Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s Series

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s-NWD4MGE

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Average Score: 80% - good

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80% Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420
Source: PC World Archive.org version
All in all, the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420 shapes up as an attractive general-use laptop if gaming and processor-intensive tasks--or superlong battery life--aren't of major concern. It's good looking, easy to type on, and equipped with a useful array of features and software. None of its minor flaws should be deal-breakers for its intended audience of budget-minded users.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/21/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s Review
Source: Notebooks.com Archive.org version
Once you get past the glossy display and lack of a backlit keyboard it’s hard to find things not to like about the Edge E420s. The keyboard offers an amazing typing experience, the battery lasts long enough to get most users through the day and the processor isn’t a slouch. Combine this with the ThinkPad build quality and matte black finish, and you have a business notebook that can take on higher priced competitors.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/12/2011

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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s (NWD5BGE)
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/20/2012
Rating: performance: 70% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 40% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 50%

Test Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s
Source: Notebookcheck DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/15/2011

Lenovo ThinkPad EDGE E420
Source: Itsvet HR→EN Archive.org version
compact, excellent configuration, quite good performance
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/24/2011

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 420s-NWD2RPB

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Average Score: 80% - good

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80% Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 420s
Source: PC World India Archive.org version
The Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s is a business laptop with a design that adds to the style quotient of it's predecessors, but still continues in the ThinkPad legacy of having a solid build quality.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/28/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%

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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.

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

Intel HD Graphics 3000: Integrated graphics card in the Intel Sandy Bridge processors (Core ix-2xxx). The HD 3000 is the faster (internally GT2 called) version with 12 Execution Units (EUs).

Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

AMD Radeon HD 6630M: Successor of the slow clocked (low power) versions of the Mobility Radeon HD 5650 with more cores, UVD3 processor and Eyefinity+.

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

Intel Core i3:

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Intel Core i5:

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14.00:

14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact. 

In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers. 

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

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80%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.

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

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