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Lenovo ThinkPad W500 in Laptops

Verdict

A super-fast workstation laptop with a great screen - but it's only worth buying if you need the ISV certification.

Review Date: 4 Feb 2009

Price when reviewed: £1,217 (£1,400 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
5 stars out of 6

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
3 stars out of 6

Performance
6 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code NRA3CUK
Review Date 4 Feb 2009
Price ex VAT £1,217
Price inc VAT £1,400
Overall rating 5 stars out of 6
Features & Design 5 stars out of 6
Value for Money 3 stars out of 6
Performance 6 stars out of 6
Warranty
Warranty final 3 yr return to base
Physical specifications
Dimensions 356 x 255 x 35mm (WDH)
Weight 2.780kg
Processor and memory
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo T9400
Motherboard chipset Intel P45
RAM capacity 2.00GB
Memory type DDR3
Screen and video
Screen size 15.4in
Resolution screen horizontal 1,920
Resolution screen vertical 1,200
Resolution 1920 x 1200
Graphics chipset ATi Mobility FireGL V5700
VGA (D-SUB) outputs 1
HDMI outputs 0
S-Video outputs 0
DVI-I outputs 0
DVI-D outputs 0
DisplayPort outputs 1
Drives
Capacity 200GB
Internal disk interface SATA
Optical disc technology DVD writer
Replacement battery price inc VAT £0
Networking
Wired adapter speed 1,000Mbits/sec
802.11a support yes
802.11b support yes
802.11g support yes
802.11 draft-n support yes
Integrated 3G adapter yes
Other Features
Wireless key-combination switch yes
Modem no
ExpressCard34 slots 0
ExpressCard54 slots 1
PC Card slots 0
USB ports (downstream) 3
FireWire ports 1
PS/2 mouse port no
9-pin serial ports 0
Parallel ports 0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports 0
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports 0
3.5mm audio jacks 3
SD card reader no
Memory Stick reader no
MMC (multimedia card) reader no
Smart Media reader no
Compact Flash reader no
xD-card reader no
Pointing device type Touchpad, trackpoint
Speaker location Above keyboard
Integrated microphone? yes
Integrated webcam? yes
TPM yes
Fingerprint reader yes
Operating system and software
OS family Windows Vista
Battery and performance tests
Battery life, light use 4hr 2min
Battery life, heavy use 1hr 19min
Overall application benchmark score 1.34
Office application benchmark score 1.46
2D graphics application benchmark score 1.35
Encoding application benchmark score 1.16
Multitasking application benchmark score ERROR: Script can't be evaluated
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