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Lenovo is back to launch his latest ThinkPad series, the ThinkPad Edge. There is one thing that distinguishes this new product with the previous one. For the first time Lenovo laptop come out and equipped with microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Neo series.

The first time appearance of the ThinkPad Edge announced at the annual exhibition of  Consumer Electronics Show that held this week in Las Vegas. This new ThinkPad series comes with a more sleek design and simple keyboard and wide. Comes in three screen sizes, and three color choices.

Additional Neo AMD chip in the ThinkPad family is mentioned allows Lenovo to offer a more affordable price, starting from USD549. However, that does not mean that Lenovo will replace all of its products with AMD chips. Lenovo will still offer the ThinkPad series that are run by Intel chips. Such information is quoted from Reuters.

“This ThinkPad Edge aim at small businesses and medium, which tend to focus on design and aesthetics,” said Lenovo ThinkPad Segment Manager Charles Sune.

This computer vendors from China currently ranked fourth in the PC market share in the world. Based on data from IDC, Lenovo’s PC shipments increased 18 percent from year to year since the period July through September. At the same time, Lenovo’s revenues decreased by five percent to $ 4, 1 billion.

In the same occasion, Lenovo also released the latest range of other ThinkPad X100e series aimed at commercial customers. Sune call this product is like a ‘bridge’ the difference between netbook and laptop. X100e weighs less than three pounds with a keyboard features full size and comes with prices starting from USD449.