Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Order
3. Build quality
4. Keyboard and Touchpad
5. Screen
6. Cooling and noise
7. Performance
8. Battery life
9. Claim
10. Updates Introduction I got this laptop a little over two weeks and it seemed time to write about the Lenovo Thinkpad E531 a review. Since the time he came in, I've worked every day and got a bit of an idea of how the laptop behaves Order Just to start with what I ordered. The laptop I bought from Lenovo itself, the site has made it yourself. There I chose the default configuration of € 500 with the following specifications: Intel Core i3-3120M Full HD Intel HD 4000 IG 4GB RAM Fingerprint Reader 128GB SSD 6 cell 62Wh acc ThinkPad a / b / g / n Wireless This totally took me at that time about € 660 in total. The shipping took a long time, ordered on 9 August and on 26 August he came inside. This was about the maximum time to send that Lenovo said it was possible, so go there but from that it takes a long time when you compile it yourself. Once the package arrived there was not much special. It was not a pretty package, but it seemed tightly wrapped. In addition to the laptop itself, there was still a charger and some books. You also get a lot of nice bloatware on your laptop from Lenovo itself (and another anti-viruss program from another company), but because it is not clear what is needed and what is not, I have almost everything on leave. Bouwkwaliteit The E531 is mostly very well built. The keyboard feels sturdy, the hinges are stiff in a positive way, and the whole is just solid. However, the only downside here is the screen when it is closed. On the front it closes naturally neatly to the bottom, but at the back there is a gap between the screen and the keyboard part. I do not know whether this is insurmountable for a laptop, but here it helps guarantee that you can press a little the screen. That you feel especially if you pick up the laptop to drag and you're going to remember if your laptop into a bag where other things pressing against laptopcompariment. However, I have no defects in the screen discovered this, so it is probably not very. gates are also of fairly good quality. If you have a USB stick tucks it can, however, a little wobble. Perhaps this is also when other USB ports on other computers, but so far I have noticed here alone. It was not a major problem, they are excluded from. The input for the charger is certainly stronger, this is no way to move and that is very fine. A previous laptop charger ever fell out of the gate and was hardly to charge, but that seems to be impossible. Here The connection is very similar to USB, but is proprietary. The back has a matte finish and is very nice in my opinion. Under a very small angle you can see light spots, a little but normally you just see a smooth back. Moreover, the laptop just over 2.3kg, less so than Lenovo itself specify on their site. Always welcome of course, but it makes sure there is no portable from. Keyboard and Touchpad The keyboard is almost perfect. The type was delicious, it gives a clear response and is well laid out. you get what the top dabs with features to adjust the volume., brightness and some other things The f1-f12 functions behind a Fn button, but this is to lock (also goes a bell). I have told the Dutch format chosen, while I'm used internationally. Do not forget to pay attention to so. I type now internationally on a Dutch format, you can not have everything There are perhaps two things that are not quite right. First, tap the Enter not fine if it is not used for a while. That's just the first time, then you get the feeling he's a little bit stuck. Then he just works normally. In addition there is a pointing stick, which I do not. Use From me he never should, therefore omitted but he is not in the way. As far as I can judge (this is the first time I have a laptop with such a long pointer use) it is working properly, you can quickly move him with reasonable precision, move slowly, you can accurately place really him. The combination with the touchpad works quite strange, because right is right under the touchpad. The touchpad itself is used fairly well. It supports multitouch and 4 fingers and you can use a large part of the actions themselves. So I had initially suffered from a staggered cursor through my palm rested on it, but by what insensitive to adjust the touch pad you got no more trouble. However, he responds thus was less movements to, although that is not common. Sometimes you still suffer from not recognizing a scroll motion with two fingers. Why that is, I dare not say, but that can be frustrating. buttons are integrated into the touchpad, so you have a larger surface area, but it works a little less if you have to drag windows etc. That is always a job that relies on luck that you cooperate laptop. It is generally a good touchpad, but certainly can not compete with a simple mouse. But just browsing on the train without a mouse just works well. Finally I would like to mention the fingerprint scanner. This