First Lenovo-branded products debut in Middle East

Researchers, scientists and product design teams from China, Japan and the U.S., combined Lenovo's heritage in enterprise and consumer PC technology to design an optimal computing experience for small businesses. The Lenovo 3000 product line features several new desktop and notebook models with the latest processor technologies in a new silver chassis.

According to Gartner Group, small and midsize businesses last year spent more than $400 billion on computer-related products and services worldwide, and that amount is expected to increase in 2006.* The Lenovo 3000 product line features built-in tools, designed to help IT expenses in small-business environments where every dollar counts. These tools let small business owners concentrate on their businesses -- rather than their IT - with virus recovery, simplified network connectivity and automatic updates.

"The new Lenovo 3000 product family embodies a distinct entrepreneurial persona by combining the most successful components of enterprise level, ThinkPad-inspired technologies with the latest Lenovo innovations to create PCs users can depend on," said Imtiaz Ghani, general manager, Lenovo MEEP.

"Lenovo will offer the new PCs as the smart choice for today's most savvy entrepreneurs, priced to fit the budgets and computing needs of even the smallest firms."

Lenovo Care: Worry-Free Computing
The Lenovo 3000 PCs feature a unique suite of easy-to-use Lenovo Care productivity tools that help make owning and operating a PC a worry-free experience for small business and individual users. With Lenovo Care tools, PC maintenance and service guesswork is replaced by powerful autonomic tools to help make PCs more self-reliant. For example, instead of manually locating and applying critical system updates, the Lenovo 3000 PC identifies and updates its own Lenovo software to take that arduous task off of the user. In addition, Lenovo Care tools can help users streamline maintenance tasks to keep PCs running like new.

Lenovo Care tools help alleviate the need for a dedicated IT help desk by offering a central location for such useful tools as:

•A one-button system recovery to help users diagnose, get help, and recover systems from catastrophic software failures caused by today's viruses and malware.

•Automatic updates that autonomically download and install critical updates on a user-configured schedule to help keep the system operating at peak performance.

•Easy connectivity for simple wired or wireless set up for home office, office and leisure connections.

The New Lenovo 3000 Line

The new Lenovo 3000 line includes new desktop PCs -- the Lenovo J Series - and new notebooks computers - the Lenovo N100 -- that complement the company's award-winning ThinkPad and ThinkCentre brands.

Lenovo 3000 Desktop PCs

The Lenovo J100 desktops are designed for small business and very small business customers who want a reliable, easy-to-use PC featuring modern design silhouettes. The J Series desktops feature a sophisticated color-contrasting front bezel, curvilinear design components, custom designed side-access air ventilation and several optional accessories, such as the ThinkVision USB SoundBar and ThinkPlus Preferred Pro USB Fingerprint Keyboard.

In addition, the Lenovo J100 is equipped with serial ATA drive support, 6 USB 2.0 ports and front side audio.

The Lenovo J Series desktops come in a variety of pre-configured models. All Lenovo 3000 PCs feature a standard one-year limited warranty and come with award-winning service and support available from IBM.**

Lenovo 3000 N100 Notebook Computers

The Lenovo 3000 N100 simplifies owning and operating a PC by automating many routine security and maintenance tasks though a unique suite of productivity tools. Lenovo Care tools alleviate the need for a dedicated IT help desk by offering a central location for essential PC tasks

Weighing in at just 2.5kgs, the new N100 comes in 14.1-inch and 15.4-inch widescreen models for viewing 25 percent more data space in spreadsheet applications or watching DVDs in the optimized format.

The N100 is available with an Intel Core™ Duo or Solo processor that efficiently runs multiple programs simultaneously, such as business applications while conducting virus scans in the background. The N100 also offers complete connectivity features such as integrated 802.11 a/b/g wireless LAN and 10/100 Ethernet on all models, and Bluetooth on select models.