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Posted on January 5th, 2009 by Barry Collins
First glance: Lenovo IdeaCentre A600 all-in-one
This is the first photo of Lenovo’s glamorous looking all-in-one, the IdeaCentre A600. The 21.5in frameless screen offers a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080, helping to take full advantage of the optional Blu-ray player.
Intriguingly, The IdeaCentre has a Wii-like remote control that allows you to move the cursor around the screen simply by waving the remote around like a wand.
The PC packs an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, dedicated ATI Radeon graphics and up to 1TB of hard disk space.
There’s no word on a UK release yet, but the A600 will be released in the US in April, starting at $999. We’ll bring you more news on the IdeaCentre if it ever graces our shores.
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January 5th, 2009 at 10:29 am
£2000 then………..
January 5th, 2009 at 11:47 am
It is beautiful. Unfortunately, Alan is right. £2000 at least for us suckers.
January 5th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
So at the current exchange rate you expect us to pay $3000 for the same computer. I’d love to know where you get your ideas from heh
January 5th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
I love that keyboard
January 5th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Obviously Alan was joking, but it’s not too far off.
For example, just compare prices from Lenovo US site vs UK site. The X301 laptop is $2500 US, but if you buy it in the UK, it will be about $4000 US (assuming 2:1 exchange rate). Almost every item is about %50 more expensive, in some cases up to %80 more expensive.
January 6th, 2009 at 12:42 am
Well that’s the problem isn’t it, you shouldn’t assume 2:1 exchange rate when it’s actually under 1.5:1.
That laptop is £2022 on the UK site which works out at $2970.
You’ve just added over a thousand dollars by assuming.
I agree it’s more expensive but only $470 or £320 quid more. Of course that was on a $2500 laptop so a $999 computer would probably only incur £100 – £200 rise. At an absolute con they would charge £999.
January 6th, 2009 at 7:55 am
Too true muck, another reason the UK price seems expensive is because the UK price has VAT included. US prices do not included sales tax as it varies from state to state. A fair comparison would be £1759*1.46=$2568.14….so it’s only 2.7% more expensive really, not such a rip after all…
January 6th, 2009 at 8:20 am
This is Lenovo’s pricing.
If you know anything about the differences between Microsoft’s licensing costs in the US compared to here, it’s a whole different matter.
January 7th, 2009 at 12:16 am
Oops sorry. My mistake there, I could swear about 5 months ago it was closer to 2:1 exchange. In your examples, the prices are more reasonable.
January 7th, 2009 at 5:46 am
well, this is an article about Lenovo…