IBM, International Business Machines Corporation, 19 1 1 was founded in the United States. Is the world's largest information technology and business solutions company, covering1more than 60 countries and regions. In 2006, IBM's global revenue reached $965,438+$400 million.
For more than 90 years, with the continuous development of the world economy and the rapid development of modern science, IBM has always led the development of the global information industry with advanced technology, excellent management and unique products, ensuring the all-round demand of users in almost all industries around the world for information processing. As we all know, as early as 1969, the Apollo spacecraft carried three astronauts, shouldering the mission of mankind and landing on the moon for the first time; 198 1 year, the space shuttle Columbia successfully flew into space again. These two historic space flights condensed IBM's unparalleled wisdom.
Second, ThinkCentre brand.
"ThinkCentre" did not cut corners in any link; At the same time, Lenovo skillfully integrates the excellent characteristics of IBM computers into the development and design of its own products, thus truly having the capital to compete with international giants such as Hewlett-Packard and Dell. After more than two years of accumulation, Lenovo basically smoothed out the trauma left at the beginning of integration and went further and further on the road of building a high-quality PC.
1, black classic
The evaluation model we received is a new member of ThinkCentre family-M55e (tower). Its appearance is not as rough as Dell Optiplex 755, nor has it been specially carved and decorated, but it always exudes a professional and exquisite business atmosphere.
2. Design features
The folding line design on the front of ThinkCentre M55E chassis enhances the overall visual impact, avoids monotony and rigidity, and provides sufficient protection for heat dissipation. The metal mesh inside can be clearly seen from the cracks in the honeycomb. The front interface is also concentrated in this part, including two sets of USB and audio headphone jacks. There is nothing special about the back design, and the area of the cooling hole is not as exaggerated as expected, which shows ThinkCentre's confidence in the internal structure design. The air inlet at the bottom of the chassis is well designed, and the hollowed-out metal plate is clearly visible. There are cooling holes on the side, and the middle and lower parts of the front panel are very transparent, which is conducive to internal air circulation.
ThinkCentre adopts a tool-free design, and the chassis cover can be pulled back by pressing the switch on the side panel. After opening the box, we found a special device-intrusion alarm switch. With AMT management system, when the box cover is opened, the system will automatically alarm and notify the administrator. Of course, ThinkCentre also designed a chassis lock to prevent the hardware from being stolen.
3, hard disk protection technology
Hard disk protection technology (APS) based on ThinkVantage provides ThinkCentre with four times the impact protection of ordinary hard disks. A hard disk bracket for expansion is provided at the bottom of the chassis, which is convenient for users to expand. Because of the tool-free design, disassembly and maintenance are very convenient.
4, the combination of soft and hard security technology
With the promotion of Intel, the famous vPro has been known to many enterprise users. With advanced concepts and strong technical support, the desktop with vPro platform shines brilliantly in the high-end commercial field. VPro is a combination of hardware and software security technologies, which supports Vista and the next generation of 64-bit software. It consists of five key components: Intel Core 2 dual-core processor, Intel Q35/Q33 chipset, Intel 82566DM Gigabit network connection, active management technology (AMT) and Intel Virtualization Technology (VT). According to Intel's official claim, after adopting vPro technology, the software problems solved on site will be reduced by 965,438+0%, while the hardware problems will be reduced by 56%.
It is no exaggeration to say that ThinkCentre shows the most powerful and rich commercial features with its low-key and calm appearance. ThinkVangage ensures the stable operation of the machine. The vPro platform is beneficial to the daily maintenance and cost saving of enterprise users. Humanized design and excellent overall performance allow users to get a fast and efficient office experience. On-site three-year limited warranty and professional and comprehensive technical support make users feel more at ease when using ThinkCentre.
5, super motherboard expansion performance
ThinkCentre M55E adopts 946GZ chipset, two PCI 2.3 slots, and 1 slot.
PCI-Express 1X, 1 PCI-Express 16X slots. It can support both traditional PCI interface devices and the latest PCI-Express 1X interface devices. PCI-Express 16X slot can support graphics card with PCI-express interface to improve display performance.
6.ThinkVantage's unique Think product.
Emergency and recovery system is a "one-click recovery" solution, including a set of self-help recovery tools, which can help users detect and get corresponding help, even if the main operating system can't start, they can recover from virus damage or software crash. When you need to recover damaged and mistakenly deleted files, it can help you whether it is a complete software failure or an unexpected failure. Set up management tools to quickly and reliably deploy critical updates to paralyzed systems in the organization.
