Lenovo ThinkPad SL300
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 (Thinkpad SL Series)Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.14kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage Thinkpad SL (Series)
Average Score: 80.57% - good
Average of 7 scores (from 8 reviews)
mobility: 68%, workmanship: 59%, ergonomy: 89%, emissions: 83%
Reviews for the Lenovo ThinkPad SL300
80% Review: Lenovo ThinkPad SL300
Source: Geek.com 
Day to day, I had very few complaints about the ThinkPad SL300. Lenovo may have dropped the cost of the product and moved it to a size that is new to the ThinkPads (aside from the X300/X301) but the fundamentals are still strong. As noted in the SL400 review, the SL series makes changes from the ThinkPad design that so many people know and love, but it is far from the disaster that many people forecasted. You get the quality and performance you want, but ditch some of the high-end features that you don’t necessarily need.
Gut
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/04/2008
Rating: Total score: 80%
80% Lenovo ThinkPad SL300
Source: Computer Shopper
It’s a common occurrence: Corporate refugees weaned on ThinkPads like the iconic T-series find themselves out on their own or in a smaller business, lusting after the ThinkPad’s near-perfect ergonomics and legendary reliability.
Finally, a ThinkPad designed—and priced—with the small-business and sole-proprietor buyer in mind.
8 von 10, Preis schlecht, Leistung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/26/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 40% performance: 40%
80% Lenovo ThinkPad SL300
Source: Computer Shopper
There’s a lot we like about the ThinkPad SL300, and the main thing we don’t like—the so-so performance—can be remedied by adding stronger components. If you are used to the feel of a ThinkPad, you'll be right at home with the SL300.
8 von 10, Leistung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 40%
80% Lenovo ThinkPad SL300
Source: Laptop Mag
The $949 Lenovo Thinkpad SL300 offers a combination of stylish looks, strong performance, and unbeatable battery life for a small business notebook in this price range. With its hard drive returning speedy scores and its glossy screen providing truly vibrant colors, the SL300 is even more impressive than its 14.1-inch big brother. Just be sure to get the 9-cell battery.
4 von 5, Display mäßig
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/14/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% display: 60%
Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 Business Laptop
Source: IT Reviews
Business users may be slightly more predictable in their usage, but that doesn’t mean they’re satisfied with five-year-old machines. Lenovo’s new SL-series of lappies - the SL300, SL400 and SL500 - all have an options list weighed under with choices such as Vodafone-powered mobile broadband, Blu-ray and more.
Not pretty but the ThinkPad SL300 is a brilliant business workhorse for the price
Verarbeitung mäßig, Mobilität gut, Preis schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/11/2008
Rating: price: 40% mobility: 80% workmanship: 60%
80% Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 13.3-inch Ultraportable Laptop PC
Source: Comp Reviews
Lenovo does a great job of balancing features, performance and price with the ThinkPad SL300. It gives a true alterntive to those looking for a fully functional business class ultraportable laptop without the extremely high price tag of their ThinkPad X series. It isn't quite as portable or lightweight and it uses a plastic instead of magnesium exterior, but it does a great job for the price.
4 von 5, Leistung sehr gut, Mobilität mäßig
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/13/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 90% mobility: 60%
Foreign Reviews
84% Test Lenovo Thinkpad SL300 Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck 
online available, Long, Date: 09/24/2008
Rating: Total score: 84% performance: 76% display: 75% mobility: 81% workmanship: 86% ergonomy: 88% emissions: 85%
80% Lenovo Thinkpad SL300
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Long, Date: 09/12/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 70% features: 50% display: 70% mobility: 50% workmanship: 30% ergonomy: 90% emissions: 80%
Comment
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45 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.
Lower end of Graphics Cards for users who want to play games. New games should run on these cards, but only with decreased details and mediocre resolution.
>> 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.
P8600:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
13.3": This is a frequent and the biggest display format for sub-notebooks.
The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs few current, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is very exhausting vor the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.14 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.
Lenovo: Lenovo is one of the biggest international manufacturer since the acquisition of the IBM-notebook sector. The market share is high as the number of reviewed models in the German and English speaking countrys. Nevertheless Lenovo-notebooks rarely achieve top-positions according total rating or the price/value relation. Remarkable good evaluations exist for the workmanship and quality.
80.57%: This rating is to be considered as average, because the amount of notebooks with better ratings is about equal like the amount with worse ratings.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
