Lenovo Puts "World's Smallest Desktop" Up For Preorder

Posted 11/23/2011 at 12:25pm | by Brad Chacos

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Hot on the heels of our review of the Blu-ray-like Acer Revo RL100-UR20P – check it out if you haven’t yet – Lenovo has released a new, slim nettop that it claims is the teeny tiniest desktop to be found in all the land. The diminutive IdeaCentre Q180 comes in a couple different configurations, all of which run on a 2.13 GHz Intel Atom D2700 CPU and an AMD Radeon HD 6450A GPU. That won’t have you playing Crysis any time soon, but streaming HD video should be no problem.

In fact, the 7.5 by 6.1 by 0.86 box seems to have been made with home theater in mind, as the IdeaCentre Q180 includes built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support, 7.1-channel audio via an S/PDIF connection, full HD and Blu-ray 3D graphics, VGA and HDMI ports and an 8-in-1 card reader. HTPC-focused options include Lenovo’s multimedia remote and a Blu-ray drive (although the base model, at $400, lacks any optical drive whatsoever). Both of the models found on the Lenovo website sport a 500GB hard drive and a pair of USB 3.0 ports.

Check out the IdeaCentre Q180 product page for a full list of specs and options. The tiny PC is only available for pre-order right now; Lenovo expects to start shipping them out on December 2nd.