Countdown to CES 2016

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AND THEY ARE OFF SOON!

Supermods bananaman and sarbin are all set and ready to go on an epic adventure to Las Vegas next week, where they will get first dibs alongside other Lenovo delegates and advocates on getting first hand information and sneak peeks at our exciting product lineup next year.

We catch up with them in the midst of the holidays to see how they are going, and find out what they are going to bring to the event, which will take place from 5 Jan to 9 Jan 2016.

Bananaman:

I'm really excited to be joining sarbin on behalf of the Lenovo user community at CES! I'll be leaving my stack of ThinkPads at home, and traveling light: 

• An ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3 with LTE, & power adapter. This is the most elegant ThinkPad: Light, thin, powerful. I chose a non-touch screen because it's 5oz (135g) lighter.
• iPhone 6s Plus and charging cable.  Has a big screen and a big battery which lasts all day. Will Motorola tempt me?
• Bose QC20 noise-cancelling headset and charging cable. The best in-ear noise canceling headset.

That's all I need to give the community an inside view of Lenovo at CES!

P.S. Yes it's me on the motorcycle.

Sarbin:

In a few short days, I will be taking to the sky, headed to the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show!

(Jan 6-9, in Las Vegas)

Fellow forum advocate, bananaman, and I will be the guests of Lenovo this year, and we will be meeting up with others from the Lenovo INsiders program. Together, we will have front-row seats to all of the new technology that Lenovo will be releasing over the coming months. We'll also be meeting with a number of key executives to learn more about the company and to provide our feedback 'from the customer'. As we explore the product showcases, you will find us posting in the forums, so if you have questions, please do start your own threads, too. We will try to get you answers! You can also follow and participate in CES discussions on social media by watching the #LenovoCES, #CES2016 and #LenovoIN hashtags.

The first time I attended CES, in 2001, I lugged (lovingly) my ThinkPad A31p. For its day, it was a great beast of a machine, and it went everywhere with me. This year though, thankfully, I will be able to travel much more lightly, and more powerfully! I will be taking along my ThinkPad X1 Carbon (gen3) and my pre-production Yoga 900. I wrote about both, previously. Taken together, they are a combined package that's thinner and lighter than the A31p! I will also have a couple of my ThinkPad Stack modules with me. Certainly the power bank, and likely also the external hard drive to store all of the pictures and video I will be capturing at the show.

I have always been a true road warrior when it comes to computing and technology. Now that machines are becoming so thin and light, without giving up power and performance, I can easily travel with complete redundancy and capability. I find the combination of Carbon3 plus Yoga900 to be great! I will be working on the Carbon3 while monitoring and interacting with social media on the Yoga900 in 'tent' mode.

Edit to add: My CES2016 kit is set!

(Back to front, left to right: Lenovo backpack, Yoga 900, ThinkPad Stack bag holding all manner of cables and adapters, Gen3 X1 Carbon, ThinkPad Stack power bank and HDD, moleskin notepad, 7" tablet & Gen1 Moto360)

Stay Tuned! Much more to come once we are on the ground in Las Vegas!

Have a question for our advocates? Post them in our special board available very soon. They will actually be live on the ground helping to answer YOUR questions and be your eyes and ears direct from CES2016!

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Really looking forward to seeing what you guys find there.

Dave

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Any news regarding the ThinkPad Retro project ?

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Looking forward to meeting Sarbin and the Bananaman! 😉

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CES 2016 folks
integration. practicle use. from cars to clothing to homes to people and their parts The physical visually stunning advances is the awe I would seek to experience at the shows.  Yes the economic financial awe is subject enough for others, i would want the Wow of novelty and new.  It's LasVegas!  
sessions like: is typing dead, then Disney connecting physical and digital worlds.  
Every subject on the list is interesting.
Will be funn to hear what you all see.  (even if it is economic projection. okay)  
Be Safe and Help Them All Love Lenovo.  
knihT 

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Loving all the posts so far! So-much-new-stuff!!

Have a great time all!