The Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 is a business notebook and also for normal consumer usage. It is entirely designed in durable plastic which helps reduce its weight as well as cost. This notebook weights 4.6 pounds (with battery). It features a 13.3-inch widescreen TFT display with a resolution of 1280-by-800-pixels. It is built around the 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor P8600 that comes with 1066MHz FSB and 3MB Cache. It also includes a 250GB hard drive (Serial ATA with speed up to 5400 rpm), along with 2 GB of RAM which is upgradeable to 4GB of memory.
Apart from that, its graphics is managed by NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS that comes with a 128MB video memory which ensures high performance graphics and video processing. It also has built-in devices such as stereo speakers, an integrated 1.3-megapixel web-camera, plus SmartCard reader and Fingerprint reader.
Specifications:
The Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 comes with a 13.3-inch glossy surface WXGA high-brightness TFT LCD panel with LED-Backlit Glossy VibrantView and a 1280-by-800-pixel resolution. With up to 2 GB of PC2-5300 DDR2 Memory, it helps the Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 to increase its data bandwidth, lower down on power consumption and enhance performances during multitasking. Apart from its Intel P8600 Core 2 Duo processor with 2.4GHz and NVIDIA 9300M graphic card, it is also equipped with the Prime program that helps the processor to do recursive mathematical calculations and with its multi-threaded features, it uses both processor cores at once where it can measure the amount of time to run a set amount of calculations. The Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 comes with up to 3 MB of L2 cache that temporarily stores data. Along with a hard disk capacity measuring of up to 250 GB, a multi-in-one card reader and an 8 speed DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Burner and optical drive that provides enough space to store and manage files and folders of any size. Its multiple card reader supports flash memory cards such as Memory Stick, MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card, xD-Picture Card and Memory Stick Pro for transferring of data and backup capability. In terms of sound features, it offers three main sources of audio output, including headphone out, built-in speakers, and HDMI audio.
The Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 features a range of advanced connectivity solutions ranging from WiFi wireless capabilities, supporting Intel WiFi Link 5100 wireless technology that provides an average transfer rate of 20.2 Mbps from 15 feet and 15.7 Mbps from 50 feet, to Gigabit Ethernet LAN and modem connection. It also supports the standard data link protocol such as Ethernet, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR capability and IEEE 802.11n (draft). It can be configured with integrated mobile broadband through AT&T. Other input devices include ThinkPad Keyboard, non-Synaptics Touchpad, TouchPoint functionality, plus modem for Fax/modem function that comes with a transfer rate of 56 Kbps. It is also fitted with two Memory slots (SO DIMM 204-pin), one Firewire connectivity (on the left side), one ExpressCard/54 slot (on the right side), one Modem (Phone line – RJ-11), one Network connectivity (on the right side), one Display/video VGA slot (on the rear side), one Headphones Line-out (Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm), one Microphone Input (Mini-phone 3.5 mm), three Hi-Speed USB ports with 4 pin USB Type A (one on the left and two on the right side), Kensington lock slot (on the rear side) and on the left side, it has an HDMI (video and audio) that enables users to connect the notebook with a projector or HDTV.
The ThinkPad SL300 is preinstalled with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 as its operating system. Furthermore, additional software are also pre-installed which includes a suite of business-friendly Lenovo Care utilities for protecting the system and its data such as battery management, system restore, password management, fingerprint reader software (for the bundled fingerprint reader), and hard drive shock-prevention tools. It also comes with InterVideo WinDVD for playing discs and Roxio Easy Media Creator Small Business Edition for burning DVDs and managing media files. It is also easy to be upgraded due to the SL300 components are located beneath two panels on the bottom of the notebook which includes access to the RAM, WWAN slot, processor, and other components. The Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 comes with the dimension of 12.5-inch in width, 9.4-inch in depth and 1.5-inch in height. It is powered by an external power device with a 6-cell Lithium ion battery with an estimated battery life of up to 4 hours for normal usage. The Lenovo notebook comes with a standard one year manufacturer’s warranty.
Reviews:
“You get the quality and performance you want, but ditch some of the high-end features that you don’t necessarily need.” (Geek, 2008)
“The ThinkPad SL300 has the features you would expect from the iconic brand, but not the high price.” (Wi-Fiplanet, 2008)
“The Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 turned out be to be very capable business notebook, with most of the ThinkPad durability and features we are used to, but with a much lower cost. This notebook had more than enough power to plow through daily tasks, heavily influenced by the 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 processor and NVIDIA 9300M GS graphics card. Battery life was good reaching above 4 hours of life in our testing, compared to the 14″ T400 which could break six hours with switchable graphics. Overall the SL300 is a solid notebook for those looking to purchase something more durable than a consumer notebook, but don’t want to make a jump into the full-on business notebook category.” (Notebook Review, 2008)
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