The best self-help recovery system, in most cases, can recover to a healthy system in 30 minutes when encountering problems, and will not lose applications and data.
The specific features are as follows:
–Create a backup of the entire system and data in a protected location.
–Create a backup and copy it to external media.
–Schedule scheduled backups.
–Recover and save important documents.
–Support for excluding files and individual file stores during backup.
–Preserve system recovery of data and applications.
–Restore the system to a working state, even if the system cannot enter Windows.
Third, the comparison between ThinkCentre and other PCs.
ThinkCentre PC-adopting absolutely leading technology
The release of TVT technology highlights the differences between ThinkCentre, Dell and Hewlett-Packard in core technologies, including the unique rapid recovery data system (RRPC, hereinafter referred to as R&R), system transplantation technology (SMA) applied to user system upgrade management, embedded chip encryption technology (ESS) applied to computer system security, and hard disk protection technology (APS) applied to ThinkPad like automobile airbags. These unique technologies can make ThinkPad.
We compare ThinkCentrePC with HP PC tested before, both of which belong to vPro platform and have almost the same volume. It can be found that in other similar configurations, although the CPU of ThinkCentre is higher than that of the other party (E6550 vs E2 160), the standby power consumption is lower, and the performance of ThinkCentrePC can be fully utilized when running large programs, which shows that ThinkCentre allocates resources more reasonably when the machine is running.
Four. Recent success stories
1300 ThinkCentre M 51e desktop computer settled in China Industrial and Commercial Bank Hunan Branch; The School of Foreign Languages of China Three Gorges University uses 950 ThinkCentre A series desktop computers.
Why can Think products win big orders in government, finance, education, medical care and other IT hot industries? This is not only because of the consistent brand advantages of ThinkPad and ThinkCentre, but also because of the huge competitive advantage brought by TVT technology to Think brand. There is a good saying, "How can the canal be so clear? Only the source comes from running water. " For Think, a well-known brand in PC industry, this "flowing water from the source" is naturally its unique ThinkVantage(TVT) technology. IT is the constantly updated TVT technology that provides customers with various industry-leading functions to improve production efficiency and reduce costs, effectively solves many problems that IT management has to face, and enables Think brand to win numerous customer orders and get good news frequently.
Efficiency-the basis of management
As we all know, users usually take extra care when buying computers. Of course, this has a lot to do with the reliability, cost performance and so on of the whole IT project. At the same time, there is another important reason, that is, users often have to invest a lot of energy and time in deployment, management and maintenance after choosing a PC. In order not to affect the normal work, the deployment of information systems in many units is required to be completed in a very short time. For example, the system deployment of nearly 1000 computers in the School of Foreign Languages of Three Gorges University requires two days, thanks to the unique TVT technology of ThinkCentre desktop.
According to the academic director of the school, "we found that ThinkCentre has a relatively advanced technology, that is, remote technology deployment manager. Its advantage is that our staff can deploy multiple computers in one place at the same time, so our IT staff can complete the system deployment of 250 computers through the network every day, and we completed the network system deployment of nearly a thousand computers in two days. This not only improves efficiency, but also reduces our deployment cost, which is very beneficial to the teaching work of our Three Gorges University. "
RDM (Remote Deployment Manager) is a network-based imaging and system support tool. With its help, users can download and update images at initial startup or later startup, thus avoiding the need to load images in the center. With RDM, users can enjoy the advantages of ImageUltra technology even if the new system is shipped to other places. With the continuous change of enterprise systems or images, RDM can also be used to transmit updated content to remote systems.
Emergency and recovery system (R&; R), IT manager of Novo Nordisk (China) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. said. At work, the value of data is far greater than the value of hardware. For employees, even such a trivial matter as the loss of address book will bring great trouble. The emergency and recovery system based on TVT technology can be called "a package of backup and recovery solutions". You can operate under Windows, or press the Access IBM key to enter the pre-boot environment for backup and recovery, which is very convenient to use.
In order to improve the efficiency of IT management, Novo Nordisk urgently needs a simple, convenient and fast backup scheme. The emergency and recovery system fully meets this requirement. The interface is simple and clear, but powerful. The IT manager said, "By using this technology, we can make simple settings on the notebook. After a problem occurs, users can quickly solve the problem with one click and then work again. " The emergency and recovery system is like a 24-hour personal IT maintenance expert, which can immediately restore productivity. Now, Novo Nordisk's more than 400 computers only need two IT technicians to provide support services, which greatly reduces the IT maintenance cost.