The new Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 laptop is 13.3″ budget business laptop comes with the nearly same features you would find on the Lenovo range laptops of T/X/R-series laptops, but at a very lower price then the other aforesaid range. The new Lenovo SL-series laptop is Lenovo’s answer to the Dell Vostro line-up range of Laptops. This series of Lenovo Laptop ThinkPad range also offers some extra features and not found on the previous or regular lenovo ThinkPads laptops, like a sleek LCD screen, HDMI output, and a new stylish shiny plastic exterior body.
Our review unit specifications:
- The new Lenovo Tinkpad Laptop comes with the Processor Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 with the speed of 2.4 Ghz (1066MHz FSB, 3MB Cache). The graphics are very good inbuilt with NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS 128MB graphic card. The Screen of the laptop is 13.3″ inches WXGA LED-Backlit with very Glossy and Vibrant View (1280×800). The RAM Memory is Two GB (up to 4GB configurable). The hard disk storage space of Lenovo Thinkpad laptop is 250GB SATA HDD with 5400 rotation per minute. The Optical Drive is Dual layer CD/DVD recordable and comes with Wi-Fi connectivity Intel 5100 (802.11 a/b/g/n wi-fi) and BlueTooth connectivity 2.0 EDR. The battery backup is good with 6 cell Li-Ion battery. The dimensions of the new Lenovo Thinkpad laptop is : 12.5 x 9.4 x 1.3-1.5 inches, having the Weight of 14oz including battery. The Lenovo Thinkpad laptop comes with the Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 operating system. And comes with standard Warranty of 1-year.
Build and Design
The new Lenovo SL-series laptops are not unlike its older R-series laptops. The SL-Series Laptop chassis is made up of plastic, which cut down the laptop weight and cost. A shiny surface replaces the old black paint which is commonly found on the Lenovo ThinkPads laptops.
Build quality is very good and above the average, with a tough feel, but not as tough as the Lenovo R or T series Laptop range. The Touch Point buttons of the Lenovo Laptop are very close to the top edge of the palm rest, and peep when pressed. This is just a quite minor defect.
Screen
The new Lenovo SL300 Laptop has LED backlit is very bright Vibrant View display rates above regular and is very easy on the eyes. Color contrast with the shiny finish is brilliant. Vertical viewing angles of the laptop screen are respectable. Horizontal viewing angles of the laptop are also brilliant. Outdoor visibility of the laptop screen would have been better if the screen doesn’t have reflection from the shiny surface of the Laptop.
Keyboard and Touchpad
The keyboard of the Lenovo SL300 series Laptop is very solid on all the perimeters. The new Lenovo SL300 Key action is very soft, accurately what you want form the Lenovo ThinkPad keyboard Laptop.
The touchpad is quite a bit of wait and incompatible sensitivity but the surface is very nice. The surface the laptop touchpad looks just like other Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops. The touch pad is a partially rough surface that is easily to slide your finger across. The laptops touchpad buttons are brilliant. The Lenovo Laptop Touch Point functionality is great.
Performance
The Laptop performance is brilliant comes with the Intel Core 2 Duo processor 2.4GHz and NVIDIA 9300 M graphics card. The Lenovo laptop has very fast boot-time, and the windows and other applications opened without any delay.
Ports and Features
Port selection on the new Lenovo SL300 Laptop is very good, presenting a wide range of ports. This lenovo ThinkPad Laptop offers 3 USB ports, HDMI, VGA, Ethernet, FireWire and a multi-card reader.
Battery
The new Lenovo SL300 series Laptop comes with 6-cell battery, and life is almost four hours of battery. The life of the Lenovo Laptop is with the screen backlight at 60%, WI-FI enabled, and very some internet surfing activity. With wireless connectivity disabled, the estimated time of the remaining battery life jumped approximately 30 minutes.