works as you would expect. You can register up to 10 fingers of both hands, of course 5. Until now, I have encountered no finger that is not registered but allows access to the laptop. I think it is a very fine method, so you do not have to type in a password, but you can not quite get it past the scanner under the cursor. If you € 10 or something may be missing then I would definitely do if you locked the laptop when he goes to standby. Screen This version for me has a 1920x1080 screen. You can opt for something like 1366x768, but the additional cost for a full HD display is well worth it. With two windows side by side browsing is really a relief. Apart from the resolution, the screen is not great. Though it is not a bad screen, I'm sure you can find it. Better Happiness is that a matte screen is a personal preference of mine. If you sit in front of the screen and you will see a white surface, for example, a web page, you can if you look a little to see a noise. I do not know how to describe it, but it is not perfectly white. You can also see other colors or pictures. You only notice it when you pay attention, but it is not pretty. If you are looking for a laptop with nice screen, then you may think I better find another. The viewing angles are also not to write home about. On your own, it is easy to see, from any reasonably normal position if you go soon notice some discoloration. Want something to show to more people than some will just see ugly colors or text at all can not read. Altogether a screen that works for programming, browsing and things like that, but for photo editing, this is not a suitable laptop (though you look to a different category of laptops). Cooling and noise The laptop I use most just on a desk, so a lot of the heat, I do not brand. However, if I feel the bottom of the laptop, then this is just as warm as the environment. He is a couple of hours, but now there is nothing on intensiefs done. The fan is always on when the laptop has been on for a while. It is then in a whisper mode, if the radio is playing at normal volume, you no longer hear it. Do you work in a quiet environment, however, you can hear it, but the laptop does not feel hot to, at most Slightly warmer. Slap you close the screen (so to standby), the fan will turn off within 10 seconds (unless it's really hot, of course, but that makes sense) and clap your laptop open again, you can work for a while again without bothering the fan. However, I do not know if that's good for the laptop, but it helps. The noise is actually okay, I have not heard him hiss like a giant fan. However, as a fairly small ventilator, which probably can be irritating. Achievements in this part, I dare not much to say, because before I did not buy the laptop. To begin at the beginning: the laptop is booted more than 10 seconds in something, and that's just very nice. Is also within seconds, including finger scan. Unhold The programs begin fairly quickly and it just does not feel slow at. Only if you're going to see in Windows Photo Viewer pictures it takes a while before the next image is loaded. That is far from every computer I've seen, but I had hoped that the SSD in there would change that. Not so. The laptop just feels smooth to. Open a movie in 1080p on YouTube from windowed to full screen, there is a small hitch, though it is not really disturbing. All in all, enough for me, but I do not think this laptop is good enough for someone who needs a lot more power. Then you would choose anyway and i5 and who is not here. Battery Life The battery 62Wh I can about 6 hours work when it is fully charged. The brightness is not up, but slightly above the middle. I have no equipment to indicate that neatly nits again here so I can not measure properly. I work In the morning here and evening much on the laptop and you start with a full battery, then you probably will not be charging him. Before the end of the day For me it is certainly adequate and I think you can bridge a college / working without a power outlet, but he must be recharged at home. Charging itself goes very fast in my opinion. I have not measured but is charging after an hour he has been charged to a great extent. Without numbers have not much to it, so I'll see if I can measure it once Conclusion All in all I am very satisfied with this laptop. He is well built, is not hot and is fluent. The screen is not great, but again, not bad. There is a lot of bloatware on in my opinion, though you can remove them if you wish. With a good battery life for a reasonable price, I think it's a good purchase for many people. If you have any questions, ask them. If someone takes the trouble, at least for reading this review .. Updates 11-09 This afternoon the fingerprint scanner was just not recognized, he could not find the hardware it. This was after an installation of updates in Windows Update, but I could not find any updates that were recently installed. But now he does it again, so I have no idea what was going on. If I know more about it than I'll post it here.
