Lenovo is now offering the ThinkStation E30 workstation and ThinkCentre M81 desktop. Ideal for end users who are creative, engineering, and financial professionals, the products are available through the channel starting at $599.
The ThinkStation E30 workstation offers choices of second generation Intel Core processor technology with up to four cores for fast computing when including an Intel Xeon processor. In terms of storage, the workstation offers traditional hard drive storage, as well as 80 or 160 GB SSD for performance opening, rendering, and saving/closing files. For creating and consuming 2D and 3D content, the workstation offers choices of NVIDIA Quadro or NVS graphics. The workstation features SATA III and USB 3.0, as well as 16 GB of 1333 mHz Error Correcting Code memory.
The ThinkStation E30 workstation carries certifications from independent software vendors in engineering, digital content creation, and financial markets, including AutoCad, SolidEdge, Adobe, and SolidWorks, along with support for Red Hat Linux. The ThinkStation E30 workstation also offers an optional Blu-ray player as well as nine USB ports.
The ThinkCentre M81 desktop, available in tower and small form factor, comes equipped with second generation Intel Core processor options, storage up to 160 GB SSD and choices of Intel HD graphics or ATI discrete Radeon graphics. It also comes with SATA III and USB 3.0. For more screen real estate and extra productivity, users can drive four independent displays by adding a graphics card.
Both the ThinkStation E30 workstation and ThinkCentre M81 desktop also can take advantage of Intel Turbo Boost technology for performance-laden tasks. Lenovo machines can stay in Turbo Boost mode longer due to specific proprietary thermal engineering enhancements. Both machines also come with a DVD burner/player and for security reasons, port disablement and Lenovo’s Hardware Password Manager to manage encrypted hard drives.
