As announced earlier this week, the new ThinkPad W700ds is the first notebook to offer a true dual-screen mobile solution. This huge power packs more technology into their all-black chassis that most of the desktops work. Two bright screens, incorporates a Wacom digitizer and color calibration service double drive and a dedicated Compact Flash card reader, this notebook has it all. Is this the ThinkPad even greater? Read on to see our take.

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Our pre-production sample of the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds Mobile Workstation features the following specifications:
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Extreme Q9300 (2.53 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB, 12 MB L2 cache)
• Memory: 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM
• Screens: 17" 1920x1200 WUXGA TFT LCD and 10.6" 1280x768 TFT LCD
• Storage: 160 GB HDD (7200 RPM) x 2, RAID 0 configuration
• Optical Drive: DVD recordable
• Wireless: Intel Wi-Fi Link 5300 (802.11a/g/n), Bluetooth 2.0
• Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M with 1 GB
• Battery: 9-cell lithium-ion (84 Wh)
The starting price of the W700ds is $3,663, but we don't currently have a price for the pre-production sample we are using for this first look review.