My 8 year
relationship with my trusty 14" Compaq Presario laptop has ended more than
a month ago, and I was the saddest when it happened. He's still such a beauty
even after all these years.
This laptop got me
through numerous exams and undergrad thesis days.
Classic Polished
metal surface:) It's really beautiful but this build made it awfully heavy too.
:(
I did something
stupid and had the battery stuck in its case for more than 5 years, it
has since deteriorated and couldn't live without the plug. This is a Core Duo with a measly 50 gb of hard drive space, but it still performed like a
pro, and handled all the needs of our first photobooth gig with no hassle. No
performance issues at all for all the softwares that I have run on it, except for some display issues, probably a problem
with the flex cable. But one sad day it suddenly it wouldn't boot up.
After the herculean
efforts of Papa Ray to dislodge the battery off it's holder, he found out that
something near the power button seem to have burned, or got bitten off by ants.
With my
graduate thesis so near and all, we had to look for a new laptop that would be
able to keep up in terms of performance and be handy enough to carry around.
Ray's first thought was to ensure that we had a Lenovo Thinkpad. This line is
geared towards high performance laptops, though they're not popular in the
Looks department.
After much research,
struggling with budget versus performance and portability, we ended up with a
Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E130.
It runs with an
Intel i5 Processor, with 4GB of RAM, and 500gb of storage, all for P30K!
Seriously I think it's an awesome deal! We had such a hard time looking for
this in Megamall Cyberzone because all the stores were out of stock, and
Villman alone offered us to have it ready in their store by the next day.
So thank God we got
the unit and here it is :D :D :D
I was apprehensive
at the fact that it's only 11.6", and it might look like a toy. But the
aluminum frame of the screen give it a solid look, and the case is so sturdy
giving it a take-me-seriously-look. Haha. It's also lightweight at 1.54kgs. The
size isn't so bad at all, and it feels perfect for me and my small hands and
the fact that I tend to work out of the house a lot (school, coffee shops,
fastfood).
I love how I was
able to edit my thesis proposal presentation in Jollibee Philcoa while having
breakfast. I never would have been able to do that with my old laptop because
I'd have to look for a plug. Lol. Plus working dates on coffee shops would be
easier now, as you know how small their tables can get sometimes. May be a deal
breaker though for people who need to have several excel worksheets open, or
for those who do intensive image editing.
Performance? Well it
happily handled our photo booth session with zero hiccups. My work on this one
involved internet browsing with a lot of tabs, Microsoft Office, and Photoshop,
and its working just fine. The battery runs from 5-7 hours with WIFI-on, which
is more than enough for me. :)
It is able to play
HD movies but the speaker quality isn't as stellar, well there ought to be a
compromise somewhere, and the audio is still great with headphones on anyway.
It has an LED display so the viewing angles are good enough.
I have to mention
that the keyboard is a DELIGHT to type in. It has a springback feel to it that
makes typing feel more precise and kinder to the fingers. Sometimes I even open
the laptop just so I could type on it hahah!
It also comes with a
touchpad and trackpoint, which is a trademark for Lenovo Thinkpads. The
touchpad of this one isn't as precise though (I also use a Lenovo L430 in the
office and the trackpad of that one is much better), but the Trackpoint is
pleasant enough. I'm only recently getting used to the Trackpoint and I agree
that it's a genius that is uniquely Lenovo. :)
I named her Deelilah
by the way. I know it's a bit weird walang
basagan ng trip. Bahaha!
Really, really,
happy with this one. My nanay gave this to me as a birthday gift by the way.
Getting it geared for a whole year of intensive work, yeah!
I would definitely
recommend this to anyone looking for a budget-friendly laptop without
compromising the performance, as for me, I'm just glad I found a new work
buddy! :)
| *Disclaimer: all photos by mayolcreations :) |
Hi, I'm planning to buy this model too. It's been six months since your post. Is the thinkpad still good? I'm worried about it's quality since lenovo took over this brand. Hope you'll reply.
ReplyDeleteHi thanks for dropping by. I'm using it now as of this writing and I'm still happy with it :D It's very handy and so far it is able to take on all of the softwares that I have installed.There's an occasional lag when too many programs are open, like when i have several powerpoint presentations, firefox, chrome, and photoshop at once. Heheh but i think it's normal.
Deletemy battery is hmmm 5 hours max i think and that's with lots of programs and wifi on. for me it's a really great deal :D :D
Thanks for the quick reply. How about the build quality of the laptop? Is it good? And does it get too hot when used for 5 hours? Have you tried watching 1080p videos on it? And play graphics-heavy games on it? if so, how was it?
ReplyDeletebuild quality is good enough, it's sturdy and doesn't look cheap, thanks to the metal lining. and i'm really loving the keyboard. nope it doesn't get too hot even if i use it all day. oh there was one time when i left it on sleep mode for too long, it did heat up. even other lenovo laptops encounter that, so i see to it that i put it on 'hibernate' when i leave it for long periods.
Deleteyes it can play 1080p videos but the audio isn't super loud and crisp. pretty fine for my purposes because i use headphones anyway. oh but i haven't played video games with it. :)
thanks!!! : )
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