Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431

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80% Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431 Review
Source: Notebookreview.com Archive.org version
The Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431 provides an impressive offering for its price. Starting at $500 (NBR's configuration was priced at $648) users will receive a durable attractive chassis, with excellent usability thanks to Lenovo's high quality keyboard and touchpad, along with ample performance capable of handling most business tasks with relative ease. However, if users don't mind towing an extra pound or so, the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431 offers an affordable package that few business-oriented notebooks best.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/14/2013
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 70% features: 90% workmanship: 70%

80% Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431
Source: IT Reviews Archive.org version
The E431 has a comfortable keyboard, dual pointing devices, security features like a fingerprint reader, and you can grab one for less than $600. We recommend small business owners buy a true business PC like the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431 rather than trying to repurpose a consumer budget laptop. It will pay off in comfort, performance, and peace of mind.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/13/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%

80% Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
And there's the rub. The Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431 won't make you stop pining for one of the high-end ultrabooks, nor should it. That's not its place. The ThinkPad Edge E431 is an excellent business laptop for the money, and certainly a more portable and capable business PC compared to a lighter duty tablet like the Microsoft Surface RT$349.00 at Microsoft Store ($699/499) or Dell XPS 10$649.00 at Dell ($649). In addition to Office, the E431 is capable of running full Windows software like Quickbooks, Photoshop, or TurboTax. We haven't given an Editors' Choice for dyed-in-the-wool Small Business laptops in ages, and the ThinkPad Edge E431 certainly qualifies in terms of bang for the buck. It's a much better business choice than just buying one of the less expensive consumer laptops, since it will have a much longer useful life on your desk or on the move.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/11/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%

80% Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431 Review and Ratings
Source: Computer Shopper Archive.org version
This refresh of last year's ThinkPad Edge series provides a better screen, better sound, a better Webcam, and a nifty docking option, but the stock battery drains much too quickly. Still, this may be the best Edge so far. We were somewhat uninspired by last year's Edge models.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/06/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%

60% Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431
Source: Digital Trends Archive.org version
The Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431 isn’t without its sacrifices, but with a starting price for a business laptop that starts at less than $550, that’s to be expected. You’ll have to pay extra for solid-state cache or storage. And you’ll have to live without a touchscreen, HD resolution, or backlit keys.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/03/2013
Rating: Total score: 60%

80% Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
The Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E431 has a lot to offer for little money. At a starting price of less than $500 ($649 for our configuration), you get an attractive business-oriented laptop with a fantastic keyboard, an accurate pointing stick/touchpad combo, optional Windows 7 and enough performance to run most tasks with aplomb.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/18/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%

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Intel HD Graphics 4000: Processor graphics card in the high end Ivy Bridge models. Offers a different clock speed in the different CPU models (ULV to desktop quad core) and therefore a different performance.

Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

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

3230M: Fast Ivy-Bridge-based dual-core, includes HD 4000 GPU, core clock 2.6 - 3.2 GHz» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

14.00":

Above all, this display size is used for subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles. For all three types, this size is quite large. The biggest variety of subnotebooks is represented with this size.

Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.

2.11 kg:

Usually, old laptops with 14-16 inch display-diagonal weigh as much.

Lenovo: Lenovo ( "Le" as in the English word legend and "novo" (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. From 2004, the company has been the largest laptop manufacturer in China and got the fourth largest manufacturer worldwide after the acquisition of IBM's PC division in 2005. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company also produces monitors, projectors, servers, etc.

In 2011, Lenovo acquired the majority of Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Lenovo took over Motorola Mobility, which gave them a boost in the smartphone market.

From 2014 to 2016 Lenovo's market share in the global notebook market was 20-21%, ranking second behind HP. However, the distance decreased gradually. In the smartphone market, Lenovo did not belong to the Top 5 global manufacturers in 2016.

77.29%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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