Lenovo ThinkPad SL500

By Alex Serpo, ZDNet.com.au on 02 October 2008 04:06 PM

Tags: lenovo, thinkpad, sl500, centrino 2, laptop, review, ram, trackpad

Manufacturer: Lenovo

Battery

• Battery type included
• Lithium-ion

Connectivity

• Network interface
• 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

• Dialup modem
• Yes

• USB ports
• 4

• Firewire ports
• 1

• VGA
• Yes

• HDMI
• Yes

Display

• LCD technology
• WXGA

• Natural resolution (max)
• 1680 x 1050 pixels

• Diagonal screen size
• 15.4 inch

Drives

• Primary hard drive
• 250 GB

• Optical drive
• DVD-RW

General

• Dimensions (H x W x D)
• 37 x 358 x 260 mm

• Weight
• 2.88 kg

• Laptop type
• Business

Graphics

• Amt of video RAM
• 256 MB

• Graphics hardware
• GeForce 9300M GS

Memory

• Amt of RAM
• 2GB

• RAM type
• DDR2-667

• Memory card reader
• Yes

More Information

• Other
• For more information see the Lenovo website.

Other

• Motherboard chipset
• Intel PM45

• Integrated webcam
• Yes

Processor

• Processor speed
• 2.4 GHz

Software

• Operating system
• Windows Vista Business

• Popular software included
• Roxio CD Creator

Sound

• Embedded stereo speakers
• Yes

• Digital audio output
• Yes

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This machine is excellent as a ...M Stres -- 04/10/08

This machine is excellent as a portable small business computer running with multiple programs, in Cad and engineering customer presentations. My SL 500 is running with 4GB Ram and would run it with anything less, in the Vista environment.

The good: Very good battery run time. Great grapics.

The bad: Needs more volume from sound card & more options.

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Sorry but whats with this crap ...thegreatfixer -- 05/02/09

Sorry but whats with this crappy review

Understand that these are not real ThinkPads. They sort of look like one (though not really, with the glossy lid) but they don't have lot of the features common to other ThinkPads

[B]No magnesium case[/B]
[B]No bottom roll cage[/B]
[B]No Think Vantage[/B]
[B]No top roll cage[/B]
[B]No Steel hinges[/B]
[B]No ThinkLight[/B]
[B]No lid latches[/B]
[B]No Ultrabay[/B]

and the BIOS identifies the laptop as an [B]IdeaPad[/B], not a ThinkPad.
This last part isn't going to be an issue for most people, but it's proved a real headache for those trying to run Linux. Other ThinkPad models are made to be Linux-friendly.

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