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There is always a question poping up when you go for purchasing a laptop. Do looks really matter in a budget notebook? Budget laptops are necessary for the self-employed , but those same users might also be entrepreneurs who prefer affordable, nicely designed machines that works for them nicely.

Lenovo has come up with its new innovation and the ThinkPad image has been taken in a relatively bold new direction in the new Edge line.

The ThinkPad Edge has taken a risky move by skipping the optical drive–a bold move for a 13-inch laptop. With three USB ports, an HDMI port, VGA, and a memory card reader, the ports are fairly looking good on the ThinkPad Edge. One annoying thing is that this Thinkpad Edge has no optical drive. On the other hand, the Edge is compact, clean, and has a battery that only protrudes slightly from the laptop’s underside. The outer lid is covered in glossy black plastic which gives the Edge an appearance much closer to an IdeaPad.

The Edge has a low starting price of $579, although that’s with an AMD processor: Intel configs of the Edge start at $799. Overall the  Edge could provide you with a great value for someone looking for a thin laptop with business software built in. However, when you’re getting up to $899, there might be better values elsewhere.

How To take care your Lenovo laptop battery:-
1.When using a new Lenovo laptop as a desktop replacement for the battery, do not be left in for long periods of time. The laptop will over time discharge the battery. Remove the battery,making sure that it is charged to 50% and store it in a dry,warm place. Ensure that it is wrapped protectively and nothing will be dropped on it.

2.A lenovo battery should be re-installed every 3-4 weeks and allowed to fully discharge. Leaving a battery in storage for longer than this without using could cause the battery to fully discharge as the circuitry of the battery itself consumes power.

3.Leaving a lenovo battery in a laptop while using an electrical outlet for long periods of time will keep the battery in a constant state of charging up and that will reduce the life cycle of the laptop battery.

How to Prepare Batteries for Recycling

You can recycle your batteries at a local recycling center, but you also have the option of shipping them there as well. If this option interests you, this guide will walk you through the process of preparing your batteries the right way in order to ensure that they will be accepted when arriving at the recycling destination.

The budget priced Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q Notebook PC is powered by 1.73 GHz Intel Celeron Processor and it features, 15.4-inch widescreen display, DVD/CD-RW Combo drive and Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g LAN connection.

lenovo-3000-g410-2049-notebookPowered by 1.73 GHz, Intel Celeron Processor M530, the thin-and-light weight Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebook PC weighs about 2.4 kgs with battery pack and it features , 1 MB L2 Cache, 533 Mhz FSB, Intel Mobile 945GM Express chipset motherboard, 512-MB DDDR2 SDRAM (max- 2-GB), 80 Serial-ATA 5400 rpm harddisk, and Slot-in 8x DVD Super Multi Double Layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer

The body of Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebook PC is made up of a light shade of metallic silver color material and has the Lenovo tag emblazoned across the top.

Silver colored Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebook is equipped with 14.1-inch (35.8 cm) Widescreen Transflective WXGA TFT display powered by Intel Graphics Media Accelarator GMA 950 Graphics Chipset with 128 MB shared memory with 128 MB shared memory that offers native resolution of 1280 x 800 in 16.8 million colors.

The Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebook offers integrated 10/100 Ethernet Network Card and 56kbps v.92 Modem/Fax card and it sports integrated Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g wireless LAN connection.

Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebook PC also features built-in microphone, 4 USB v2.0 ports, and IEEE 1394 Interface for high speed communication between two devices like trandferring images without any quality degradation from a stand alone camera or camcorder to a PC.

The Notebook also features integrated 4-in-1 Media Card Reader supporting SD, MMC, MS, and MS Pro media cards for direct data transfer.

Other features of Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebook includes integrated microphone, and Realtek High Definition Audio with Dolby home theatre surround sound system with a 2.5W sub-woofer and two 2 X 2 W speakers.

The Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebooks comes with freeDOS OS preinstalled and is equipped with Lenovos high touch full-sized keyboard. The notebook also sports Lenovos unique One Key Recovery system that allows users easily recover data in the event of a crash.

* VGA 15 pinlenovo-one-touch-recovery : The Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebook also offers Lenovos One-Touch-System-Recovery feature and it comes with various software preinstalled such as Shuttle Centre, Power 2 GO, Veriface, Easy Capture 2.5, IGRS Anywhere and Norton antivirus software.