1. Introduction
2. Order
3. Build quality
4. Keyboard and Touchpad
5. Screen
6. Cooling and noise
7. Performance
8. Battery life
9. Claim
10. Updates Introduction I got this laptop a little over two weeks and it seemed time to write about the Lenovo Thinkpad E531 a review. Since the time he came in, I've worked every day and got a bit of an idea of how the laptop behaves Order Just to start with what I ordered. The laptop I bought from Lenovo itself, the site has made it yourself. There I chose the default configuration of € 500 with the following specifications: Intel Core i3-3120M Full HD Intel HD 4000 IG 4GB RAM Fingerprint Reader 128GB SSD 6 cell 62Wh acc ThinkPad a / b / g / n Wireless This totally took me at that time about € 660 in total. The shipping took a long time, ordered on 9 August and on 26 August he came inside. This was about the maximum time to send that Lenovo said it was possible, so go there but from that it takes a long time when you compile it yourself. Once the package arrived there was not much special. It was not a pretty package, but it seemed tightly wrapped. In addition to the laptop itself, there was still a charger and some books. You also get a lot of nice bloatware on your laptop from Lenovo itself (and another anti-viruss program from another company), but because it is not clear what is needed and what is not, I have almost everything on leave. Bouwkwaliteit The E531 is mostly very well built. The keyboard feels sturdy, the hinges are stiff in a positive way, and the whole is just solid. However, the only downside here is the screen when it is closed. On the front it closes naturally neatly to the bottom, but at the back there is a gap between the screen and the keyboard part. I do not know whether this is insurmountable for a laptop, but here it helps guarantee that you can press a little the screen. That you feel especially if you pick up the laptop to drag and you're going to remember if your laptop into a bag where other things pressing against laptopcompariment. However, I have no defects in the screen discovered this, so it is probably not very. gates are also of fairly good quality. If you have a USB stick tucks it can, however, a little wobble. Perhaps this is also when other USB ports on other computers, but so far I have noticed here alone. It was not a major problem, they are excluded from. The input for the charger is certainly stronger, this is no way to move and that is very fine. A previous laptop charger ever fell out of the gate and was hardly to charge, but that seems to be impossible. Here The connection is very similar to USB, but is proprietary. The back has a matte finish and is very nice in my opinion. Under a very small angle you can see light spots, a little but normally you just see a smooth back. Moreover, the laptop just over 2.3kg, less so than Lenovo itself specify on their site. Always welcome of course, but it makes sure there is no portable from. Keyboard and Touchpad The keyboard is almost perfect. The type was delicious, it gives a clear response and is well laid out. you get what the top dabs with features to adjust the volume., brightness and some other things The f1-f12 functions behind a Fn button, but this is to lock (also goes a bell). I have told the Dutch format chosen, while I'm used internationally. Do not forget to pay attention to so. I type now internationally on a Dutch format, you can not have everything There are perhaps two things that are not quite right. First, tap the Enter not fine if it is not used for a while. That's just the first time, then you get the feeling he's a little bit stuck. Then he just works normally. In addition there is a pointing stick, which I do not. Use From me he never should, therefore omitted but he is not in the way. As far as I can judge (this is the first time I have a laptop with such a long pointer use) it is working properly, you can quickly move him with reasonable precision, move slowly, you can accurately place really him. The combination with the touchpad works quite strange, because right is right under the touchpad. The touchpad itself is used fairly well. It supports multitouch and 4 fingers and you can use a large part of the actions themselves. So I had initially suffered from a staggered cursor through my palm rested on it, but by what insensitive to adjust the touch pad you got no more trouble. However, he responds thus was less movements to, although that is not common. Sometimes you still suffer from not recognizing a scroll motion with two fingers. Why that is, I dare not say, but that can be frustrating. buttons are integrated into the touchpad, so you have a larger surface area, but it works a little less if you have to drag windows etc. That is always a job that relies on luck that you cooperate laptop. It is generally a good touchpad, but certainly can not compete with a simple mouse. But just browsing on the train without a mouse just works well. Finally I would like to mention the fingerprint scanner. This works as you would expect. You can