Lenovo Unveils Remote Power Management For New ThinkCentre Line
Lenovo announced what it describes as its greenest, most secure and most manageable ThinkCentre desktop PC yet, the M58/M58p, with Power Manager, a ThinkVantage technology that is said to allow PC users to control their electricity consumption remotely, and available for the first time ever on a ThinkCentre PC.
According to the company, Power Manager allows customers to save energy and lower electricity costs by enabling system administrators to monitor and remotely control the amount of electricity used by all Power Manager enabled desktops in a PC fleet. For example, PCs can be programmed to shut down evenings or weekends. Through the use of Power Manager and Intel®vPro™ technologies, the ThinkCentre M58p provides the user with the lowest total cost of ownership of any ThinkCentre.
"The ThinkCentre M58/M58p was designed specifically for the rigorous demands of large enterprises in the business and education world. The design goal for the M58/M58p was to be the greenest, most secure, most manageable and quietest ThinkCentre ever," said Dilip Bhatia, Executive Director, Global Desktop Marketing, Lenovo. "Our customers will benefit from our advanced technologies such as Power Manager, support for Hardware Password Manager and other features."
Available in three form factors – Tower, Small Form Factor and Ultra Small Form Factor – the ThinkCentre M58p is said to offer top performance with Intel vPro processing technology: Intel Core 2 Duo E8x00 or Core2 Quad Q9xx0. The ThinkCentre M58 offers the Intel Q45 chipset with ICH10-DO. The ThinkCentre M5/M58p is also quieter and cooler than any previous ThinkCentre: across all form factors, it is up to six decibels quieter than the ThinkCentre M57/M57p and the hard drive and the processor power module run six and eleven percent cooler, respectively, than the M57/M57p. Embracing new technology, the M58/M58p is the first ThinkCentre with onboard Displayport.
The ThinkCentre M58 and M58p desktops start at $499 and $899 respectively. The ThinkCentre M58/M58p is available immediately in Tower and Small Form factor versions, while the Eco Ultra Small Form Factor will be available in December, 2008.
