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Professor Hawking received a new computer donated by Intel corporation in November 2011. The new computer is a Lenovo X220 Tablet PC, housed in a custom chassis in order to mount upon his wheelchair.

System specs are as follows: Intel Core i7 CPU, Intel 160GB SSD, 8GB RAM, 12" Daylight Readable Display, HD Webcam (for Skype phone calls), and Windows 7 64-bit.

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