Lenovo Brings Entertainment and Style into Home and Business Computing

Malaysia – May 10, 2012: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today launched its latest laptop offerings – the mobile multimedia powerhouse, the IdeaPad Y480; and the stylish and sophisticated ThinkPad Edge E430 laptop for small-medium businesses (SMBs) – all equipped with the quad-core 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ processors and coupled with Lenovo Enhanced Experience 3 (EE 3) for Windows 7.

Khoo Hung Chuan, Country General Manager, Lenovo Malaysia, said: “We see a PC+ evolution where the PC remains central to the digital lives of many people and businesses. Our strategy remains consistent; we attack areas of greatest potential and protect areas where we have a strong lead. Lenovo is number two in the worldwide PC market and today we expand our lead into the notebook market by being one of the first to release products utilizing Intel®’s new 3rd Generation quad-core processors. We will continue to create new products that will set the standard for the PC+ evolution.”The Ultimate Entertainment Experience with IdeaPad Y480
For a high-performance laptop capable of handling intensive multimedia applications, look no further than the IdeaPad Y480. The laptop comes with a refreshed look in Dawn Gray and features a large one-piece touchpad for computing comfort.
The Y480 features the NVIDIA® GeForce® GT640M 2GB GDDR5 graphics, which offers a full HD display that is able to satisfy the highest level of graphics and processing performance, for intensive multimedia and gaming. Entertainment abounds with its Dolby Home Theatre V4 enhanced audio, JBL® designed speakers and OneKey™ Theater II for one-touch audio-visual optimization, providing clearer, brighter images and richer audio. This mobile marvel also supports a back-lit keyboard and HD camera with night view for continued fun in the dark.

ThinkPad Edge E430: Style & Substance to Succeed
With a chic appearance, this sleek ThinkPad E430 is specially designed to meet the needs of every SMB. The 14-inch ThinkPad Edge E430's soft-touch black lid, with gently rounded corners, adds a subtle classy note to the traditional ThinkPad aesthetics. Available in Midnight Black, the laptop comes equipped with choices of integrated or discrete graphics, up to 1 TB of storage that can be combined with solid state drive storage, USB 3.0 ports and a high resolution web camera. Made with SMBs in mind, the latest Intel Core processors also include Lenovo Solution Center powered by Intel Small Business Advantage.Enhanced Experience 3
Each machine includes the Lenovo Enhanced Experience 3 (EE3) for Windows 7, and can be easily identified by the Lenovo Enhanced Experience 3 for Windows 7 certification sticker affixed to them.

EE3 certified products feature supreme Windows start-up performance and other optimization features. These products, with their traditional spinning disk hard drive (HDD), can start on average 40 percent faster than typical Windows 7 PC users, thanks to Lenovo’s RapidBoot technology. RapidBoot uses optimized processes and hardware settings to allow Lenovo PCs to boot up faster.

EE3 certified Lenovo PCs boot up in 24 seconds on average, while the typical Windows 7 PC trails with an average time of 41 seconds.

Pricing and Availability
The IdeaPad Y480 is priced at RM2,499 onwards and is available from mid June onwards.
The ThinkPad E430 with 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors is priced from RM 2,399 onwards and will be available from next week onwards.
The ThinkPad E430 with 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors is priced from RM2,799 onwards and will be available from June onwards.

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