Lenovo today announced at the Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC) the latest ThinkPad 11e series available as a traditional laptop or Lenovo’s YOGA multimode form with its four modes – Laptop, Stand, Tent and Tablet. Purposely designed to address the needs of school administrators, educators and students in K-12 classrooms, the ThinkPad 11e series with Windows provides the ruggedized build of Think-branded products paired with upgraded technical specifications. The ThinkPad 11e series is also available with an optional ActivePen which mimics a user’s actual handwriting on paper.

In addition to Intel’s pre-loaded Education Software, the ThinkPad 11e series now comes with Lenovo WRITEit and REACHit software, improving collaboration and productivity for students and educators.

The updated ThinkPad YOGA 11e and ThinkPad 11e can virtually double overall performance with up to 5th Generation Intel Core processors. ThinkPad 11e will also be offered with AMD processors. At under an inch thin and starting at just 3.3 pounds, the ThinkPad 11e series is ideal for on-the-go use and provides fast boot up times. The HD display provides added benefit for clear computing in an 11.6-inch frame. The ThinkPad YOGA 11e also features Corning Gorilla® Glass 3 to protect heavy use of the 10-point multi-touch screen.

The ThinkPad 11e series of devices will be available starting in April. Pricing for the ThinkPad 11e and ThinkPad YOGA 11e models will start from $549 and $699, respectively. The ActivePen will be available from April.