Lenovo laptop stand

Today we bring you the ThinkPad T60 widescreen from Lenovo. After acquiring IBMs PC and laptop production in 2005, Lenovo continues the legacy of one of the longest running and most storied notebook lines, the ThinkPad series. These laptops have always been solid performers and a favorite among the business crowd and power users alike. Weve reviewed the normal T60 in the past, but always eager to get our grubby little hands on the newest tech, we readily agreed to have the best and brightest in Lenovos arsenal on our testing bench.

Lenovo Skylight Smartbook

At first blush, the Lenovo Skylight is exactly what the netbook should've been.Instead of slapping a pared down OS onto low powered hardware, the Skylight approaches the widget-centric Internet we've grown accustomed to on our mobile phones, armed with a full-sized keyboard and clamshell design. Mifepristone Tablets online

Lenovo IdeaPad U150

The U150 ships with either a red or a black lid, both of which have a distinctive design laid into them. Check out the image gallery above to see how you feel about it--it's sort of an array of crystal lattice spiderwebs woven into each other. Lenovo refers to it as "Sky Star." I love it, but it's very distinct. You'll probably love it or hate it, and if you hate it, you'll be staring unhappily at it for a while.

On the interior, the screen's bezel is a shiny plastic setting that matches up with the top inch of the interior body. That is, the F keys and above are all a glossy black, while the rest of the keyboard area is a matte silver with the same Sky Star design as the exterior. The machine weighs in at a delightful 2.97 pounds and measures 11.4 inches long, 7.5 inches across, and from 0.5 to 1.35 inches deep. It's not much more weight or size than carrying a large paper notepad, and the Sky Star design looks like the sort of cover an art student's notebook would have.

Lenovo ThinkPad X100e

The answer seems to be: a little of both. It's faster than most netbooks, with a larger, higher-resolution screen; a spacious keyboard; and a bigger hard drive than you'll usually find in lilliputian laptops. You pay for those extras, though. It's a little heavier than run-of-the-mill netbooks and has limited battery life.

Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t

If you love the idea of a portable tablet PC, but can't really come to grips with the lack of a physical keyboard on such devices, Lenovo's S10-3t is here to help. This convertible tablet netbook features a screen that swivels 180 degrees and lies flat, so you can have the conveniences of both a touchscreen and a physical keyboard.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y460

Equipped with memory between 2GB and 4GB, this laptop should be able to handle just about any task you can throw at it without bogging down too much. For instance, if you're a multitasker and you'd like to burn a music CD in one window while watching your favorite DVD movie (for the umpteenth time) in another--while flipping between your inbox and your browser to work on your blog during the movie's boring parts--this laptop can manage it all without a hiccup.

Suited for Commuting and Other Short Trips

Because of its midsize screen and other middle-of-the-road characteristics, this notebook qualifies as an all-purpose portable. Though it might not have the biggest hard drive or all the latest card slots, its features--and accordingly, its price--are a good fit for most people who need to get work done in mainstream applications. On this laptop, you'll be able to compute comfortably in word processing, spreadsheet, e-mail, and browser applications, and enjoy music or a DVD movie with headphones. This laptop, lighter and easier to carry than a desktop replacement, is also a better choice for commuting and other short trips.

Lenovo ThinkPad T410

Performance is quite good on standard applications. The T410 posted an excellent score of 108 on our WorldBench 6 test suite. Game performance is lacking, though. Even with the discrete nVidia NVS 3100M graphics chip, you'll want to drop down to DX9 mode in current-generation games. Even then, expect to dial down detail levels considerably.

Lenovo ThinkPad W510

You'd never describe Lenovo's Thinkpad W510 as "thin and light." It's a bulky, heavy beast--a laptop with a 15.6-inch, LED backlit display that weighs as much as some 17-inch laptops. What you get with that bulk is a high-performance, workstation-class CPU, nVidia Quadro midrange mobile graphics, and workstation-style features such as built-in color calibration, complete with sensor.

As a general-purpose laptop, the W510 is something of a mixed bag. While the Quadro FX880 M mobile GPU is capable for a unit this size, it's no gaming powerhouse. Modern games tend to stagger a bit at the full 1080p resolution. The Stalker: Call of Pripyat benchmark eked out 14.4 frames per second in DX 10 mode at default settings. Far Cry 2's test fell just shy of 18 fps in an action scene.

Similarly, DVD playback was unexceptional. Even after tweaking the nVidia control panel, DVD upscaling still resulted in a soft image with the two DVD movies I viewed (Lord of the Rings: Return of the Kind and Serenity). Even 1080 WMV HD content looked a little washed out. But audio output quality was surprisingly good. Bass, as usual, is lacking, but stereo imaging seems reasonably accurate, and the overall sound quality has a pleasant, neutral sound.