Shuttle Center : The Shuttle Center system in this Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebooks – resembling the Windows Media Center interface – is an audio and video entertainment platform which allows easy navigation between menus without a mouse. It allows easy access to music and video files, with discrete playback controls makes it as easy to listen to your tunes as well as peek at your movies.

Other features of Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebook includes integrated microphone, and Realtek High Definition Audio with Dolby home theatre surround sound system with a 2.5W sub-woofer and two 2 X 2 W speakers.

The Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebooks comes with freeDOS OS preinstalled and is equipped with Lenovos high touch full-sized keyboard. The notebook also sports Lenovos unique One Key Recovery system that allows users easily recover data in the event of a crash.

I/O Ports

* 4 USB v2.0 ports External CRT port
* TV/S-Video out port
* PCMCIA Type II Slot
* ExpressCard/54 Slot
* 4-in-1 Media Card Reader
Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebook comes with 6-cell Li-Ion Battery providing up to 2 hours backup and are equipped with pre-loaded Energy Cut 2.1 software for effective power managementlenovo-one-touch-recoveryOne Touch Recovery : The Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebook also offers Lenovos One-Touch-System-Recovery feature and it comes with various software preinstalled such as Shuttle Centre, Power 2 GO, Veriface, Easy Capture 2.5, IGRS Anywhere and Norton antivirus software.
Other features of Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebook includes integrated microphone, and Realtek High Definition Audio with Dolby home theatre surround sound system with a 2.5W sub-woofer and two 2 X 2 W speakers.

The Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebooks comes with freeDOS OS preinstalled and is equipped with Lenovos high touch full-sized keyboard. The notebook also sports Lenovos unique One Key Recovery system that allows users easily recover data in the event of a crash.

I/O Ports

* 4 USB v2.0 ports
* Audio/S-video in
* External Display (VGA)
* External Microphone/Line-In
* Headphone/Line out
* IEEE 1394 Fire wire port
* RJ-11 – fax/modem
* RJ-45 – Ethernet LAN

Other features of Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebook includes integrated microphone, and Realtek High Definition Audio with Dolby home theatre surround sound system with a 2.5W sub-woofer and two 2 X 2 W speakers.

The Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebooks comes with freeDOS OS preinstalled and is equipped with Lenovos high touch full-sized keyboard. The notebook also sports Lenovos unique One Key Recovery system that allows users easily recover data in the event of a crash.

Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q Notebook PC Features

* Intel Celeron Processor M530, 1.73 GHz
* 1-MB Cache, 533 Mhz FSB
* Intel Mobile 945GM Express Chipset Motherboard
* 512-MB DDR2 533 MHz SDRAM, Max. 2-GB in 2 Slots
* 80-GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive
* 8x DVD Super Multi Double Layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer
* 14.1-inch (35.8 cm) Widescreen WXGA TFT Display with VibrantView technology, 1280 x 800 pixels maximum resolution
* Intel Graphics Media Accelarator GMA 950 Graphics Chipset with 128 MB shared memory
* 10/100 Ethernet Network Connection
* 56 kbps v.92 Modem/Fax Connection
* WiFi 802.11 a/b/g Wireless LAN Connection
* 4 USB v2.0 ports
* Integrated Microphone
* 4-in-1 Media Card Reader Supporting SD, MMC, MS, and MS Pro
* Realtek High Definition Audio, Dolby Home Theater with a 2.5W sub-woofer and two 2 X 2 W speakers
* One key data recorvery
* freeDOS OS
* 6-cell Li-Ion Battery, up to 4 hours backup, pre-loaded Energy Cut 2.1 software for effective power management
* Dimensions: 344 x 253 x 37 mm
* Weight: 2.4 Kgs (with battery pack)

The Lenovo 3000 G410 2049-33Q notebook PC powered by Intel Celeron M530 processor and featuring 15.4-inch Widescreen WXGA display with 8X DVD Writer is available in India for Rs. 25,455 with one year warranty.

The good:Features a high-end Centrino 2 CPU and Nvidia GeForce 9800 graphics card for an incredibly reasonable price; higher screen resolution than previous models; 4GB of RAM and 64-bit OS.

