Lenovo Thinkpad T500
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo Thinkpad T500 (Thinkpad T Series)Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 256 MB
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1680x1050 pixels
Weight: 2.73kg
Price: 1370 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage Thinkpad T (Series)
Average Score: 85% - good
Average of 4 scores (from 5 reviews)
mobility: 72%, workmanship: 88%, ergonomy: 84%, emissions: 84%
Reviews for the Lenovo Thinkpad T500
80% Lenovo ThinkPad T500 15.4-inch Thin and Light Laptop PC
Source: Comp Reviews 
Lenovo's ThinkPad T series of laptops has been extremely popular with corporations but they also work well for consumers. The New ThinkPad T500 is an updated platform that uses the same durable case and design as previous models. Performance is superb for this platform although it is a bit more expensive. Some users will be really happy of the Windows XP downgrade included because of its corporate focus that still primarily uses the OS.
4 von 5, Leistung gut, Verarbeitung exzellent, Preis schlecht
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/17/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 40% performance: 80% workmanship: 95%
83% Lenovo T500
Source: PC Pro
A real prizefighter of a laptop: powerful, well-built and reasonably mobile too.
5 von 6, Leistung gut, Verarbeitung gut, Mobilität gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 83% performance: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 80%
Lenovo T500 ThinkPad Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
The Lenovo T500 as a whole is a great step up from the T61, with a faster processor lineup, much better graphics card, better cooling, larger touchpad, and even a digital video output from the notebook itself. System performance was phenomenal, coming close to workstation or gaming notebook levels. What is not so great is the famed ThinkPad keyboard going floppy on us where they used to be rock solid. No matter if this change was to cut weight or cut costs, Lenovo should have known better not to mess with the most important part of ANY ThinkPad notebook. Don't get me wrong, the keyboard is still much nicer than a budget notebook keyboard, it just isn't as good as what it used to be. Overall the Lenovo ThinkPad T500 is a fine notebook worthy of a spot on many office or dormroom tables, but it could have come closer to perfection if Lenovo didn't mess with the keyboard.
Leistung sehr gut, Emissionen gut, Mobilität gut, Display mangelhaft
User Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/22/2008
Rating: performance: 90% display: 50% mobility: 80% emissions: 80%
Foreign Reviews
87% Test Lenovo Thinkpad T500 Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck 
online available, Long, Date: 10/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 87% performance: 87% display: 87% mobility: 77% workmanship: 87% ergonomy: 88% emissions: 91%
90% Lenovo Thinkpad T500
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Long, Date: 09/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 70% performance: 70% features: 50% display: 50% mobility: 50% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 80%
Comment
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650: The Hd 3650 is a middle class graphics card (in 2008) and compareable to an 8600M GT GPU from Nvidia. It is fabricated in 55nm process and due to Avivo video engine the graphic card can support the processor with several video operations (HD video too).
These cards should be able to display all current games with fluent framerates but not all with high detail settings. Especially demanding games like Crysis, Age of Conan, or Mass Effect are only playable with lower settings. Less demanding (and older) games, like Fifa 08, Command & Conquer 3, or Battlefield 2142 can be played with higher detail levels.
>> 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.
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.
2.73 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.
85%: 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.
