Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s Series
Processor: Intel Core i3 2310M, Intel Core i5 2410MGraphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6630M, Intel HD Graphics 3000
Display: 14.00 inch
Weight: 2.1kg, 2.4kg
Price: 800, 900 euro
Average of 2 scores (from 6 reviews)
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s-NWD4MGE
Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s-NWD4MGEProcessor: Intel Core i3 2310M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.1kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
Source: PC World
Archive.org versionAll 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
Archive.org versionOnce 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
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/20/2012
Rating: performance: 70% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 40% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 50%
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/15/2011
Source: Itsvet
HR→EN Archive.org versioncompact, 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: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.4kg
Price: 900 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
Source: PC World India
Archive.org versionThe 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 ("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.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these 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).
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics 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).
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
14.00:
14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact.
In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
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80%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