The bad: Lacks a few basic amenities, such as Bluetooth and a fingerprint reader; 200GB hard drive is merely average.

The bottom line: We don’t know how Gateway makes money selling these things, but the combination of high-end components and low price makes the 17-inch Gateway P-7811FX the best mobile gaming deal going right now.

Specifications: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (2.26 GHz); RAM installed: 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM; Weight: 9.3 lbs; See full specs

Price range: $1,449.99

Gateway’s budget-minded, 17-inch gaming laptops have impressed lately, offering high-end graphics and enough CPU power to make for a decent gaming experience. Our only real knocks against the Gateway 6860FX and the 6831FX were for their merely average processors (Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 or T5500) and 1,440×900 resolution, which is good for a high-end 15-inch machine but less ideal for a desktop replacement.

The new P-7811FX manages to fix most of the issues we had with those earlier Gateway budget-gaming laptops. It bumps the processor all the way up to a 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo P8400 and the Centrino 2 platform, adds Nvidia’s new GeForce 9800M GTS graphics card, and ups the screen resolution to an HD-friendly 1,920×1,200. Amazingly, it does all of this for $1,449. Sure, the P-7811FX costs about $100 more than those previous models, but for the PC gamer on a budget, we don’t know of a better deal on a laptop right now.

Gateway’s FX line of laptops, including the P-7811FX, skips the glowing alien heads and flashing lights of 17-inch gaming rigs from Alienware or Dell. Instead, it features a glossy black plastic chassis, with brushed aluminum detailing and copper accents around the keyboard. It makes for a subdued, yet sporty, look (although, it attracts fingerprints like crazy).

The full-size keyboard and separate number pad have roomy, comfortable keys. Above the keyboard is a row of media controls, with buttons cut right into the brushed metal border. These backlit buttons look cool, but are not as easy to use as the touch-sensitive controls found on most new laptops. There is one touch-sensitive control–a volume slider–which is responsive, but adjusts the volume too slowly for our tastes.

One of our chief complaints about the Gateway 6860FX and 6831FX models was concerning the 1,440×900-pixel display resolution, which is fine for an upscale 15-inch laptop, but not great for a 17-inch desktop replacement. Gateway apparently heard our gripes and upgraded the screen to the same 1,920×1,200 resolution one found on high-end gaming and multimedia laptops. It’s also great for downloading and viewing HD-video content, and almost makes us wish we could pay a little more for a Blu-ray drive. Sadly, Gateway doesn’t offer a Blu-ray-equipped model anywhere in its 17-inch P series. If your idea of entertainment drifts toward HD movies and away from 3D games, the HP Pavilion dv7-1025nr will hold some appeal. HP’s $1,499 desktop replacement doesn’t offer quite the graphics horsepower of the Gateway P-7811FX, but some models in the line feature a Blu-ray drive, and the laptop boasts a unique “frameless” bezel.

With only three USB ports, there isn’t as much connectivity as a laptop like the Dell Studio 15 offers, but we like the eSATA port for hooking up an external hard drive. Our review unit had a fingerprint reader and Bluetooth, but those two extras have been stripped from the final shipping version of the P-7811FX. We also expected to see a 250GB or 320GB hard drive instead of the 200GB unit here, but at least it spins at a quick 7,200rpm.

The Core 2 Duo T5000-series CPUs in the Gateway 6860FX and 6831FX were fine for playing even high-end games like Crysis on the 14-inches wide by 9-inches tall display, and we were happy to sacrifice some processing power for the GeForce 8800 graphics card that was the main selling point of those aggressively priced systems. The P-7811FX offers an excellent upgrade in that department; it moves up to a 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 CPU, part of Intel’s new Centrino 2 platform. Combined with 4GB of RAM, the 64-bit OS needed to make use all that RAM, and a desktop-speed, 7200rpm hard drive, the Gateway was a strong performer in our round-up of high-end back-to-school laptops. It matched performance with two other P8400 systems, the HP Pavilion dv7-1025nr and the Sony VAIO FW140. (It’s worth noting that some software and hardware can have additional compatibility and performance issues with the 64-bit version of Vista, although the specific applications we used for benchmarking worked well.)