register up to 10 fingers of both hands, of course 5. Until now, I have encountered no finger that is not registered but allows access to the laptop. I think it is a very fine method, so you do not have to type in a password, but you can not quite get it past the scanner under the cursor. If you € 10 or something may be missing then I would definitely do if you locked the laptop when he goes to standby. Screen This version for me has a 1920x1080 screen. You can opt for something like 1366x768, but the additional cost for a full HD display is well worth it. With two windows side by side browsing is really a relief. Apart from the resolution, the screen is not great. Though it is not a bad screen, I'm sure you can find it. Better Happiness is that a matte screen is a personal preference of mine. If you sit in front of the screen and you will see a white surface, for example, a web page, you can if you look a little to see a noise. I do not know how to describe it, but it is not perfectly white. You can also see other colors or pictures. You only notice it when you pay attention, but it is not pretty. If you are looking for a laptop with nice screen, then you may think I better find another. The viewing angles are also not to write home about. On your own, it is easy to see, from any reasonably normal position if you go soon notice some discoloration. Want something to show to more people than some will just see ugly colors or text at all can not read. Altogether a screen that works for programming, browsing and things like that, but for photo editing, this is not a suitable laptop (though you look to a different category of laptops). Cooling and noise The laptop I use most just on a desk, so a lot of the heat, I do not brand. However, if I feel the bottom of the laptop, then this is just as warm as the environment. He is a couple of hours, but now there is nothing on intensiefs done. The fan is always on when the laptop has been on for a while. It is then in a whisper mode, if the radio is playing at normal volume, you no longer hear it. Do you work in a quiet environment, however, you can hear it, but the laptop does not feel hot to, at most Slightly warmer. Slap you close the screen (so to standby), the fan will turn off within 10 seconds (unless it's really hot, of course, but that makes sense) and clap your laptop open again, you can work for a while again without bothering the fan. However, I do not know if that's good for the laptop, but it helps. The noise is actually okay, I have not heard him hiss like a giant fan. However, as a fairly small ventilator, which probably can be irritating. Achievements in this part, I dare not much to say, because before I did not buy the laptop. To begin at the beginning: the laptop is booted more than 10 seconds in something, and that's just very nice. Is also within seconds, including finger scan. Unhold The programs begin fairly quickly and it just does not feel slow at. Only if you're going to see in Windows Photo Viewer pictures it takes a while before the next image is loaded. That is far from every computer I've seen, but I had hoped that the SSD in there would change that. Not so. The laptop just feels smooth to. Open a movie in 1080p on YouTube from windowed to full screen, there is a small hitch, though it is not really disturbing. All in all, enough for me, but I do not think this laptop is good enough for someone who needs a lot more power. Then you would choose anyway and i5 and who is not here. Battery Life The battery 62Wh I can about 6 hours work when it is fully charged. The brightness is not up, but slightly above the middle. I have no equipment to indicate that neatly nits again here so I can not measure properly. I work In the morning here and evening much on the laptop and you start with a full battery, then you probably will not be charging him. Before the end of the day For me it is certainly adequate and I think you can bridge a college / working without a power outlet, but he must be recharged at home. Charging itself goes very fast in my opinion. I have not measured but is charging after an hour he has been charged to a great extent. Without numbers have not much to it, so I'll see if I can measure it once Conclusion All in all I am very satisfied with this laptop. He is well built, is not hot and is fluent. The screen is not great, but again, not bad. There is a lot of bloatware on in my opinion, though you can remove them if you wish. With a good battery life for a reasonable price, I think it's a good purchase for many people. If you have any questions, ask them. If someone takes the trouble, at least for reading this review .. Updates 11-09 This afternoon the fingerprint scanner was just not recognized, he could not find the hardware it. This was after an installation of updates in Windows Update, but I could not find any updates that were recently installed. But now he does it again, so I have no idea what was going on. If I know more about it than I'll post it here.
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