Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E545 Series
Processor: AMD AMD A-Series A10-5750M, AMD AMD A-Series A8-4500MGraphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 7640G, AMD Radeon HD 8650G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics
Display: 15.60 inch
Weight: 2.37kg, 2.4kg
Price: 500, 539 euro
Average of 2 scores (from 3 reviews)
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E545-20B2000PGE
Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E545-20B2000PGEProcessor: AMD AMD A-Series A10-5750M
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 8650G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics 2048 MB
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.37kg
Price: 539 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
Price comparison
Reviews
No news. The ThinkPad Edge E545 wants to be a device for private and business use. Apart from a big storage capacity, the notebook features a matte display, an AMD quad-core processor, and a good keyboard. These are all signs of an attractive device for work. Our review will reveal whether the device really is a well-made notebook.
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E545-20B2000TGE
Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E545-20B2000TGEProcessor: AMD AMD A-Series A8-4500M
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 7640G
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.4kg
Price: 500 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
Source: PC Mag
Archive.org versionThe Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E545 brings a premium look and feel without a premium price. Its AMD A6 processor is well-suited to running basic home office and light multimedia apps, but don't count on its Radeon GPU to run graphics-heavy games smoothly. It would be nice if the E545's screen ran at 1,920-by-1,080, but that's a rare feature for a budget laptop. That said, longer battery life and a 500GB hard drive (rather than the included 320GB drive) are reasonable requests.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/19/2014
Rating: Total score: 70%
Foreign Reviews
Source: c't - Heft 9/2014
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 04/16/2014
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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.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
AMD Radeon HD 8650G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics: Dual Graphics (asymmetrical CrossFire) combination of a dedicated Radeon HD 8570M and a 8650G processor graphics card (in the processor core of the A-Series). Only in some cases faster than one GPU alone and furthermore it sometimes suffers from micro stuttering.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
AMD Radeon HD 7640G: Processor graphics card that is built into the Trinity A8 series APUs from AMD. Based on the VLIW4 architecture of the Radeon HD 6900 desktop series.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
AMD AMD A-Series:
A10-5750M: Quad-core processor with only two FPUs and an integrated Radeon HD 8650G graphics card. Top model of the A10 series.
A8-4500M: Trinity quad-core, 1.9 - 2.8 GHz, 7640G GPU
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
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74%: 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.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
