Lenovo’s IdeaCentre all-in-one range has been given a polish, with the IdeaCentre A700 getting an injection of Intel’s Core 2010 processors (albeit from the laptop rather than the desktop range) and the IdeaCentre B305 raiding AMD’s line-up instead, with a choice of Athlon II X4 CPUs. Each has optional touch-sensitivity, with the A700 using Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) technology more commonly found in medical settings. The A700 has a 23-inch Full HD widescreen display, while the B305 is a little smaller at 21.5-inches though still packs Full HD resolution.
The IdeaCentre A700 has both HDMI input and output, up to 8GB of RAM and up to 2TB of storage, and comes as standard with a nifty 3-in-1 mouse that can be used on the desk as normal or as an air-pointer/motion game controller. Its aluminum chassis ranges from 0.8- to 2.5-inches thick, despite fitting in WiFi a/g/n and a Blu-ray drive. It’ll arrive at the end of June 2010 priced from $999.
As for the IdeaCentre B305, that gets ATI Radeon HD 5450 graphics and up to 4GB of RAM, while options include up to 1TB of storage and Blu-ray to replace the standard DVD burner. It will arrive at the beginning of June, priced from $699.