Review of the Lenovo ThinkPad T540p

Another high-tech innovation from Lenovo is perfect for the role of a business notebook. It has powerful features, provide excellent system performance and impressive visualization of the image. And, of course, it is equipped with advanced technologies in the field of security. The truth is so advanced device is quite expensive.

Design

The device, which has a rather impressive price, is not only a powerful equipment, but also perfectly realized design. The housing can hardly be called an ultra, because when the overall dimensions 376×248 mm has a thickness of 28 mm. NEW weighs about 2.5 kg. By modern standards for a progressive machine is not that high. The apparatus has a very acceptable performance mobility and compactness. But do not forget that the product has a rather powerful equipment. Smooth edges and form a neat fillets make appearance of the device extremely elegant and stylish.

Furthermore, the device has a solid frame made entirely from high-strength carbon fiber reinforced plastic in the upper part of the magnesium alloy and – at the bottom. This means that the housing is characterized by excellent reliability and resistance to external stresses such as moisture, vibration, high and low pressure differences and temperature regimes.

Chassis mount the monitor to the main body is made of high-strength metal. It should also be noted that the maximum opening angle of the display panel is 180 °. This ensures a more comfortable positioning of the screen relative to the user when working with the machine.

Despite the high-tech equipment of the device, it has a fairly modest set of connection interfaces. Ethernet port and plug the power cord connects brought to the back of the unit, which may be in some cases not the most convenient solution, because it connected to the corresponding cable is not so easy, as if the connectors are located on the sidewalls. The front side is devoid of any interfaces.

And on the right side are placed miniDisplayPort, VGA, one USB 2.0 connector and 3.0, Card Reader and combined audio output. The left side is equipped with an optical drive DVD Super Multi, USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, as well as opening the lock Kensington. At this very modest set of interfaces connecting ends. But the user can optionally purchase an optional docking station, and thereby expand the range of available ports connection.

Screen

Presented laptop is equipped with 15.6 “monitor with an impressive resolution 2880h1620 dpi. Needless to say that with such a high setting provides stunning visualization of the image. In addition to that, the monitor is characterized by high values of brightness and contrast. A viewing angles ensure comfortable viewing without noticeable distortion of picture quality from almost any angle. with this view the picture on the screen presented new items will be convenient for multiple users simultaneously.

In addition, the display has a matte finish, which ensures comfortable visualization even in bright light and outdoor.

Perhaps one of the drawbacks of the equipment of the monitor is the presence of a rather mediocre 0.9 megapixel camera. It can be used except to make calls to Skype, that for such a powerful machine is rather disappointing fact.

Input Devices

Novelty is equipped with full-size keyboard. Here is how tsifirnaya panel, and a number of function keys, combined with the Fn functions. The keys have a concave ergonomic shape, excellent travel and a soft feedback. Perform a long set of characters on this keyboard is very comfortable and convenient. In addition, the input panel is equipped with two-stage illumination, which allows its use in low light conditions.

Unfortunately, the developers could not avoid shortcomings in the design of the input panel. TouchPad realized not the best way. Physical buttons have been replaced with mouse functions sensory area in the lower part of the panel, and they are not the best way to respond to touch. Even if you have some skill the user is unlikely to avoid accidentally enter or change a parameter, as sensory areas TouchPad differ not better sensitivity.

Performance

Novelty has a powerful high-tech equipment, providing high system performance when running demanding applications and advanced video games. The device is equipped with a dual-core processor Intel Core i7-4600M processor with a clock frequency of 2.9 GHz, 8 GB of RAM DDR3-1600, a discrete graphics card GeForce GT 730M with 1 GB of dedicated video memory and storage capacity of 1 TB. The only drawback is the fact that the performance of the notebook is significantly reduced when running on battery power. But if the new product is connected to a network, it shows impressive results performance.

It is also worth noting that the device is equipped with a fairly impressive array of safety features. Here there is an opportunity to protect the BIOS and hard drive with a password, log on by using a fingerprint reader, built-in model TPM, and is supported by the use of the application of data protection and theft device Anti-Theft and Computrace.

We should also mention the excellent work 9 tiyacheechnogo lithium-ion battery that provides a long enough time autonomous functioning machine. With an average load device can operate for about 9 hours, and minimum operating time at full load is almost 4 hours.

Advantages

• Corpus superior reliability through the use of high-strength materials.


• The screen has an amazing resolution and provides high-quality imaging.


• Progressive business notebook from Lenovo company has realized great keyboard.


• Thanks to the powerful equipment ensures high system performance.


• The device has an impressive range of protective functions.


• The battery provides long battery life of the product.

Shortcomings

• The device is equipped with a mediocre camera.


• Area softkeys TouchPad realized not the best way.


• When on battery power has been a significant decrease in performance of the machine.

Findings

Lenovo ThinkPad T540p is an excellent representative of the progressive line of notebooks for business. With its powerful equipment it provides high system performance when running demanding applications and complex video games. However, the performance is significantly reduced when running on battery power, as his power is not enough for a good service of high-tech equipment. Therefore, in most cases the user to better operate the machine by connecting it to the mains. But, despite this, the battery provides an impressively long battery life of the device. At maximum load full charge battery last almost 4 hours of uninterrupted operation of the product.

Novelty is equipped with a monitor with an impressively high resolution 2880x1620dpi. It provides excellent quality imaging. In addition, the display has excellent viewing angles, and matte finish makes it comfortable to view images under excessive lighting.

With an ergonomic keyboard, the user can easily make long printing session. But the panel TouchPad realized not the best way. Sensory area of the left and right mouse buttons are not always properly respond to touch.

Review of the Lenovo ThinkPad T540p