Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 420S

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

5
Average:

0
Bad:

1

Pros:

Good Solid Build, Good keyboard and responsive clickpad, Clean design, Handy software bundle
Solid build quality, Excellent keyboard, Great battery life (6hours), Good design.

Cons:

Nonremovable battery, No USB 3.0, The screen could have been better
Nonremovable battery, Lowresolution display, No status lights.

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Last revision on April 10, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Good Solid Build, Good keyboard and responsive clickpad, Clean design, Handy software bundle
Solid build quality, Excellent keyboard, Great battery life (6hours), Good design

Reviewers Didn't Like

Nonremovable battery, No USB 3.0, The screen could have been better
Nonremovable battery, Lowresolution display, No status lights

Expert reviews and ratings

The Lenovo ThinkPad E420s is available for a price of Rs. 55,200. You can expect the device to perform its core duties admirably viz. multitasking, web browsing with multiple tabs open at the same time, Office documents etc. you get the catch,...

By ThinkDigit on November 12, 2011

The Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s is a business laptop with a design that adds to the style quotient of it's predecessors, but still continues in the ThinkPad legacy of having a solid build quality....

By PCWorld India on August 28, 2011

The ThinkPad range has been typically targeted at business users, however, I can certainly see more general users adopting the Edge series, especially as the price of the business class fare edges further below the £1000 mark. This Core i5 version...

By RegHardware on July 07, 2011

The ThinkPad Edge E420s is an impressive 14-inch notebook. It makes a great travel companion thanks to its 6+ hour battery life, ~ 4 lb. weight, and one-inch thin chassis. The build quality is superb overall; the rubber-touch surfaces feel great. The...

By Notebook Review on June 16, 2011

Whether you're a mobile professional, a student, or just someone who needs an affordable notebook for work and play, the ThinkPad Edge E420s is a compelling choice. This laptop offers a great typing experience, solid performance, and strong battery...

By LaptopMag on May 25, 2011

According to Lenovo, the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s office laptop is supposed to especially appeal to small business. However, we can't really imagine the 14 inch notebook, with a native resolution of 1366x768 pixels and the display's high-gloss...

By NotebookCheck on May 20, 2011

100

If you have read my reviews over the past 8 years, you’d know I have used a lot of windows based computers in my day. So you can understand when I say no matter whom makes the system it’s pretty much always the same experience. Sure designs...

By HardwareGeeks on May 05, 2011

Lenovo designed the ThinkPad Edge E420s for small-to-medium business (SMB) users, and if evaluating it on those terms, the E420s proves a solid workhorse. It has plenty of horsepower to beam PowerPoint presentations to potential clients, and with its...

By HotHardware on July 19, 2011

The ThinkPad E420s couldn’t be much different from the excellent Lenovo IdeaPad G570. To be fair to the ThinkPad it is a very work-focused model, but the poor battery life, lack of storage space, mediocre screen and relatively high price all count...

By Techworld on July 02, 2011

However, Lenovo has stuck in the ability to assign the option of low-power or high-performance graphics to the profiles of various applications. This is how Optimus works, more or less, but the AMD implementation is a lot more opaque, and I find myself...

By ZDNet UK on May 04, 2011

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