Lenovo are showing off their updated version of the Classmate laptop, the Classmate+ is rugged, tough and will do what is asked of it, which is just as well as these machine are designed to be used by school kids and therefore will have to take some punishment.
However, these laptops do feature a fully waterproofed Lenovo laptop keyboard, a reinforced steel hinge designed to be opened and closed thousands of times, there are also toughened corners and Lenovo have even strengthened DC jack to cope with the excessive use.
The laptop will only be available in a standard Grey colour, however custom colours are available for those buyers who bulk order, although there are no details as to exactly how many laptop will need to be actually ordered in to count as a bulk order.
From the limited details available we know that the Classmate+ laptop will come with a neat 10.1 inch anti glare screen that offers optional high brightness or high definition and comes with a useful built in 2.0 mega pixel web camera.
The laptop will be powered by the Intel Atom N2600 processor and has up to 2 GB of DDR3 memory on offers. When it comes to storage, there is choice of going for an up to 320 GB hard disk drive (HDD) or opting for the slimmer and light up to 32 GB solid state drive (SSD) storage.
Other features will include three standard type USB ports, a VGA output or there is the optional HDMI port for connecting to a larger display. The laptop will be using a six cell battery pack that according to Lenovo should be good for up to ten hours of use, but that will depend on the type of use of course.
The Lenovo Classmate+ press release did mention that these laptops will become available by the end of January, but it failed to mention the price!
