•  Date Published: 14 Apr 2019
  • Intel Core i5-7200U
  • Intel HD Graphics 620
  • 15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
  • 256GB SSD
  • 16GB DDR4, 2400 MHz
  • 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs)

Review

Lenovo ThinkPad E580 in-depth review

Recently we showed you a laptop that is an attempt by a company to combine the rigidity of the past with modern looks - the ThinkPad E480. Today we are looking at essentially the same shell but in larger form factor - the 15.6-inch Lenovo ThinkPad E580. Lenovo is well known for its super sturdy ThinkPad products, dating all the way back to the IBM age. But modern times need modern methods. The old square body is not that appealing anymore. In an era of super thin MacBooks and even slimmer Dell XPS business devices, the ThinkPad series would be doomed if they didn't change something. Okay, you are thinking why would we talk about MacBooks and XPSes when the ThinkPad E580 starts at $630. Well, because this device offers all that you need.First of all, the CPU line-up of this model is on[...]

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Pros

  • Super fast and responsive device
  • Very good input devices
  • Supreme contrast and viewing angles
  • Supports M.2 PCIe NVMe/SATA SSDs
  • Well calculated cooling
  • Very good battery life

Cons

  • PWM is used to regulate screen brightness (fixed by our Health-Guard profile)
  • Poor color reproduction

DISPLAY: 15.6-inch, 1920 x 1080, IPS

  • Name
  • BOE NV156FHM-N49 (ThinkPad E580)
  • Diagonal
  • 15.6"
  • Pixel density
  • 141.21 ppi
  • Brightness
  • 276 cd/m2
  • sRGB
  • 50%%
  • PWM frequency
  • 21700 Hz
  • Panel Type
  • IPS
  • Resolution
  • 1920 x 1080
  • Becomes "Retina" from
  • 24 inches (62 cm)
  • Contrast
  • 1300:1
  • dE Color Checker
  • 6.2 4.2
  • PWM Rating
  • 5.2: (undesirable)

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Office Work

Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.

Design and Gaming

This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.

Health-Guard

Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.

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