Lenovo ThinkPad SL500 is attractively priced, solidly built and a good performer. Reviewers are particularly impressed with the high-resolution 15.4in. screen. However, its inward-sloping edges can make it difficult to locate ports and expansion slots, the webcam is basic and battery life could be longer. The highest-scoring subsystem was Primary hard disk with 5.3. In between came RAM (Memory operations per second with 4.7), Processor (calculations per second with 4.9) and Gaming Graphics with 5.1). Taking all these scores into account, the SL500 can be judged an above-average all-round performer.

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