Lenovo celebrates 20 years of ThinkPad innovation by launching two new ultrabooks aimed corporate executives, small and medium businesses, and road warriors.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is the thinnest and lightest 14” ultrabook to date, measuring 18mm thick and weighing 1.36kg – a feat made possible by its carbon fiber build. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon has also passed eight US military tests for durability: low pressure, humidity, vibration, high and low temperature, temperature shock, dust, and physical shock.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Specs:

• 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3427U (1.80 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache, 1333MHz FSB) (upgradeable to i7)
• Up to Windows 7 Professional
• 14” HD wide display with anti-glare option
• Lenovo Enhanced Experience 3 for Windows 7
• Up to 256GB SSD
• Up to 8GB of RAM
• Dolby Home Theater 4
• UltraNav® TrackPoint® and new larger glass touchpad
• Island-style six-row precision backlit keyboard
• 4 Cell Lithium Polymer Battery provides up to 8 hours of use
• Rapid Charge Technology, recharges 80% of battery (that’s roughly 5 hours of battery life) in 30 minutes
• 180 degree LCD bending
• Intel HD 400 graphics
• Fingerprint reader, TPM and BIOS encryption, for advanced security
• Gorilla Glass LCD Screen with 1920×800 resolution
• Business ready with Intel VPro technology
• Optional 3G mobile broadband and hotspot technology
• HD Face-Tracking camera
• Dual array microphones
• i5 configuration costs Php94,990.00; i7 config costs Php127,000.00

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The Lenovo ThinkPad T430U also passed military testing, is 21mm thick, sports a sturdy aluminum build, and can be configured to have a 1GB video card. Its backcover can be easily removed for parts upgrading. Sadly, it does not have rapid charge technology.

Lenovo ThinkPad T430u Specs:

• Up to 3rd Gen Intel Core i7
• Up to Windows 7 Professional
• Lenovo Enhanced Experience 3 for Windows 7
• 14” HD Display
• Starts at 4.08 lbs
• Up to 7 hours of battery life
• Up to 1TB HDD, 128 SSD
• Up to 8GB of RAM
• Dolby Home Theater v4
• Passes 8 Mil-Spec tests
• Robust security features include BIOS Port Lock and USB Blocker
• ThinkPad Precision Keyboard, spill-resistant, island-style, six-rows
• Intel® HD 4000 Graphics / Optional NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 620M (1GB)
• Costs Php61,990.00

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Irwin Allen Rivera

Irwin Allen Rivera loves his wife's cooking so much he's now twice the man he used to be. His English essay placed 3rd at the 2012 Palanca Awards. His philosophical-horror story is included in Philippine Speculative Fiction 8 (2013). He was managing editor and lead writer of Sites and Symbols 2 (2005), a coffee-table book about buildings in UP Diliman - his alma mater (BA Philosophy; MA Creative Writing continuing). He worked at the UP Diliman Information Office before shifting to web content writing full-time. His sudden fiction, "Notwithstanding Pigs," initially a Friendster testimonial, appeared in Philippines Graphic (2006) and in Very Short Stories for Harried Readers (2007).

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