Lenovo first with Vista-ready PCs

Lenovo Group became the first PC maker in the world to release models optimized for Windows Vista and estimates it will sell several million computers pre-installed with Vista this year.

The world's third-largest computer maker demonstrated about 10 new computers as well as printers in Beijing and at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas yesterday, two days after Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates demonstrated the software at the CES.

With Microsoft expected to release the new operating systems to consumers on January 30, computer makers are looking to it to boost sales.