Lenovo IdeaCentre A700 review
New 23-inch, £999 trendy all-in-one
The IdeaCentre A700 has a 23-inch touchscreen display featuring technology usually found in medical equipment, called Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW).
Unlike some other Windows 7 touchscreen devices, you can certainly be precise on this screen, though we’d love to see how it performs on an OS deliberately made with touch in mind.
The high-end models cost upwards of £1,399, although the low-end model will cost £999 – the same as a low end iMac which has a smaller screen but the same Intel Core i3 processor. Other variants of the A700 are available with Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7 processors.
The screen of the A700 looks terrific and will be ideal for viewing HD content – while the lower end model has a DVD drive, the other versions go for Blu-ray. The PC can also be configured with up to 4GB of memory and 1TB of storage, while higher-end models also have a 3-in-1 mouse that you can also use as a gaming pointer which you may remember we saw back at CES 2009.
The A700 looks a little bulky compared to an iMac, for example, though it’s 0.8 inches at its thinnest point – 2.5 inches at its thickest.
The PC has a somewhat space-age feel about it and, while plastic plays a part in the design, it certainly doesn’t feel cheap.
We spoke to James Pank at Lenovo. “This is an area that we think we can lead in,” he said, rather bullishly. “We have almost every conceivable port and socket on this machine,” he added, referring to the IdeaCentre A700′s huge variety of ports and inputs including HDMI. There are also JBL Dolby Home Theatre speakers among the other touches.
The A700 also comes with various touch apps such as Cyberlink PowerCinema.
Via techradar
That, is not the Lenovo IdeaCentre A700. Please check it up before posting. Its not even the A series, this is either the Lenovo Ideacentre B305 or B500.