Lenovo 3000 C100 TB0B5GE / TB03MGE

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Lenovo C100 as a Budget Vacation Laptop Review
Source: Notebookreview.com Archive.org version
For the price this laptop gives you everything you need for a mobile computing platform. A capable processor, extremely good battery life, a very bright screen viewable in direct sunlight, and a sturdy keyboard that is quite pleasant to type on all day if needed. It doesn't seem to mind high heat and high humidity, just be aware the CPU fan will be pumping air from power on till power off in hot weather. In normal conditions with AC in your house (~73F), the fan rarely comes on, so it's not a common occurrence.
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Preis/Leistung sehr billig, Display sehr gut, Akkulaufzeit extrem gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/23/2006
Rating: price: 95% display: 95%

60% The first Lenovo-branded notebook looks bland but offers plenty of bang for the buck.
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
The Lenovo 3000 C100, the company's first notebook to bear the Lenovo name since taking over IBM's ThinkPad business, eschews the traditional ThinkPad design for a more generic look. What this laptop lacks in aesthetics it makes up for in terms of features, performance, and battery life. Convenient one-touch access to a host of useful utilities solidifies this system as a good investment for small/home office users. This 1.3-inch-thick mainstream notebook is housed in a nondescript black plastic chassis with a silver lid and weighs 6.2 pounds. Fans of ThinkPad notebooks will be happy with Lenovo's decision to carry over the legendary ThinkPad keyboard but may be disappointed by the lack of a trackpoint mouse pointer. Instead, the system utilizes a responsive two-button touchpad controller with four-way scrolling.
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3 von 5
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/17/2006
Rating: Total score: 60%

84% niedriger Preis, schnelles Allzweck-Notebook, aber kein weltbewegendes Design
Source: PC World Archive.org version
When it acquired IBM last year, Lenovo assured everyone that it would continue to make IBM's distinctive ThinkPad series laptops but would also introduce new products. The first part of that pledge has been fulfilled with the company's new ThinkPad X60s. Now Lenovo has made good on the second part of that promise, releasing new notebook and desktop PC models under its own brand.
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(von 100): 84, Preis/Leistung sehr günstig, Leistung 83, Ausstattung 78
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/17/2006
Rating: Total score: 84% price: 95% performance: 83% features: 78%

90% Lenovo 3000 C100
Source: Trusted Reviews Archive.org version
Until recently, Lenovo was a little known brand. Upon the acquisition of IBM’s PC Division, the name has certainly echoed around the office. Not too long ago Riyad looked at the first Lenovo branded ThinkPad and was a little disappointed that it had moved away from the traditional IBM approach. This is the first time we’ve taken a look at a non-ThinkPad Lenovo brand notebook, so it’ll be interesting to see what the company can come up without relying on the IBM branding. With the lid closed, the C100 looks like a fairly normal laptop with a silver lid and rounded edges. It’s a little on the large side and is no thin and light waif at 2.8kg. Open things up and you really get a feel for how dated this notebook appears. If it wasn’t for the rounded corners, I’d have trouble telling the difference between this and a six year old machine.
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(von 10): 9, Preis/Leistung 10, Leistung 8, Ausstattung 9
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/02/2006
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 100% performance: 80% features: 90%

56% Lenovo 3000 C100 (1.5GHz)
Source: CNet Archive.org version
Lenovo, the company that bought IBM's ThinkPad business last year, has developed an alternative brand of desktop PCs and laptops designed to "address the needs of small-business customers" at a cheaper starting price point than most ThinkPad models. The first two laptop offerings under the Lenovo 3000 umbrella include the superbudget C100 (starting at $599) and the slightly higher-end N100 (starting at $999). Our $749 C100 test unit delivered an average combination of components but solid performance for the price. The battery life was excellent, though the C100 isn't the most portable laptop around. That said, if we had $800 to spend on a laptop, we'd opt for a comparably configured HP Pavilion dv4000, which offers superior multimedia capabilities and a 15.4-inch wide-screen display;
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5.6 von 10
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/06/2006
Rating: Total score: 56%

Lenovo 3000 C100
Source: Notebookreview.com Archive.org version
The C100 is a new model from Lenovo that is targeted at the average consumer or small business buyers, and comes in a lot cheaper than the more expensive Lenovo ThinkPad business models. This laptop has really won me over. I was expecting a low end laptop with more creaks and flex than an empty soda can, but was surprised with an incredibly durable laptop. Lenovo really pulled through on the design of this laptop. I wouldn't bat an eye handing this over to my most obnoxious relative to borrow, knowing full well they'd abuse the thing. When compared to the budget B130 and B120 offerings from Dell and their questionable build, you really can't beat this line of laptops.
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Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/30/2006
Rating: price: 85% workmanship: 85%

Lenovo 3000 C100 - UK EXCLUSIVE!
Source: Bios Magazine Archive.org version
On February 23, 2006, Lenovo unveiled its first-ever Lenovo-branded PCs to be offered worldwide. Finally dismissing the ThinkPad moniker business users cherished for years, the Lenovo 3000 product family is the culmination of work from researchers, scientists and product design teams from China, Japan and the US combined. So we’re sorry to say that we’re disappointed. Nevertheless, for a starting price of just £599, it might just be the perfect system for your number-crunching workforce. But with the advent of the Intel Core Duo processors and more powerful offerings from Dell and HP, you may want to keep your options open. And if you do need more multimedia jazz, maybe you should look at the company’s N Series.
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Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/29/2006

50% Lenovo 3000 C100
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
Lenovo has been sitting patiently, waiting to take the stage with its own brand of notebooks, but this is not the grand entrance I was anticipating. While the Lenovo 3000 C100 ($999) is a capable value notebook for small businesses and home offices, it doesn't distinguish itself from popular value offerings from Acer, Dell, or HP. If anything, it's less attractive. The laptop is thick and weighs 6.3 pounds. A plastic, silver-coated lid, reminiscent of the titanium cover on the Lenovo ThinkPad Z60m, covers the c100's rough body. It's a look well-suited to its budget price. The 15-inch screen has a maximum resolution of 1,024-by-768, and it's bright enough for all types of work.
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2.5 von 5
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/20/2006
Rating: Total score: 50%

Foreign Reviews

77% Office-Notebooks
Source: Chip.de DE→EN Archive.org version
Comparison, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/04/2006
Rating: Total score: 77% price: 85% performance: 85% features: 98% display: 48% mobility: 57% ergonomy: 85%

Office-Notebook made in China
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/30/2006
Rating: performance: 80% features: 92% display: 84% mobility: 88%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip with shared memory on Mobile Intel 915GM chipset. It is the predecessor of Graphics Media Accelerator 950. The performance can be compared with the Mobile Radeon 9000 (with a 64 bit memory bus).

These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

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

Intel Pentium M: With Intel chip set (855 or 915) and Intel WLAN also available with the name Centrino (name for the package).
In the comparison very fast per megahertz and very modest with weaknesses in floating point operations.
It is also available as a low voltage version with very small current consumption.

750: » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.10":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

2.9 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

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.

69.5%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.

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