Lenovo 3000

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| Name = Lenovo 3000

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| Photo = Lenovo 3000 laptop with Hackintosh.jpg

| caption = Lenovo 3000 v100 installing Mac OS X

| Type = Laptop, Desktop

| Developer = Lenovo

| Released = 2006

| Discontinued = 2008

| Processor = Intel, AMD

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| OS = Windows, Linux

| Website = {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/3000/ |date=* |title=Archived official website }}

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Lenovo 3000 was a line of low-priced notebook and desktop computers designed by Lenovo Group targeting small businesses and individuals. It was replaced with the IdeaCentre and IdeaPad brands.

Background

The Lenovo 3000 series marked the debut of Lenovo branded products outside of China. First showcased in New York City on 23 February 2006, the line was intended to boost Lenovo's competitiveness internationally against rival brands like Dell and Hewlett-Packard.{{cite web| title = Lenovo unveils its own brand in US | publisher = People's Daily Online | date = 2006-02-25 | url = http://english.people.com.cn/200602/25/eng20060225_245919.html | accessdate = 2008-05-27}} In addition, the 3000 series gave the company an independent identity: an identity separate from the Thinkpad line that Lenovo acquired in 2005 and defined its Westernised image since the acquisition.{{cite web| title=Lenovo's Long March | publisher=Business Week| date=2005-08-22|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_34/b3948453.htm?chan=db|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619172330/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_34/b3948453.htm?chan=db|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2009|accessdate = 2008-05-27}}

In 2008, after introducing two new consumer brands, IdeaPad for laptops and IdeaCentre for desktops, Lenovo stopped selling its 3000 series models, although they continued to be sold in China in 2009.{{cite web| title=Lenovo kills off 3000 line, folds Y Series into IdeaPad family, K Series into IdeaCentre | publisher=Engadget| date=2008-06-20|url=https://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/lenovo-kills-off-3000-line-folds-y-series-into-ideapad-family/|accessdate = 2008-09-13}}

Models

=Desktops=

File:Lenovo 3000 desktops as Public Computers.jpg

;Lenovo 3000 J

:features both AMD and Intel processors{{cite web|title=Lenovo 3000 desktop computers - J |url=http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/desktops/3000/j-series/|publisher=Lenovo|accessdate=2008-06-07}}

;Lenovo 3000 H

=Notebooks=

First introduced in 2006, the Lenovo 3000 N100 and V100 offered Intel Core Duo processors, while the lower-end C series featured Pentium M and Celeron M processors.{{cite web|title=Lenovo 3000|url=http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/3000/|accessdate=2008-06-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615033132/http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/3000/|archivedate=2008-06-15}} Its successors, C200, N200, V200 featured Core 2 Duo processors. Thereafter, came the N500, the G-series, and the B series

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;Lenovo 3000 C

:C100, C200 - 15-inch XGA screen

;Lenovo 3000 N

:N100, N200 - 14.1-inch- and 15.4-inch- WXGA models

:N500 - 15.4 inch screen.

;Lenovo 3000 V

:V100, V200 - 12.1-inch WXGA models

;Lenovo 3000 G

G400, G410, G430, G450, G455, G510, G530, G550, and G560

;Lenovo 3000 B Series

B450-B490 - 15.4 inch screen