The high-end Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS graphics card we liked so much in the Gateway FX series has also been upgraded in the P-7811FX–to the GeForce 9800 GTS. We were able to get 117 frames per second in Unreal Tournament 3 at a modest 1280×800 resolution–far more than the 78 frames per second we got with Toshiba’s similarly priced gaming rig, the Qosmio X305-Q701, which has a Nvidia GeForce 9700M. Bumping the resolution up to 1,900×1,200, we still managed to get a very impressive 58 frames per second. The only laptop that comes close is the Alienware Area-51 m17x, which combines the same GeForce 9800 graphics card with a 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 CPU, and is, naturally, much more expensive.

Our battery testing, using CNET Labs’ video playback battery drain test, gave us 2 hours and 42 minute of battery life, which is fairly impressive for a desktop replacement. Because desktop replacements spend most of their time tethered to a single location, battery life isn’t usually a big factor here.

The system includes an industry-standard, one-year warranty, with parts-and-labor coverage and return-to-depot service. Gateway offers a 24-7, toll-free, technical-support phone line, and the Web site has the usual driver downloads

Equipped with the new Centrino 2 processor, Lenovo’s ThinkPad X200 looks a mild-mannered ultraportable, and yet it can leap tall workloads in a single bound. Its battery life is phenomenal, and the keyboard is huge. In short, this is a much better notebook than the ThinkPad X61, which it replaces, and a surefire winner for on-the-run execs.

Because it bears a lower model number, you might imagine that this a less-powerful version of the ThinkPad X300, but the X200 actually has a more recent processor. The X300 has a 13.3-inch display, however, while the X200 has a 12.1-inch screen. Ah, but what you’ll see when you fire this baby up!

At just under 3 pounds with its lightest battery installed, the X200 weighs a few ounces less than the ThinkPad X61, despite offering the same 12.1-inch wide screen and a bigger keyboard. The bright little screen has an easy-to-read 1280-by-800-pixel resolution, making it quite comfortable for work on the go. And the built-in Webcam keeps you in visual touch with your colleagues.

The redesigned keyboard is as big as the ones that members of Lenovo’s ThinkPad T series carry, and it has all the same amenities: spill resistance, dedicated page up and page down keys, and the all-important ThinkVantage button. The ThinkVantage application suite offers one-touch access to the onboard user manual as well as to recovery, security, and other crucial utilities. A fingerprint reader rounds out the package. What’s missing: a touchpad. Many ThinkPads offer both a touchpad and aneaserhead as pointing devices, but not the X200.

The review unit Lenovo sent us came with 2GB of RAM and a 2.4-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, and it notched a WorldBench 6 score of 88, putting it only 14 points behind the fastest laptop we’ve tested to date. As you might expect, the X200’s integrated video graphics can handle only simple games. But the X200’s battery life soars. Lenovo has expanded its battery line to three choices, topped by the powerful nine-cell model that our X200 carried. Though this battery extends the back of the notebook by about half an inch and brought our unit’s weight to 3.7 pounds (not including power adapter), the payoff was almost nine hours of juice on a single charge.

Unless you already have a spare external USB optical drive on hand, you’ll have to shell out $219 extra for Lenovo’s Ultrabase docking slice to get an internal drive bay. (A Blu-ray optical drive costs even more). On the bright side, the modular bay accepts other devices like a second battery or second hard drive. But the docking slice also offers some nifty new connections, most notably a place to charge yet another battery and a DisplayPort display interface that combines high-def audio and video in a single connector.

Of course, ultraportable ThinkPads have always used the space they save by omitting a built-in optical drive to add lots of laptop features that are missing from same-size competition. The X200 features three USB ports, microphone and headphone ports, a VGA port, and an ethernet connection. You have your choice of a modem jack with a five-in-one memory card slot, or a less expensive configuration offering an SD Card slot but no modem.

The X200 feels tough as nails, thanks to a magnesium alloy lid and bottom. A crash-proof solid-state hard drive up to 64GB is optional (we got a standard 160GB platter-based hard drive, however). For future upgrading the X200’s two memory chip slots are located in an easy-to-access bottom compartment, and the hard drive can be removed from the right side of the unit after unscrewing one bottom screw.

A full array of wireless communications options come built in: 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, WWAN, and even GPS. Before the end of the year Lenovo should offer WiMax, too–and a tablet version of the X200. But if all you need is the world’s best travel laptop right now, you’re looking at it.