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define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'NH*zV|`SJwD#A_026]bSZ1-uul|Z]6/JP/).m6inx9RH}B!4c7/$X0lGRfNlx2Nk'); define('NONCE_KEY', 'u|z2xQm3ZoRh[x9no*5Kdy-~3Q[O^/g+R-z@1qJ$cKngR}4]EPVzRhR -7KGy.0='); define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', '>Z`v[XNq:*;RY|q!LOP{n7$rpi.@t~Q+9GPuIt2x!W{|]{W7s-@4|*8`6?+ys3v|'); define('NONCE_SALT', 'v}--dJ1YH$^A|*5[zfkqi?y]z>GNv!qA)8+a=}0NLH lenovo w700 – The Gadget Grill https://www.gadgetgrill.com.au Every Sunday at 9pm on Sydney's 88.1 2RDJ Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:36:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gary Stark false Gary Stark gary@gadgetgrill.com.au 2008-2012 2008-2012 podcast lenovo w700 – The Gadget Grill http://www.gadgetgrill.com.au/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/podcastID.jpg https://www.gadgetgrill.com.au Weekly February 15, 2009 – Three geeks in a box without wires! https://www.gadgetgrill.com.au/february-15-2009-three-geeks-in-a-box-without-wires/ Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:27:31 +0000 http://www.gadgetgrill.com.au/?p=387 In the mood for a little weird talk & tunes from a trio tainted by tech?

Radio 2RDJ’s Andrew Beale joins us in the studio today for a Valentines Weekend episode stained with laughter & home networking.

Okay, so it’s not a recipe for a relationship formula that could stand the test of time, but tonight we looked at how to set up your home for wireless without breaking a sweat or that steel patience you thought you had. Remember how hard it was to follow those IKEA instructions thayou swore made sense? We’ve made it even easier.

We’re also reviewing a few things this week including something that we had to go  and buy after we’d played with that Lenovo W700 those few weeks back.

And we’re looking at a brand new useless gadget this week. No, it’s not the return of the E-Cigarette but it is something just as weird and playful.

If none of that interests you, perhaps the chaos and anarchy that ensues might, as well as all the talk, news, and brand new competition that we’ve announced.

Maybe you listened to the show and heard a song you’ve never heard before? Well, this section’s just for you. This is what we played tonight in the order that we played it in…

  1. Thelonious Monk – You Took The Words Out Of My Heart (from “Alone In San Francisco”)
  2. Rufus Wainwright – Natasha (from “Want One”)
  3. Juliana Hatfield featuring Matthew Caws – Such A Beautiful Girl (from “How To Walk Away”)
  4. D’Angelo – I Found My Smile Again (from “Space Jam”)

Tune in next week because we’re looking at home studios. Want to make your own music? We’ll tell you how as well as a way you can record yourself using free (and legal) software!

]]> Leigh D. Stark full Lenovo W700 https://www.gadgetgrill.com.au/lenovo-w700/ Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:38:37 +0000 http://www.gadgetgrill.com.au/?p=369 As someone who used to work in the field as an Adobe Photoshop Technician, I know all too well how hard it is to work with some equipment. Sometimes, the computer just doesn’t want to be friendly with you, the technology hates you, and you can generally get a bad day with uncooperative hardware that you know should just be working.

We technicians – also going under the title of “Digital Operators” – are usually using high speed Apple Mac laptops on shoots in random locations. Sitting in a field or on a set, our jobs are to check images as they come in from photographers for focus, colour, and quality.

Because of this, those silver coloured aluminium & titanium shelled Apple notebooks have become staples in this field. We’re rarely seen without them or with a few extra batteries in a heavy work-case next to us.

But I think that might just change with the release of the Lenovo W700, a new laptop that truly redefines the workstation laptop.

The Lenovo W700. Just try finding a better portable workstation than this.

The Lenovo W700. Just try finding a better portable workstation than this.

A 17-inch laptop, the machine balks at the concept of a portable computer. It’s not just the screen size here, but also the overall dimensions of the machine. Think of the screen as being a 17-inch display with a resolution of 1920×1200 and then add almost an inch to either side of the display, rewarding you with a housing that makes it just amazingly big.

Perpendicular to that screen and attached by hinge, you find the guts of this laptop and everything that makes it tick. Our unit had an Intel Core2 Duo Extreme processor, but if you so choose you can go for something with even more meat on it including a Core2 Quad Extreme.

Memory is maxed out too with anywhere between 4- and 12 gigabytes of memory able to be installed in this Windows Vista Business 64-bit system. You also get a DVD burner, modem, 5 USB ports, Firewire, SD card reader, WiFi, and two little white LED’s that sit above the monitor to let you use the laptop in a dark space.

As an interesting size comparison, here's a 10-inch MSI Wind (right) sitting next to the 17-inch Lenovo W700 (left). Shot while we were on the air.

As an interesting size comparison, here's a 10-inch MSI Wind (right) sitting next to the 17-inch Lenovo W700 (left). Shot while we were on the air.

But none of that even remotely tips the iceberg as the Lenovo W700 has some truly special pieces in its design.

No less than three different mice can be found on the W700 chassis. When using the laptop, you can take your pick between the red nipple membrane that Toshiba & IBM have all used on their computers, the industry-standard of a touchpad (albeit a smaller one than you might expect), and a cherry-on-top Wacom tablet measuring 3 by 5 inches. These all work well especially the Wacom which comes complete with the pen, a slot on the right side of the computer armed with a spring to push that pen in and out with ease.

