead to spiraling IT support costs as of 2014. Lenovo® will move you from Windows XP to Windows 7 with confidence We’re not looking to reduce desk-side support.... we’re looking to eliminate it! If you’re asking yourself, “how hard can it be to migrate from XP to Windows 7?” Operating system migration is a massive, resource intensive endeavor, and Windows 7 is no exception. According to Gartner, migrating from XP to Windows 7 can cost $1,035 to $1,930 per user, but a well-managed migration utilizing Lenovo’s proven methodology can reduce your costs significantly. Lenovo’s In-Place Migration (IPM) solution ensures a fast, consistent, and successful automated migration on any vendor’s PC. IPM delivers: 30%-40% lower migration costs 50% faster migration Lower risk, and more consistent results Scalability to migrate thousands of PCs in a short period of time Choose a partner who knows OS migrations and Windows 7 inside and out. Lenovo Services has the experience to get the job done right the first...
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As the legend of our IdeaPad Yoga grows, we go straight to the source to learn about the boundary-busting PC’s most striking aspect—its design—with one of the people who created it. Andreas Schupp is Strategy Director of the Lenovo Industrial Design Center. Our conversation with him follows. What was the inspiration for the design? The IdeaPad Yoga concept dates back to 2004 when the design team in Beijing started looking at new form factor opportunities. The inspiration of the Yoga came from observing how the human body bends when practicing yoga. The first prototypes of the Yoga design can be traced back to 2004; our Yoga concept PC won the Red Dot “Best of the Best” Design Award in 2005. The concept created new standards for laptop usability and innovation at that time, and we’re excited to realize this revolutionary concept today. Tell us about how the screen moves and how that supports the four modes of use. Yoga’s most outstanding feature is the touch screen, which can rotate a full 360 degrees. This enables new ways to use the product. You can do more than just use it as an Ultrabook laptop or tablet though; you can change to “Stand” mode for looking at pictures or watching movies and “Tent” mode for playing games, video chatting or whatever else you like. So the original form factor dates to 2004, but was that done with touch in mind? It was just a concept but, yes, it...
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Turk Pipkin and his education and action nonprofit organization, The Nobelity Project, tackles pressing global issues such as hunger, climate change, and war and peace through powerful documentary films. One issue close to his heart is the education of children in Africa, and recently Pipkin was instrumental in building a computer lab for students in Kenya ("Bringing Education to the World, One Country at a Time"). While in awe of his activism, we were also mesmerized by Pipkin’s multifaceted Do spirit. Pipkin is a respected author of 10 books, a TV writer, and a former stand-up comedian and entertainer (“The Sopranos” fans may recognize Pipkin as Aaron Arkaway, the narcoleptic boyfriend of Tony Soprano’s sister, Janice). Pipkin reveals how his past and present has connected to provide technology, inspiration and hope to children. How did the Nobelity Project collaboration with AMD and Lenovo form? The collaboration came from some great people at AMD, specifically the efforts of Bart Arnold, and Cory Grenier at Lenovo. One of our favorite new computer labs is at Kabiruini Girls Secondary School. The 200-plus students have new Lenovo ThinkCentres and Thinkpads with AMD technology. These are some happy and creative students, and their grades have gone...
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Innovation in accessories is not lost on tech enthusiasts like guest author Michael Archambault, who recently test-drove the ThinkPad USB 3.0 Dock. His verdict: This is NOT your parents’ old-school docking station.
The days when laptop docking required you to snap your machine into a bulky plastic connector are behind us with the launch of the Lenovo ThinkPad USB 3.0 Dock. Lenovo partnered with DisplayLink technologies to bring an innovative dock to the desks of DOers everywhere. The new ThinkPad USB 3.0 Dock provides a fast and easy connection to all your laptop's accessories while keeping your desk open and neat. Let's take a dive in and see why this little beast is making such a splash.
Design: The new ThinkPad USB 3.0 Dock measures in at only 6.3in tall, 4in wide, and 3.4in deep; making it small enough to almost fit in the palm of your hand. The new Dock is also light, which makes it the most portable dock ever produced for the ThinkPad line. As soon as I took the device out of the box I was truly amazed at how much time went into the external design of the unit - it roared simplicity and sophistication. The device is made of a durable material that feels sturdy to the touch with a taper design that allows all of my USB and DVI cables to fit nicely into the back connectors while making the dock appear thin in the front. You really can't appreciate how beautiful the design of this dock is until you have one in your hands.
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Matthew Lanetti's late grandfather, Mike Zurratt, was a longtime IBMer who joined the company after serving his country as a United States Marine. Here he is standing with what is believed to be an IBM 704 that was installed on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Matthew recently added the X1 Carbon to his ThinkPad collection. We think his grandfather would be proud.
Matthew Lanetti represents a younger, vibrant generation of ThinkPad enthusiasts – he has a DO spirit, is not afraid to challenge himself and is always connected. With many technology options available to youth today, he reveals how an old T30 and a special tie to ThinkPad’s legacy turned him into a ThinkPad fan.
I discovered ThinkPad when my father gave me an old T30 he found in a stack of junk that was to be thrown away in his office. I had started to get into computers and my dad thought an old laptop, that probably didn't work, would be great for me to learn from. Being a tech enthusiast, I had heard of ThinkPad and had seen them in stores. My maternal grandfather had worked at IBM as a field engineer manager for 35 years until he died in 2002, when I was five years old. I don't remember much about him, except that he loved his job and IBM.
I will never forget the moment when I first saw that ThinkPad. I was amazed when it started up with no problem. I remember staying up very late that night just playing with the T30 and...
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