Lenovo Announces NVIDIA Optimus Inside T Series ThinkPads
Company also claims sales of ThinkPad laptops will exceed 60 million this month since its initial rollout in 1992.
Lenovo is elevating graphics performance of its T Series ThinkPads T410, T410s, and T510 with NVIDIA Optimus switchable graphics technology.
With NVIDIA Optimus technology, discrete graphics load browsers with images, video, text, and fonts “70 percent faster than integrated graphics,” states Lenovo in a press release submitted to EH Publishing.
By switching automatically between high performance and energy saving graphics, ThinkPad laptops with Optimus achieve up to 33 percent longer battery life over discrete only mode.
The ThinkPad T410, T410s, and T510 laptops with NVIDIA Optimus technology are available immediately through business partners and Lenovo’s Web site. Pricing begins at approximately $1,299 for the T410 and T510 and $1,849 for the T410s.
The video below demonstrates some of the benefits of T Series ThinkPads with NVIDIA Optimus:
OVER 60 MILLION SERVED
Lenovo announced another milestone this week. In statement, the company says sales of its ThinkPad brand laptops will surpass 60 million this month.”
“Since the debut of ThinkPad 18 years, Lenovo has grown …, selling more than 14 laptops every 60 seconds,” the company says.
Among Lenovo’s ThinkPad accomplishments are a number of “firsts,” according to Lenovo, including:
- First modern laptop to fly in space
- First with a spill-resistant keyboard
- First with built-in wireless
- First with built-in fingerprint reader
- First with built-in CD-ROM
- First with built-in DVD-ROM
- First with embedded security subsystem
In the video below, the ThinkPad team discusses the past, present, and future of its popular mobile product:
