Lenovo ThinkPad L420/L520 Customer Presentation
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Introducing the ThinkPad L420/L520
The ThinkPad L420/L520 series represents a customer presentation for these enterprise-grade laptops.
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Value Proposition
FOR: The ThinkPad L series is ideal for Enterprises that require excellent performance, maximum uptime, optimum security, and improved lifecycle management.
Packed with must-have enterprise features, performance, and reliability, the greenest enterprise ThinkPads provide the confidence of owning one of the best laptops available, at an extremely affordable price!
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ThinkPad L Series: Entry Level Mainstream Computing for the Enterprise
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High Productivity
- Powered by the Second generation Intel Core i7 CPUs with Turbo Boost+ and Hyper-Threading.
- Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Windows® 7 plus increased productivity for business with new hardware and software innovations.
- HD 16:9, Anti-Glare Displays, Integrated & Discrete Graphics, redesigned legendary keyboard for enhanced experience.
Professional Grade
- Enterprise manageability.
- Milspec Tests, Innovative ThinkVantage technology tools.
- Enterprise Operating System Support & Enterprise-level Warranty.
Green Design
- ENERGY STAR 5.0 certified – saving of up to 40% per unit, per year.
- EPEAT™ Gold, Green Guard, Climate savers.
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ThinkPad L Series: High Productivity - Latest Platform for Enhanced Performance
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Latest Platform Technology from Intel
- Intel® Core™ i7-2620M (2.70 GHz)
- Intel® Core™ i5-2540M (2.60 GHz)
- Intel® Core™ i5-2520M (2.50 GHz)
- Intel® Core™ i5-2410M (2.3 GHz)
- Intel® Core™ i3-2310M (2.1 GHz)
Get More Done in Less
- 20% CPU Performance Gains.
- Up to 2x Improved speed processing from HDD w/ SATA Gbe Technology.
Faster Graphics
- 2X Improved performance on applications such as Explorer®9, Firefox®4 and Adobe Clash®10.1 that require strong graphics capabilities.
- More vivid and responsive Video presentations, Video Calls, VideoBlogs, processing and photos.
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ThinkPad L Series: High Productivity - Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Windows®7
A ThinkPad L420 laptop screen displays "Performance for users" statistics: Start your PC 20secs faster, Shutdown 28% faster, Resume 36% faster, Start your favorite apps 2X quicker.
Runs Better on Lenovo
- FASTER start-up and shutdown: Start your PC on average 20 seconds faster than a typical Windows 7 computer.
- OPTIMIZED for business: Robust security features & Superior web conferencing.
Client Speak:
"The reliability of Lenovo's ThinkPad products has helped Wesfarmers minimize maintenance downtime, increasing productivity"
– Dwayne Lindner, IT Strategic Delivery Manager at Wesfarmers
Wesfarmers is comprised of three general insurance underwriters, two insurance brokers and various other insurance and financial services businesses operating in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
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ThinkPad L Series: High Productivity - Better User Experience
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HD Display
- HD Anti-glare (16:9), LED Backlit display.
- Option of Intel integrated graphics or ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 565v Discrete Graphics (1GB VRAM).
Improved Input Options
- Trackpoint with Ultranav TouchPad (multitouch).
- 6-row Progressive Keyboard, Multitouch Touchpad.
Long Battery Life
- Long battery life to meet the needs of travel-oriented users.
- ThinkPad 3-Year Warranty Battery for worry-free ownership, reduced total cost of ownership and higher environmental responsibility.
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ThinkPad L Series: Professional Grade - Lenovo Quality
Rugged and reliable.
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Client Speak:
"The ThinkPad is renowned for its robustness and dependability. It's affectionately known as the 'TankPad' in the IT industry. Because most of our employees are highly mobile, a notebook that doesn't break down easily is the most important criteria that we look for when we evaluate any notebook for our employees"
– Mr Wong Kum Wai, SE Asia IT Director, Deloitte
Superior Products
- Lenovo has a long history of designing and building superior products that adhere to a level of quality our competitors simply cannot match.
- The new L Series was built with the same devotion to quality and durability as past Think-branded products.
- Industry-leading quality and durability, shock-mounted hard drives, solid contact bumpers on the lid to help protect the notebook against bumps and drops, a spill-resistant keyboard, and an airbag-inspired Active Protection System.
ThinkPad Durability
- Legendary ThinkPad reliability by conducting rigorous MilSpec tests.
- Spill proof keyboard.
- Active Protection System.
- ThinkVantage® Rescue and Recovery®.
- 30K durable metal hinges.
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ThinkPad L Series: Professional Grade - ThinkVantage Productivity Center
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Deploy
- System Update: Keep systems current. Automatically downloads the latest updates for Lenovo software, drivers and BIOS over the Internet.
Protect
- Client Security Solution: Unique hardware-software combination helps protect your vital security information. Password Manager, Fingerprint Software PC Security at your fingertip!
- Rescue and Recovery: One button recovery to recover from system crashes quickly, even if the primary operating system will not boot.
Support
- Productivity Center (For XP Preload): This portal guides you to a host of information and tools to help you set up, understand, maintain, and enhance your system.
- ThinkVantage Toolbox (For Win7 Preload): User diagnostic and system health utilities.
- Power Manager: Managed power for desktop & notebooks.
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ThinkPad L Series: Professional Grade - Enterprise-level Manageability
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Professional Grade
- Global Solutions & Centralized Management of PC Hardware.
- Stable Image / Lifecycle.
- ThinkVantage Technologies.
- ThinkPlus Enterprise Services.
Minimize Threats
- Hard drive damage protection via ThinkPad Active Protection System.
- Industry leading fingerprint reader tied to hardware and Operating System passwords.
- Easy & reliable data backup w/ ThinkPad Rescue & Recovery.
- Data Protection and Asset Recovery via Computrace.
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ThinkPad L Series: Professional Grade - Productivity, Performance and Security
The ThinkPlus suite offers integrated solutions for support, protection, and enterprise management.
ThinkPlus Support
Lower your overall IT support costs and reduce unbudgeted support and repair expenses.
- ThinkPlus Warranty Extension
- ThinkPlus Warranty Upgrade
- ThinkPlus Priority Support
- ThinkPlus Priority 4
ThinkPlus Protection
Protect your PCs and data from the unexpected – save money, reduce hassles, and secure Peace of Mind.
- ThinkPad Protection
- Lenovo Online Backup
- Enterprise Edition
- Client Edition
- Server Edition
- Hard Disk Drive Retention
ThinkPlus Enterprise Solutions
Peace of mind with Lenovo as a single point of contact. Manage your infrastructure, consolidate contracts and streamline number of vendors.
- Asset Recovery Service
- Managed Deployment
- Custom Imaging
- Professional Services
- Intel vPro
- Secure Managed Client
- Server
- LANDesk
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ThinkPad L Series: Professional Grade - ThinkPlus Service Offerings
ThinkPlus Priority Support increases tech support productivity by reducing the time spent troubleshooting PCs through tech-to-tech support and a global network of service support infrastructure.
- Reduced Troubleshooting Time - Experts to solve your problems quickly.
- Fewer Repair Actions – Problems are solved the first time around, with fewer lingering issues.
- Faster response - Direct access with calls typically answered in <1min.
- Simplicity - less complexity with a consolidated HW/SW support package.
- Reduced Ticket Administration – track all tickets with a centralized portal.
- Expanded capabilities without fixed cost investment – 24x7 local language support without hiring staff.
- Strategic focus – Spend more time focusing on strategic initiatives.
- Reduced downtime, higher satisfaction - Internal end-users are taken care of.
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ThinkPad L Series: Professional Grade - ThinkPlus Service Offerings (Details)
Detailed breakdown of ThinkPlus service offerings across Enterprise Solutions, Protection, and Support categories.
| Category | Service Offering | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Solutions | Lenovo Asset Recovery Service | Turn old PC trash into cash. Recover value from old assets, securely dispose of data. |
| Lenovo Managed Deployment | Factory integration, imaging, installation, deployment and consulting. | |
| Lenovo Imaging Services | Image creation, image verification and management. | |
| Lenovo Professional Services | Professional engineering & project management to implement new technologies. | |
| Protection | ThinkPad Protection (TPP) | Covers repairs not under warranty from accidental damage, drops, spills, etc. |
| Lenovo Online Backup | Secure, encrypted, offsite storage for customer data. | |
| ThinkPlus Secure Business | Security & protection bundle includes NBD onsite service, TPP & Lenovo Online Backup. | |
| Hard Disk Drive Retention | Keep your old drive if hard drive fails. Protects data from falling into the wrong hands. | |
| Support | ThinkPlus Priority 4 | Enhanced onsite response to 4 hours for critical IT support needs. |
| ThinkPlus Priority Support | Increase helpdesk productivity with 24x7 advanced level tech support and service call tracking tools. | |
| Warranty Upgrades & Extensions | Protects investment, increases productivity with enhanced service level upgrade and term extension. | |
| Base Warranty Service | Lenovo standard award-winning service & support. |
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ThinkPad L Series: Professional Grade - ThinkPlus ThinkPad Protection
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ThinkPad Protection
- Complete protection to desired term (i.e. 4 years).
- 24x7 toll free access to Lenovo-certified technicians.
- Unlimited repairs covering accidental damage issues.
- Replacement with new system, if required.
Why Should You Buy?
- If you have a Mobile workforce, 16% of corporate mobile workers experience non-warranty damage to their PC.
- 70%+ of mobile systems' damage repairs cost > $1000*.
Customers save, on average, 28% with TPP vs. cost of repair**
* Gartner "Best Practices in PC Life Cycle Services." March 16, 2006
** Based on sample size of Lenovo customers with ThinkPad Protection claims
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ThinkPad L Series: Enhanced User Experience - Top Options
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- 1 Mini Dock or Port Replicator
- 2 AC and AC/DC Adapter
- 3 Battery
- 4 Carry Cases
- 5 Gemplus 54mm ExpressCard Smart Card Reader
- 6 DDR3 Memory
- 7 Security Cable Lock
- 8 Wireless WAN (WWAN)
- 9 Bluetooth or USB mouse
- 10 ThinkPad In-Ear Headphones
- 11 USB-to-DVI Monitor Adapter
- 12 Security Memory Key
- 13 USB Portable Secure Hard Drive
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ThinkPad L Series: Specifications
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| CPU/Chipset | • HM65 Intel® chipset • Intel® Core™ i7-2620M (2.70 GHz) • Intel® Core™ i5-2540M (2.60 GHz) • Intel® Core™ i5-2520M (2.50 GHz) • Intel® Core™ i5-2410M (2.3 GHz) • Intel® Core™ i3-2310M (2.1 GHz) |
| Memory | • Up to 8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz |
| Dimensions | L420: 343.9mm x 232.9mm x 32.0mm-36.0mm L520: 379.9mm x 246.8mm x 32.0mm-36.0mm |
| Weight | L420: 5.1 lbs (2.31 kg) with a 6-cell battery L520: 5.67 lbs (2.57kg) with a 6-cell battery |
| Display | L420: 14" HD (1366 x 768) anti-glare, LED backlit (16:9) L520: 15" HD (1366 x 768) anti-glare, LED backlit (16:9) 15" HD+ (1600 x 900) anti-glare, LED backlit (16:9) |
| Battery | 4, 6, or 9-cell battery |
| Graphics | • Intel® Integrated HD Graphics • ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 565v Discrete Graphics (1GB VRAM) |
| LAN | • Intel® 82579LM Gigabit Digital Office 2010 • Intel® 82577LC Gigabit Fundamental |
| Wireless Connectivity | • WiMax • WWAN • WLAN • Bluetooth |
| Storage | • Up to 500 GB 5400 RPM 2.5" HDD with Active Protection System • Up to 128GB SSD |
| Optical Bay | • Multi Burner/DVD CD Multi Recording |
| Keyboard | • 6-row, spill-resistant keyboard |
| Navigation | • ThinkPad® UltraNav® TrackPoint® and multi-touch touchpad with a Simple Tap utility |
| Camera | • Low Light Sensitive HD (720p) |
| Expansion Capabilities | • 4 USB ports (1 Powered) • 1 eSATA port • Mini Dock Expansion Generation 3 • Dedicated 34mm Express Card • Dedicated 7 in 1 MMC Reader • DisplayPort (now with audio) |
| Audio | • Mic mute, HD audio, FN+F6 function key and Combo headphone/microphone jack |
| Operating System Preloads | • Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Basic (32 bit) • Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 bit) • Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional (64 bit) |
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Multilingual Greetings
The document includes greetings in multiple languages, such as:
- English: thank you
- Italian: grazie
- French: merci
- German: danke, bedankt
- Spanish: gracias
- Portuguese: obrigado
- Japanese: ありがとう
- Chinese: 謝謝
- Russian: спасибо
- Dutch: dank
- Danish: takk
- Czech/Slovak: dakujem
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