Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 13" Notebook Review

I guess i could see this for business use. For personal use it doesn't have the feature set that I expect.

Thinkpads have always been my fav. laptops, thay seem to be the best in lasting a very long time, good solid parts. This system seems to be a nice unit, for a good price.

"Lenovo made some bold moves with the design, layout and function of the keyboard. Most notably it did away with some keys that most users never use, like SysRq (System Request), Screen Lock and Pause / Break. I fully agree with this decision and also like the placement of the Page Up / Down keys beside the arrow keys."

Yeah, totally agreed, I have no idea what those buttons even do...

Not sure about the placement of the PgUp/PgDown buttons though, especially for business use (I'm thinking Excel). Looks very decent for the price though.

It is for business use! never mind, but they should include a GPU ! cuz many business related apps need that!
BTW lenovo is a great company, I have been using its laptop for the last 1 year and it is great. Good battery (around 4 hrs.) though it doesnt has GPU but i love it.

Thinkpad's are amazing, the best notebook build quality EVER.
I have a IBM Thinkpad 770X that has a Intel Pentium II 300 MHz, 192 MB of RAM, 8.1 GB HDD (yes 8.1), and even a DVD drive all from 1998. It still like brand new, if I threw it at someone or something it would probably break whatever I threw it at.

At this model anyways I'd still prefer the real Thinkpad's not this half and half model.

I just dont like the big red track button in the middle of the keyboard. I left 1999 back in its own year, along with everything that was used then.

No optical drive is a tad puzzling. Keyboard decisions are, actually, good. Fn key placement is typical of all IBM/Lenovo notebooks, so no surprise there. Otherwise seems like a solid machine. I used Lenovo Z61t for the past two years and did not have a single complaint. Hope this one lives to the durability expectations.

Against my advice for buying a Lenovo my brother-in-law bought himself a Sony Vaio (don't remember the model) since they look stylish and already swapped the machine twice - first the touchpad buttons stopped working, then the battery stopped charging.

Lenovo has only a big handicap: old ibm design. This is the only reason i have found to answer me why it cannot take the lead.

I have to say I really hate it when they put the Fn button on the far left like that. I much prefer Ctrl, Fn, Start, Alt for the order of my keys over there. probably b/c that is how my laptop is. But all the newer laptops I have seen the Fn key to the far left, and I always hit it instead of ctrl. have had some odd things happen b/c of that......

eee, i don;t believe that.

mee too, i think so

A friend of mine has a Lenovo ThinkPad. When I first tried the TrackPoint, I knew right away that it was not natural. My friend said that he had a hard time at first but now used it regularly. In fact, he said that he now preferred the TrackPoint over the TouchPad. I was fortunate enough to observe him using the TrackPoint. I just wanted to say this. It was painful for me when I saw him used the TrackPoint. Now I understood why he wasn't getting that much done.

With all the convincing words and features stated in this article, I should have bought this Thinkpad if I can afford it. I do not find the design bad, in fact it's simplicity caught all of my attention. It's simple yet sophisticated, I agree with the author. It looks promising.

I love the fact that it can fold back all the way. I also like the little nub. I found an old PII Thinkpad in the garbage several years back, which needed just a few small things to get running. It still works perfectly and is a perfect web machine.

I know the exterior look might not be important but there is something that I really don't like about Lenovo's laptops. I know they are good computers but i wish they polish up the exterior a bit more

Agree with first poster, not only is this not really capable of the sorts of features that i'd expect for a home use laptop but it's also visually pretty bland.

Good for the business man on the go i'm sure.

that laptop is awesome man. what look .extremely well desined for students to give a perfect look. i wish this a good laptop for everyone

good review. looks like a decent laptop for business, but might not offer too much otherwise... especially with the lack of an optical drive