Torture Tests of the Lenovo All-in-One PC

200 test units, 10 torture tests, 20,000 hours of testing-Lenovo ThinkCentre All-In-One desktops are built tough.

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Lenovo ThinkPad Twist Demo Modes

 

Learn about the many modes of ThinkPad Twist in this functional overview.

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Power Anxiety

You’ve got calls to make, emails to send and you just received the low battery warning on your device. Your heart begins to beat a little faster – you’re almost out of power! You forgot the adapter or don’t have a power outlet. Arrgghh!

Many of us develop a great deal of anxiety over the battery life of our devices. If you experience power anxiety, you might consider buying a backup battery for charging on the go.

Backup batteries will vary in size and weight depending on capacity. Battery capacity is measured in milliampere hours (mAh). The more milliampere hours a battery has, the longer it will run, somewhat like gallons of gas in a car. Most smartphone batteries have a capacity of 1,500 to 2,100 mAh while tablet batteries are in the 6,000 to 11,000 mAh range. To fully recharge these devices, you need an auxiliary source that meets or exceeds that capacity.

Which one is best depends on how much power you want on hand and how much weight you are willing to carry. A larger footprint and more heft will provide even more charging capacity. Below are a few peripherals to help to keep your devices backed up.

Targus Backup Battery for
Smartphones
$39.99
 

Featuring 2000 mAh of battery capacity, users can triple the talk time of their Smartphone. Just connect the backup battery to any Smartphone to recharge and continue calling, gaming, or surfing the web.






Targus Backup Battery for iPad
$69.99

Featuring 4800 mAh of battery capacity, the battery provides users with an additional 5 to 10 hours of use on iPad and can fully charge a Smartphone 3 to 5 times on a single charge.

Plug-N-Power Charging
Station with USB Charger
$29.99

This portable charging station features a USB fast charger (2.1A) for rapid charging of iPad and tablets. This charging station features 15 watts of total USB power and includes 3 AC outlets with 540 joules of surge protection and 2 USB charging ports for simultaneous charging.




So with your power anxiety remedied, you can move on to other neuroses, like the bacterial density on your mobile device’s touch screen.



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5 Reasons to Consider an All-in-One PC

If you aren’t already feeling overwhelmed by the consumer devices available on the market today, AIO (All-in-One) PCs are striving for a piece of the competitive market alongside traditional desktops and laptops. With an AIO, the computer components are integrated behind the LCD panel or in the base of the display. Below are a few advantages of an AIO PC:

1. Space - They require less desktop space than a traditional PC and monitor. The single-unit design also requires only one cable to power everything, which eliminates the mounds of wiring that can create chaos when installing multiple components.
2. Mounting flexibility – they can be mounted to walls, used on pedestal stands or used for digital signage.
3. Touchscreen technology – An option available on some models. You can have a giant touchscreen tablet in your office that doubles as a desktop computer.
4. All your video and audio components are right there – integrated HD cameras and speakers – no need for the extra clutter of having to connect everything through USB ports and you’ll have a cleaner desktop area.
5. Cost Savings - AIOs consume about 18 percent less power than equivalent desktop systems and less hardware to purchase with built in components - monitor, speakers and camera.

Unlike with traditional desktop PCs, with an all-in-one computer, what you see is what you get—for the life of the PC. With few exceptions, such as a memory or hard drive upgrade, upgrades to AIO systems are limited due to their small nature.

For those that have limited space for a computer and don't need to move it around, an AIO may be the answer. Faster processors, larger screens and more sophisticated multi-touch capabilities are all pointing to a bright future for this desktop form factor.

Lenovo M72z AIO 20"
4GB RAM - 500GB HDD - Core i3 3220 (3.3 GHz)
3 Year warranty
$799

Lenovo M92z AIO 23" (Touch)
4GB RAM - 500 GB HDD - Core i5-3470 (2.9 GHz)
3 Year Warranty
$1149

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