subject: Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E320 Notebook Review [print this page] Taking into account the price of different groups as well as the capacity of the appearance of acceptance, January 2010, Lenovo announced a new ThinkPad Edge Series notebooks, which tend to locate younger individuals and small and medium business users. Bold use of color, floating island six-row keyboard, no roll cage, and so many new features let users difficult to link it with the ThinkPad, especially a big fan of some black dissatisfaction more strongly on the Edge.
To get more people close contact ThinkPad, Edge is the cost control and then the inevitable, in the face and gradually lower the profits of notebook computers, and the fierce competition among peers, the idea of the major manufacturers are also trying to control costs, Lenovo is also make the best use, special but not ready to sell HP's PC business, and earlier IBM is forced to predict the future. Of course, face the temptation of money, we as consumers are unable to profit by about the "arbitrary and unreasonable", people have to eat ah.
Having said that, their goal is to make the majority of black fans understood Edge, not everyone appreciated ThinkPad Classic that "old fashioned appearance," and can withstand the ThinkPad Classic that high prices (of course the price is now Classic more approachable), like a car, the Fit and Mercedes-Benz's grade and position is different, of course, with lower costs, or would like to thank the major manufacturers we have access to do this, make good use of the good in this situation.
Closer to home, today's hero ThinkPad E320 under Edge series, 13.3 inches of it to fill 12 inches and 14 inches E420 E220 gap between, so portable, visual area, and operating experience, the greatest degree of balance, have both red and black two color version also allows the young fashion business people have more choices.
ThinkPad E320: Appearance
The send test ThinkPad E320 black version, the whole shell of ABS material, roof material for the class of skin matte painting, feel and T, X series of high-elasticity carbon fiber material layer is similar to polyethylene, soft, delicate and leather Similarly, the advantage is greatly enhanced wear resistance.
Machine design neat, precise workmanship, black body moderate corner arc transition, together with the silver edge of the embellishment, both young and business users to meet the purpose of fashion, and also prudent not play.
As we all know, in order to adapt to various conditions, 180-degree screen to open the ThinkPad has been the traditional point of view, even before the E series or X100e, but for more on the trend of the times, in order to be more fashionable, E320 with a sunken screen axis design, this also means that users can only open a maximum of about 145 degrees screen angle.
In order to ensure heat dissipation, ThinkPad E320 is not the pursuit of ultra-thin body thickness, which also ensures a reasonable process and comfort the keyboard keys. E320 A shell top cover with "arch" design, slightly convex curvature can effectively resist the external pressure, thereby protecting the screen from damage.
ThinkPad E320: Interface Description
ThinkPad E320 offers two USB 2.0 ports (yellow USB interface can be turned off in charge of external devices), eSATA / USB 2.0 interface, composite, HDMI port, multi-card reader, and composite audio jacks, as a 13-inch-portable, E320 interface types is very comprehensive and relatively reasonable layout, the only downside is that the right of the cooling air outlet design, comfortable winter natural hair hands warm, summer is quite bad mood artificial baking.
No optical drive to ensure the performance of ThinkPad E320, operator comfort and visual space at the same time, more portable, I believe that attention to its user base will also move the office, at any time online into their willingness to purchase them. Thus, E320 on the bottom, hidden in the battery area within the design of a SIM card slot, with the body internal mini PCI-e slot on the 3G wireless network adapter for anytime, anywhere with wireless wide area network interconnection, which reflects the E320 portable benefits.
ThinkPad E320 fuselage bottom for the integration of design, simply remove three screws can see the internal structure, the construction of simple user-friendly upgrade the hardware, clean-up dust.
As a single display notebook, ThinkPad E320 thermal module design some thin, but that intensive turbine blades (the official called the Eagle Wings fan) letting their hope the author, the specific heat users Lenovo ThinkPad X61 battery please also concerned about the performance of the following Articles cooling performance.
This mini PCI-e slot can be extended not only WWAN, you can also extend mSATA, with the association of EE 2.0 (full name ENHANCED EXPERIENCE 2.0, which is often said RapidBoot Quick Start technology) E220s can boot time by 30%, but mSATA is rare in the market and the price is expensive, and because of the internal space constraints, E220s only one internal mini PCI-e slot, WWAN module that mSATA and one of only two options, in addition, although the SIM card slot, However, no WWAN antenna inside the fuselage.
ThinkPad E320: using the experience
Although the space key on the keyboard light logo, but really no ThinkLight ThinkPad E320, and backlit keyboard, in order to avoid unnecessary costs wasted, E320 ThinkLight keyboard should have the E420s and E420 does not have the ThinkLight general, also shows some of the details Edge's product positioning.
ThinkPad E320 keyboard keys for the 6-line design, with no shortcuts, users can "Fn + F1 ~ F12" key combination to achieve the icon corresponding to the function. Note: The factory default E320 F1 ~ F12 for the shortcut keys, the user can enter the BIOS settings for exchange.
Trackpoint ThinkPad is an indispensable factor, E320 is no exception. Compared with the corresponding key in the key before the E40 on the longer range, and also has spill-resistant feature, the use of comfort on the keyboard, although many black fans of their disdain, but it is still the greatest degree of assurance Lenovo ThinkPad T500 battery traditional keyboard, the ThinkPad operating experience.
Family of next-generation ThinkPad touchpad all as integrated design, while ensuring the integrity of the more beautiful, but in practice when you press the left button when the mouse pointer will be more or less drift, and for those who like red dot operation of the user, as too close to the red and blue touchpad, palm will often inadvertently this area, the mouse drift, double-click the misuse inevitable. However, the timely introduction of palmcheck Lenovo drivers, when the keyboard or use the red dot will automatically screen touchpad. To turn off the user will need to enter the BIOS to disable the touchpad, the more trouble.
ThinkPad E320: heat and life
Excellent heat dissipation has been a ThinkPad tradition, but by observing the upper and lower two images, ThinkPad E320 is not so optimistic. Running one hour PCmark Vantage, its Redu mainly in the area near the processor and graphics card, in addition, the fan on the right set of design greatly reduces the user's operating experience.
ThinkPad E320 is equipped with a 63Wh lithium ion batteries, based on MobileMark test, it probably can be used for nearly six hours, which is the highest brightness of the screen, if appropriate to reduce the brightness, will bring a longer life.
Summary
Edge is different from the Classic, "subversive" design, the Edge machine costs more inclined to locate individual users or small and medium business users, the desire for a more stylish appearance, cheaper prices, while maintaining a high comfort of operation and high-quality after-sales Lenovo ThinkPad R500 battery service is the user group to pursue. Of course, this also allows a fan of black can not accept, they think Edge Series ThinkPad family has not, indeed, due to product positioning's sake, Edge series has been unable to follow the classic roll cage, and other characteristics of magnesium alloy casing design, However, production costs can be reduced, so that more people can close access to the ThinkPad, but also in some of the basic human setting, the black is still the quality of continuity.
