Lenovo ThinkPad R52

75

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Pros
Comfortable keyboard, solid performance
Cons
Bland design

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Performance: Fair: 64
Features: Good: 70
Design: Very Good: 80

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
ACD Systems ACDSee	900
Adobe Photoshop	386
Adobe Premiere	610
Ahead Nero	1714
Battery Life (Office Applications)	3:30
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX	355
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL	450
Microsoft Office XP	582
Mozilla	385
Musicmatch Jukebox	620
Number of Included Batteries	1
Roxio VideoWave	473
Windows Media Encoder	496
WinZip	592
World Bench 5 Score	77
World Bench 5 Word Score	Fair

WorldBench Tests
Multitasking	760

Performance
WorldBench 5: Performance word scores reflect comparisons of notebooks in the same category running the same operating system. See Guide to the Top-Rated Products for more details.	Good: 77 (Windows XP Professional)
CPU	1.73-GHz Pentium M 740
Screen size	14.1 inches
System memory	512MB of DDR2-533 SDRAM
Hard drive	40GB
Graphics	64MB ATI Mobility Radeon X300
Pointing device	Touchpad, eraserhead
Bays	One
Bundled removable-media drives	One multipurpose bay with DVD-ROM and CD-RW combo drive
Floppy drive	None
Ports	Parallel, two USB 2.0, microphone, headphone, S-Video, docking station, PC Card slot, infrared
Communications	V.92 modem, gigabit ethernet, Bluetooth, 802.11g
Business suite	Not applicable
Other features	ExpressCard slot
Overall design	Outstanding
Battery life (hours:minutes)	Good: 3:30
Weight (typical/minimum, in pounds): Typical weight includes the computer, AC adapter, optical drive, and floppy drive (if offered).	Average: 7.0/6.1
Vendor's reliability/service	Average/Better
Support policy	One-year parts and labor warranty; free unlimited 24-hour daily toll-free support

What You Should Know about the ThinkPad R52

Not Much RAM for Multitasking

The more RAM your laptop has, the faster programs will run and the greater number of windows you can work in at one time. If your needs are simple and you rarely do more than two things at once on your PC, the relatively modest amount of memory that comes installed in inexpensive laptops will be enough. Today the standard amount of RAM shipped in most PCs is 2GB. If you like to multitask--say, you want to launch a search for a file and start backing up data to a disc while you watch a news video--you need more memory.

Reviewed by: white8989

Duration of ownership: 1 Year

Strengths: Security, Features, Usable additions, Look, function.

Weaknesses: The hard drive manufacturer.

Overall Evaluation: I got the IBM R52 last year, to which I am very pleased with it. This was an upgrade from my former IBM thinkpad R40 which in it time was a good system. I had the R40 since 2003 and to this day it runs perfectly. I think that the R52 will do the same. I have had nothing but good luck with IBM thinkpads. The only problem that I had with this R52 is that the HD had been corrupted by lord knows what, however IBM was able to clean the system and get everything back with ease. This had happend 2 times. After the 2nd time IBM changed and even upgraded the hard drive from the 40gig to an 80gig. I would recomend the IBM for those that are looking into this model.
Reviewed by: sam514

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: securty, cpu

Weaknesses: hd poor, 3kg

Overall Evaluation: i very setesfa from this noot book.hi have a very good wi fi, and programs.runing fast and the battry is littel week/ but is avery good noot book for student or home users