Lenovo has revealed 3 new low-cost consumer notebooks. The Ideapad 100, an entry level model and the 14-inch Z41 and the Z51 with optional 3D camera.
Ideapad 100
The Ideapad 100 is an entry-level device that aims to compete with the Chromebook. It comes in a 14- and 15-inch screen sizes at a 1,366 x 768 pixel resolution. internally, the Ideapad will have 128GB of SSD or 500GB of HDD and up to 8GB of RAM and includes a USB 3.0 port, a USB 2.0 port, along with HDMI-out and a card reader. The Ideapad 100 will be powered by “Up to Pentium N3540 BayTrail-M 4 core 2.16-2.66 GHz”
Lenovo Z41 and Z51
Both the 14-inch Z41 and the 15-inch Z51 will have a 1080p full HD display with the top of the range model powered by a Core i7 processor, 1TB of SSHD or HDD storage, 16GB of RAM and the AMD R7-M360 GPU for the Z41 or the AMD R9-M375 for the Z51. The Z51 also has an optional Intel RealSense 3D camera
The IdeaPad 100 starts at $249, while the Z41 and Z51 will start at $499 and $599 for the 3D-camera Z15. All three new laptops will be available in June.
