Lenovo Unveils the ThinkPad P40 Yoga
Lenovo today unveiled the ThinkPad P40 Yoga, a high-performing multimode workstation that delivers the freedom of a tablet with the performance of a fully loaded mobile workstation. Designed for creative professionals that need to both sketch their designs and bring them to life, the ThinkPad P40 Yoga offers the versatility to work across four modes-laptop, stand, tent and tablet.
The system provides sketching precision through a responsive pen and touchscreen powered by the Wacom Active ES technology, offering a full, 2,048 levels of pressure sensitivity on a high-res (2560 x 1440) IPS display. For a more realistic sketching experience, the rechargeable ThinkPad Pen Pro is included, along with additional pen tips providing varied levels of tactile feedback for the professional community.
Lenovo ThinkPad P40 Yoga also offers mobile workstation performance, powered by an NVIDIA Quadro M500M GPU with 2GB VRAM. Moreover, the system also features an Intel 6th Generation Core i7 CPU and up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD storage.
And for the first time in a mobile workstation, the Lenovo ThinkPad P40 Yoga features Lenovo’s Lift ‘n Lock keyboard with a frame that automatically rises around the keys when the Yoga device switches into tablet mode.
Along with the ThinkPad P40 Yoga, Lenovo also announced the ThinkPad P50s and ThinkStation P310.
Features of the ThinkPad P50s include a 3K IPS display and Lenovo Power Bridge technology, which allows for up to 17 hours of battery life.
The newest addition to the Lenovo ThinkStation P Series, the ThinkStation P310, is an entry-level machine featuring the new Intel Xeon E3-1200v5 and the latest NVIDIA GPU technology. The system also doubles the memory capacity of previous entry-level workstations, offering up to 64 GB of DDR4 RAM and support for FLEX drives with Samsung M.2 NVMe SSDs.
The new ThinkPad P40 Yoga, ThinkPad P50s and ThinkStation P310 will be available starting in Q1 2016. Pricing for the ThinkPad P40 Yoga begins at $1399, while the ThinkPad P50s begins at $1299. The Lenovo ThinkStation P310 begins at $729.