Lenovo ThinkPad S Series
Processor: Intel Core i7 3537U, Intel Core i7 4500UGraphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 8670M
Display: 14.00 inch, 15.60 inch
Weight: 1.86kg, 2.05kg
Price: 1100, 1200 euro
Average of 2 scores (from 4 reviews)
Lenovo ThinkPad S440
Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkPad S440Processor: Intel Core i7 4500U
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 8670M 2048 MB
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixels
Weight: 1.86kg
Price: 1200 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
Price comparison
Reviews
Achilles' heel. The ThinkPad S440 is one of the newest ultrabooks from Lenovo: slim, powerful and enduring. With its current components, clever features and a matted multitouch display the Lenovo ultrabook might be able to put itself right at the top of the competition. We found out if it really does.
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebook.cz
CZ→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Superior mechanical resistance; fast charging; comfortable keyboard; one-link docking. Negative: Noisy fan; below average quality speakers; no indication of battery charge.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/17/2013
Source: Notebook.cz
CZ→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Superior mechanical resistance; fast charging; comfortable keyboard; one-link docking. Negative: Noisy fan; below average quality speakers; no indication of battery charge.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/17/2013
Lenovo ThinkPad S531
Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkPad S531Processor: Intel Core i7 3537U
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 8670M 2048 MB
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.05kg
Price: 1100 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
Price comparison
Reviews
Think Slim! Business notebooks are usually conservative and rather bulky working devices. Lenovo’s ThinkPad S531 is one alternative that wants to eliminate this prejudice. It combines typical business features with a slim ultrabook design. We checked if the attractive specifications are convincing.
Foreign Reviews
Source: Laptop.bg
BU→EN Archive.org versionPositive: High performance; slim and rugged; battery life; Full HD screen; loud and clear sound; fast SSD; good cooling system. Negative: GPU performance; relatively high price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/27/2013
Source: Laptop.bg
BU→EN Archive.org versionPositive: High performance; slim and rugged; battery life; Full HD screen; loud and clear sound; fast SSD; good cooling system. Negative: GPU performance; relatively high price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/27/2013
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.
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 8670M: Lower mid-range graphics card based on the GCN architecture.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
4500U:
Haswell-based ULV dual-core processor clocked at 1.8 GHz with Turbo Boost support up to 3.0 GHz. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 4400 and a dual-channel DDR3 memory controller.
3537U: Fast Ivy-Bridge-based ULV-CPU in Q1 2013. Offers a core clock of 2.0 - 3.1 GHz and an HD 4000 GPU (350 - 1200 MHz). The TDP is rated at 17 W.
» 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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84%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
