Lenovo Thinkpad SL500
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo Thinkpad SL500 (Thinkpad SL Series)Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS 256 MB
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.9kg
Price: 700 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage Thinkpad SL (Series)
Average Score: 73.78% - average
Average of 9 scores (from 9 reviews)
mobility: 56%, workmanship: 81%, ergonomy: 82%, emissions: 89%
Reviews for the Lenovo Thinkpad SL500
78% Lenovo ThinkPad SL500
Source: Computer Shopper 
The ThinkPad SL500 is an affordable version of Lenovo’s popular business notebook that doesn’t skimp on features.
7.8 von 10, Ausstattung gut, Mobilität schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 78% features: 80% mobility: 40%
80% Lenovo ThinkPad SL500 notebook
Source: Pocket Lint
The Lenovo ThinkPad SL500 manages to deliver both in terms of aim, as well as price. For the asking price, the build quality is excellent and the all-round usability makes it a pleasure to use. Sure, it's not the most powerful notebook around but the keyboard and battery life more than make up for it.
8 von 10, Verarbeitung ausgezeichnet, Preis sehr gut, Mobilität gut, Leistung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/03/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 90% performance: 40% mobility: 80% workmanship: 95%
75% Lenovo ThinkPad SL500 review
Source: CNet
The ThinkPad SL500 is attractively priced, solidly built and a good performer. We're particularly impressed with the high-resolution 15.4-inch screen. However, its inward-sloping edges can make it difficult to locate ports and expansion slots, the webcam is basic and battery life could be longer.
7.5 von 10, Verarbeitung gut, Display gut, Mobilität sehr schlecht
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/23/2008
Rating: Total score: 75% display: 80% mobility: 30% workmanship: 80%
Foreign Reviews
65% Zehn Spiele-Notebooks bis 1.500 Euro
Source: Gamestar 
, Length Unknown, Date: 12/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 65% price: 70% performance: 40% display: 80%
60% Ein Puma ohne Krallen
Source: Chip.de - 12/08
online available, Medium, Date: 12/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 80% performance: 73% features: 85% display: 84% mobility: 50% ergonomy: 88%
77% Lenovo SL500 – Alles-Könner mit Schönheitsfehlern
Source: Notebookinfo
online available, Short, Date: 11/06/2008
Rating: Total score: 77% performance: 79% features: 88% display: 79% mobility: 66% workmanship: 72% emissions: 90%
65% Lenovo Thinkpad SL500
Source: Gamestar
online available, Very Short, Date: 10/28/2008
Rating: Total score: 65% price: 70% performance: 45% features: 60% display: 85%
84% Test Lenovo Thinkpad SL500 Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck
online available, Long, Date: 09/22/2008
Rating: Total score: 84% performance: 79% display: 76% mobility: 75% workmanship: 86% ergonomy: 88% emissions: 87%
80% Lenovo Thinkpad SL500
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Long, Date: 08/25/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 40% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 50% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 90%
Comment
NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS: Compared to the 9300M G, the GS has only 8 unified shaders but a higher clock rate. Therefore, the performance should be similar according to Nvidia. Supports
Hybrid-SLI (GeForceBoost and HybridPower) with Nvidia 9100M G and PureVideo HD (VP3).
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.
P8400:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays.
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 current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.9 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in 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.
73.78%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
