Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s Laptop Review
Performance Summary & Conclusion
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and if it takes an aggressive styling with lots of LED lights to catch your eye, the E420s isn't for you. The E420s is instead aimed at business users who plan on toting their laptop into the board room and into meetings with co-workers and potential clients. For those users, the well designed E420s gives the same first impression that a fancy suit would give, which is one of style and sophistication. We really like the rubberized lid with chrome trim, and the size and weight is more than manageable.
From a usability standpoint, the keyboard, while lacking a backlight or numbpad, is comfortable to type on and includes a TrackPoint for quick maneuvering of the cursor. We also like the generously sized tracked that's multi-touch aware. All this is built on a solid foundation for an everyday machine that runs well south of $1,000. If we're going to pick on the E420s, we would have to point out the anemic graphics. While you can certainly fire up a casual game during lulls in the work day, this isn't the laptop to bring to LAN parties, nor was it designed to be. Surprisingly, however, Lenovo paid a bit of extra attention to the audio, and the inclusion of Dolby Home Theater v4 adds a bit of entertainment value to the E420s.
The well groomed E420s isn't going to blow you away in any one area, but for business users, it will get the job done while looking spiffy doing it.
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