It’s one of the very few laptops to offer an auxiliary display and has room for a full number pad and an integrated tablet to boot.W700ds has a very large monitor, for a laptop–a 17-inch, 1920-by-1200 resolution model with 400 nits of brightness. The second screen has a diagonal measurement of 10.6 inches, or the same size as the ones found on some small netbooks, but oriented vertically; it has a resolution of 768-by-1280 pixels.There are three separate means to control the cursor: pointing stick, touchpad, and Wacom tablet. The touchpad is surprisingly small given the size of everything else, measuring 1.5-inches tall and just over 3-inches on the diagonal.

W700ds key features

*Up to Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor
* Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate
* 17” WSXGA+/WUXGA (1920×1200) display
* Retractable 10.6” second display
* NVIDIA® Quadro FX® based graphics solution
* Integrated Wacom® palm-rest digitizer and pen
* Integrated X-Rite® color calibration

At 11 pounds and a full 2.1 inches thick it’s over two pounds heavier and a half-inch deeper than its predecessor, the mono-screened W700.

Ultimate graphics experience

* NVIDIA® Quadro FX® based graphics solution for optimized visual computing application performance.
* OpenGL with up to 1GB of dedicated video memory enables graphics-intensive applications.
* High-resolution, premium WSXGA+ or WUXGA panels provide a superior viewing experience.
* Dual-link DVI uses next-generation DisplayPort technology to provide clearer, crisper images and a larger viewing area.

Lenovo Thinkpad W700DS Test Scores
* Overall 78
* Performance 80
* Features 87
* Design 88