Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s Series
Processor: Intel Core i3 2310M, Intel Core i5 2410MGraphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6630M, Intel HD Graphics 3000
Display: 14.0 inch
Weight: 2.1kg, 2.4kg
Price: 800, 900 euro
Average of 2 scores (from 6 reviews)
mobility: 40%, workmanship: 70%, ergonomy: 50%, emissions: - %
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s-NWD4MGE
Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s-NWD4MGEProcessor: Intel Core i3 2310M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Display: 14.0 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels
Weight: 2.1kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 5 reviews)
Source: PC World
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%
Source: Notebooks.com
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
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/20/2012
Rating: performance: 70% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 40% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 50%
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/15/2011
Source: Itsvet
HR→ENcompact, excellent configuration, quite good performance
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/24/2011
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 420s-NWD2RPB
Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 420s-NWD2RPBProcessor: Intel Core i5 2410M
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6630M
Display: 14.0 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels
Weight: 2.4kg
Price: 900 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Source: PC World India
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%
Comment
Lenovo: Lenovo Group Limited is China's largest and the world's fourth largest personal computer manufacturer. Lenovo produces desktops, laptops, servers, handheld computers, imaging equipment, and mobile phone handsets. Lenovo also provides information technology integration and support services, and its QDI unit offers contract manufacturing. Its executive headquarters are located in China and USA. It is incorporated in Hong Kong. Lenovo was formed in 1984 as a spin-off of the Chinese Academy of Sciences new technology unit. The company initially began as a reseller, distributor and later CM for foreign brands, including IBM, entering the Chinese market. In 1990, Lenovo started to manufacture its own PCs and by 1997 became the market leader in China. In 2004, Lenovo bought IBM’s PC business for $1.25billion. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics 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).
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these 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:
2310M:
Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. The CPU is clocked at 2.1 GHz and features the Turbo Boost 2.0 only for the graphics card (650/1100MHz).
Intel Core i5:
2410M:
Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. The CPU is clocked at 2.3 GHz (Turbo Boost 2.6-2.9 GHz) and the GPU at 650 (1200 MHz Turbo).
14.0: 14 inch display size is a mixture between the small formats of subnotebooks and the 15 inch standard display. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.1 kg:
These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 13 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
2.4 kg:
This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
80%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
