Lenovo 3000 N500

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Reviews for the Lenovo 3000 N500

60% Lenovo 3000 N500 review
Source: Techradar Archive.org version
A good laptop from Lenovo, but lacks adequate performance and features compared to rivals. While the 3000 N500 offers quality and affordability, it's lacking in performance and features compared to other machines around this price. Ultimately, this makes it hard to recommend and, at this price, we'd suggest looking elsewhere.
60
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/30/2009
Rating: Total score: 60%

80% Lenovo 3000 N500 review
Source: Techradar Archive.org version
A great all-rounder, boasting superb quality, usability and performance. While Lenovo's ThinkPad range is aimed at business users, its cheaper N-series is a better choice for small businesses and users on a budget. The 3000 N500 is a great example of this design philosophy. Overall, the Lenovo 3000 N500 is a fantastic all-rounder. Quality matches that of laptops costing twice as much and, despite the use of a budget Intel Pentium Dual-Core processor, performance also proved outstanding.
80, Leistung 90, Verarbeitung 90, Ergonomie 90
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/12/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 90% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 90%

Foreign Reviews

70% Lenovo 3000 N500
Source: Magnus.de DE→EN Archive.org version
Comparison, online available, Long, Date: 09/17/2009
Rating: Total score: 70%

61% Für eine Handvoll Euros
Source: PC Magazin - 9/09
Comparison, , Long, Date: 08/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 61% price: 70%

73% Gute Notebooks bis 500 Euro
Source: c't - 8/09
Comparison, , Long, Date: 07/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 73% price: 90% performance: 100% features: 77% display: 75% mobility: 28% ergonomy: 79%

83% Test: Notebooks mit 15-Zoll-Display
Source: Com! - 8/09
Comparison, , Long, Date: 07/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 83% price: 70% performance: 16% features: 23% mobility: 25% ergonomy: 19%

84% Vergleichstest
Source: Computerbild - 6/09
Comparison, , Long, Date: 05/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 84% price: 90% performance: 84% features: 84% display: 88% ergonomy: 84% emissions: 93%

60% Lenovo 3000 N500
Source: Chip.de
Single Review, , Short, Date: 05/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 80% performance: 80%

69% Lenovo 3000 N500 (Notebook)
Source: Chip.de DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/15/2009
Rating: Total score: 69% price: 88% performance: 60% features: 74% display: 77% mobility: 57% ergonomy: 80%

80% LENOVO N500 NS737GE
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/09/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 50% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 50% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 70%

80% LENOVO N500 NS739GE
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/05/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 50% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 70% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 70%

55% Lenovo N500
Source: Laptopy.info.pl PL→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/17/2009
Rating: Total score: 55% performance: 30% display: 80% mobility: 40%

Lenovo 3000 N500 teszt - Best Buy?
Source: Laptopkalauz HU→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/20/2009
Rating: price: 90% emissions: 70%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.

T5800: Entry level dual core processor based on the Merom core without Virtualization support and a low maximum temperature.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.40":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

2.7 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

Lenovo: Lenovo ("Le" from English legend, novo (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. As of 2004, the company was the largest laptop manufacturer in China and, after acquiring IBM's PC division in 2005, the fourth largest in the world. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company manufactures monitors, projectors, servers, etc, and specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, enterprise solutions and related services.

In 2016, the company ranked first in the world in computer sales. It still held it in 2023 with about 23% global market share. Important product lines are Thinkpad, Legion and Ideapad.

In 2011, it acquired a majority stake in Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Motorola Mobility was purchased, which gave Lenovo a boost in the smartphone market.

71.25%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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