Lenovo: Thinkpad X131e offiziell angekündigt

Paris, France – 28 juin 2012 : Lenovo  (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) 1^er fournisseur mondial de PC portables dédiés à l’univers de l’éducation annonce aujourd’hui le lancement du nouveau ThinkPad X131e conçu spécialement pour les élèves du primaire et du secondaire. Solide, il dispose de toute les caractéristiques permettant d’exploiter au mieux l’utilisation de l’informatique en milieu scolaire.

Les étudiants ont besoin aujourd’hui d’un PC portable à la fois performant et robuste, pouvant être transporté facilement et n’importe où. Le ThinkPad X131e répond à toutes ces attentes grâce à ses puissants processeurs Intel ou AMD, son design fin et ses caractéristiques durables. Lenovo met tout en œuvre pour trouver de nouveaux moyens de rendre la vie plus facile aux étudiants et aux enseignants.

Le ThinkPad X131e embarque de nouvelles caractéristiques, notamment une LED placée derrière le PC qui permet aux enseignants de savoir si les étudiants sont connectés.

Le PC portable ThinkPad X131e est disponible auprès des partenaires commerciaux de Lenovo à partir de 450€ HT.

Lenovo Readies for Back to School with Ruggedized ThinkPad Laptop

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – June 28, 2012: Lenovo  (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today announced the ThinkPad X131e laptop, built especially for students with the technologies to enhance classroom learning along with a rugged design to meet the physical demands of the school day and beyond. The ThinkPad X131e offers choices of Intel Core^™ and Celeron^® processorsor AMD Dual Core and Fusion processors for strong performance, Dolby^® Advanced Audio^® for rich and resonant sound, vibrant HD graphics and USB 3.0 for fast data transfers.  The PC’s cover displays a wireless activity LED indicator so teachers know when students are using Wi-Fi in the classroom. Built for the rigors of education, the laptop also includes customization and security options for schools’ IT teams.

“We know from experience that students are our toughest customers – literally – and for that reason we make it a point to go above and beyond our standard ruggedness features in the laptops we introduce for education,” said Dilip Bhatia, vice president, ThinkPad Business Unit, Lenovo. “To help combat the extreme wear and tear students subject their laptops to, we’ve designed our toughest education PC yet by incorporating heavy-duty, military-grade features, while packing the device with top of the line technology so teachers can offer students the latest in digital learning.”

Student-Tested, Teacher-Approved

The powerful ThinkPad X131e can handle a variety of student assignments, from working with video and creating presentations to managing data and other word processing tasks. The 11.6-inch laptop includes choices of AMD Dual Core E-300 and AMD Fusion E2 1800 with AMD Radeon™ graphics or Intel DC Core™ i3-2367M and Intel Celeron^® 877 processors with Intel HD-powered graphics; all help to deliver multimedia-rich lessons. ThinkPad X131e PCs equipped with Intel processors also offer the option of including Intel^® Learning Series Software Suite, a collaborative and user-friendly tool designed for one-to-one eLearning and classrooms around the world.

The convenient LED light on the laptop’s cover shows wireless activity to give teachers a quick visual cue that students are connected to the Internet for lessons requiring connectivity -- and offline when the work calls for simple word processing or other local activity. This convenient aid to teachers helps keep students following along with the lesson.

The laptop’s Dolby^® Advanced Audio^® boosts the performance of the built-in speakers and enhances classroom learning that includes music, video and games. Additional multimedia functions include a low-light webcam and Lenovo’s Instant Resume function, allowing students to maintain a Wi-Fi connection while moving from class to class.

Kid-proofed Design

Lenovo built the ThinkPad X131e for mobility throughout the school day with its  lightweight design, less than four pounds,^[1]  and with long battery life, up to 8.5 hours.^[2]  Student-tested, heavy-duty features include:

The ThinkPad X131e also meets the needs of IT teams with its range of optional services including asset tagging for inventory control, ThinkPad Warranty Upgrades with onsite repair to provide tech help at school and ThinkPad Accidental Damage Protection which turns expensive out-of-warranty repairs into predictable, managed expenses.

The X131e comes in custom colors^[4]  and the school can opt to have its logo etched into the top cover.  

^[1]  3.93 lobs (1.78kg) with 6-cell battery

^[2]  With 6-cell battery

^[3]  Compared to previous models

^[4]  Minimum order quantities and lead times vary based on customer customization requirements.