If you’re into your 3D work or want to get your Adobe Photoshop or Premiere thing on, the insane graphics card underneath is enough to get you into a working fit. The model used for this review came equipped with the beautiful design that is the Nvidia Quadro FX3700, a card that can best much of what’s out there and really does a terrific job, especially for a laptop.

If that’s not enough, how about a biometric fingerprint scanner on the side, an inbuilt screen colour calibrator for the truly fussy image editor, the ability to set up hard drives in a RAID array, and just about every monitor connection under the sun on the back: VGA, DVI, and even DisplayPort.

Just in case you had no idea where the inbuilt colour calibrator was, it's right there (where the red outline is).

Just in case you had no idea where the inbuilt colour calibrator was, it's right there.

In tradition set forth by Lenovo’s IBM Thinkpad roots, almost every feature on the W700 has been thought through and well designed. As a result, there’s very little you can do to complain about this computer.

Personally, I thought the speakers weren’t very good and yearned for more volume to come out, eventually realising they were probably one of the things left out from the design when this computer was on the drawing board.

So too was the keyboard combination or button that let you turn off the various mice you have at your disposal. This comes as an issue because of the tablet, mind you, because if you’re using the inbuilt Wacom digitizer, you might accidentally hit the touchpad while you’re using it and mess up your work. As a lefty, this happened all too frequently for me and I questioned whether this had been designed from a right-handed point of view. While it obviously has, it still doesn’t excuse a lack of a touchpad deactivation keyboard combo, something which graces laptops that cost a fraction of what the W700 does.

Another failing of the W700 is the battery. Lasting a little bit more than two hours when the graphics card isn’t used for anything heavy, this is not a machine to rely on out in the field for battery power. If you’re doing that, you might want to carry 2 or 3 extra batteries and then still sit yourself near a power socket in case the inevitable happens a little bit too early.

A weaker battery, mind you, is hardly a surprise when you weigh up just how much power this thing is pushing out. With a high-end CPU and everything else on board that makes it just this fast, it should come as no surprise as to why it suffers in the power management department.

Even with those minor downsides, the W700 is still remarkable and there isn’t anything else in the industry that I can see – not from HP or Toshiba who also do workstation class laptops – that can attempt to compete with it.

It's one hell of a computer.

It's one hell of a computer.

A couple of years ago, HP released the Dragon, a 20-inch “laptop” that barely worked with any understand of what we think of a laptop. This thing was designed to be incredibly powerful and would cover your lap in the way a tablecloth covers your table.

The Lenovo W700 is a lot like that in size as the sheer size that this thing carries is enough to make you question any sense of portability without a desk to stick it on. In power, however, the Lenovo trounces anything that old HP could do. Because this has been designed with the multimedia section in mind, it’s not hype for the overpriced consumer in the way the Dragon was.

No, between the high-speed processor, the ridiculous amounts of memory it can take, the workhorse video card underneath, and the amazing array of features that the Lenovo W700 has under its hood, you know that this is truly the Dragon. And in a new year where you want to be the best of the best, that makes this the dragon I truly want at my side.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Product: Lenovo W700
RRP: $6399

]]> February 1, 2009 – PortableApps, a big new camera, a big new laptop, and one big program! https://www.gadgetgrill.com.au/february-1-2009-portableapps-a-big-new-camera-a-big-new-laptop-and-one-big-program/ https://www.gadgetgrill.com.au/february-1-2009-portableapps-a-big-new-camera-a-big-new-laptop-and-one-big-program/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:46:53 +0000 http://www.gadgetgrill.com.au/?p=342 It’s big stuff this week on The Gadget Grill as we fill our little broadcasting room to near full capacity. We’ve got gadget upon gadget loaded in this week as we take a look at a few cool gadgets, concepts, and more in what is possibly the biggest Gadget Grill we’ve ever done!

For our main course, we’re taking a look at a way for you to check your email, surf the web, protect your passwords, and more as you go jet-setting around the world without a laptop. Tonight, we took a look at PortableApps, an initiative that lets you carry what’s more or less a computer on your USB stick.

If you pay close enough attention, you can even find out how to win them in our first Gadget Grill Giveaway!

We’ll also take a look at a few big gadgets including the all new Canon 5D Mark II digital SLR camera, the huge Lenovo W700, and the HTC Touch 3G.

There’s all of that plus a ton of news including some info about what could possibly be the new iPhone on the way, a way for you to make Gigapixel images, and a whole heap more!

Tonight, we had a mostly boys club as far as our playlist was concerned. We didn’t get time to throw in the one extra track we were hoping to as our show was just that much packed.

Still, here’s tonight’s playlist if you liked what you heard…

  1. Incubus – Anna Molly (from “Light Grenades”)
  2. Mae – This Time Is The Last Time (from “Destination: Beautiful”)
  3. John Mayer – Vultures (from “Where The Light Is”)
  4. Los Hombres Calientes – Irvin’s Crisis (from “Los Hombres Calientes”)

Next week, we’re checking out the world of blueberry dentists as we take a stroll through the world of Bluetooth. What is it, what’s coming from it, and anything else Bluetooth related that you might want to know about, we’re covering. Got any questions, send them through and we’ll talk about them! All that and more next week!

]]> https://www.gadgetgrill.com.au/february-1-2009-portableapps-a-big-new-camera-a-big-new-laptop-and-one-big-program/feed/ 2 Leigh D. Stark full