Lenovo, the world’s leading PC vendor, has partnered with gaming hardware and peripheral giant, Razer, to produce a new line of gaming PC’s.
Razer and Lenovo have recently revealed a new major partnership between the two companies, which will see them co-brand the Lenovo Y series gaming desktop, first revealed at the IFA trade show in September 2015.
A prototype of the first Razer Edition Lenovo Y series has been unveiled at DreamHack Winter 2015, exhibiting a familiar Lenovo chassis with Razer’s signature green and ‘Chroma’ colour schemes implemented into the design.
Official product specifications for the Razer Edition Lenovo Y series have not yet been revealed, however, the first systems are scheduled to launch at CES 2016 in January. The partnership also holds the potential for Lenovo to utilise Razer’s software expertise, such as, Razer Comms, Synapse and Cortex.
Vice president and general manager, Workstation BU, Gaming and Industry Solutions, Lenovo stated:
“We are thrilled to partner with Razer and bring out the best from both companies to deliver a better, more immersive gaming experience for customers.”
“While we bring to the table our engineering expertise, design muscle and scale, Razer adds in the finesse and experience of serving the gaming community for the last decade. We believe our partnership is a strong first step that will lead to the delivery of winning PC gaming solutions and a brand new experience to our customers.”
Razer Co-Founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan also added:
“This agreement opens opportunities to advance the gaming lifestyle through world-class product in unprecedented ways. Lenovo is the world’s #1 PC maker. Razer is the world’s #1 gaming lifestyle brand. Together we have the passion, insight and operational capabilities to delight and empower the PC gaming community worldwide.”
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