Lenovo CES 2012 Notebook Roundup

During CES 2012 Lenovo showed off some cool gear, including our favorite, an Ultrabook that turns into a tablet thanks to a double fold hinge.

During our week in Vegas we dropped into the Lenovo trailer, where we got a look at the entire Lenovo lineup for 2012. You can see the Lenovo Tablet and Mobile lineup at GottaBeMobile, and the new Lenovo notebooks for 2012 below.

From the business ready Thinkpads to the consumer oriented IdeaPads, Lenovo has a full range of notebooks for the new year. You’ll be able to get these notebooks in the coming months.

Lenovo sponsored our trip to CES 2012, allowing us to bring the big show in consumer electronics to you quickly and first hand, including giveaways for our readers. Enter to win a ThinkPad X220 at GottaBeMobile and an IdeaPad U400 at Notebooks.com. Stay tuned for details on how to enter for your chance to win one of two ThinkPad tablets.

Lenovo Notebooks From CES 2012

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga – Convertible Tablet

The IdeaPad Yoga took home our best of show award at CES 2012 thanks to the innovative way that the Ultrabook can become a tablet. You can see the transformation from Ultrabok to tablet in the video above. When we went hands on, we were impressed with how smooth the dual hinge system felt, and impressed with the overal build quality.

The IdeaPad Yoga is a Windows 8 machine and will be a Windows 8 tablet when converted. With a retail price of $999, the IdeaPad Yoga will arrive as soon as Windows 8 is ready for your hands. In our opinion, it can’t happen soon enough.

Read more about the IdeaPad Yoga.

IdeaPad Z Series

The IdeaPad Z Series of notebooks is aimed at consumers who want to both create and enjoy multimedia content. Check out our hands on video above, which shows off the ports and highlights the IdeaPad Z series features. With enough power to fuel your creative side and several nice features like OneKey Theater mode and Dolby Home Theater sound, the IdeaPad Z Series is a tempting consumer notebook.

Read more about the IdeaPad Z Series.

IdeaPad U Series

Lenovo has improved on the IdeaPad U series notebooks of years past and brought us two new models. The IdeaPad U310 and U410 are new Ultrabooks from Lenovo with a .83 inch thick body on the U310 and .97 inches on the U410 these notebooks stay trim and weigh in at 3.74 pounds and 4.18 pounds respectively. Look for options that include standard hard drive options to deliver sleek looking notebooks at the upper edge of mainstream pricing.

Read more about the IdeaPad U Series.

IdeaPad S Series

Lenovo won’t call this a netbook, but if you are looking for an affordable small notebook, this “mini-notebook” from Lenovo might fit the bill. At $349 it is attractively priced, even if it only has a 2-cell battery with a 4 hour rating.

Read more about the IdeaPad S Series.

IdeaPad Y Series

IdeaPad Y480

IdeaPad Y480

The IdeaPad Y series includes 14 inch and 15.6 inch models with up to an Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 1TB hard drive option. If you need power, add the optional GeForce GT 650M graphics solution. Starting at $899 when it arrives later this year, the Y series is aimed at users who want power, but don’t want to go up to an Alienware priced machine.

Read more about the IdeaPad Y Series.

ThinkPad Edge S430

Lenovo announced a collection of new ThinkPad Edge notebooks at CES and during the weeks running up to the show, but the ThinkPad Edge S430 caught our attention thanks to the inclusion of a Thunderbolt port for high-speed storage and high-resolution display connectivity. Pair this with a ThunderBolt port or some new Thunderbolt ready monitors and hard drives and you have fast connectivity with one cord going to your computer.

Read more about the ThinkPad Edge S430.

ThinkPad X1 Hybrid

Lenovo showed off a new version of the ThinkPad X1 notebook we liked so much last year. This time around, the big difference is that the notebook can boot into an Android based operating system dubbed – Instant Media Mode. This allows you to watch videos and listen to music longer than on the standard Windows operating system. This second operating system uses a processor like that found n Android devices, which is more power friendly.

Read more about the ThinkPad X1 Hybrid.

ThinkPad T430u

Lenovo showed off the ThinkPad Ultrabook, specifically the ThinkPad T430u at CES 2012. This model brings many of our favorite ThinkPad  features to a portable ThinkPad tough machine. There’s no docking connector, but you can connect to a USB 3.0 dock when you are in your office. This is a small price to pay for the portability of an Ultrabook.

Read more about the ThinkPad T430u.