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日本Lenovo Ideapad Creator 5 (16″) – Top 5 Pros and Cons
Is This a ThinkBook? This was our first thought when we saw this laptop, which looks stunningly similar to the ThinkBook family, minus the two-tone finish on the lid and the ThinkBook branding. The Ideapad Creator 5 (16″) comes with very powerful processors, a large display with appropriate characteristics, and GPU options that will satisfy both your Gaming and productivity needs.
Today we are presenting you with LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the Lenovo Ideapad Creator 5 (16″).
Lenovo Ideapad Creator 5 (16″): Full Specs / In-depth Review
4 reasons to BUY the Lenovo Ideapad Creator 5 (16″)
1. Design and build quality
The laptop has a very strong aluminum chassis that is also quite portable. The whole thing weighs only 1.90 kg and has a profile of 18.4 mm at the back, with the front being even thinner. In terms of the design itself, we have sharp edges, rounded corners, and next to no branding. There are the small Lenovo wordmarks on the lid and base, but that’s pretty much it. The lid opens easily with one hand, revealing thin bezels, a Webcam on top, with a reverse notch.
The base has a full keyboard with a NumPad and well-sized keycaps. The unit offers decent key travel, but we have seen longer along with clicky feedback. All in all, it is comfortable for typing. The touchpad is quite large and comes with a Mylar surface, which is very smooth. Above the keyboard, you can see the speaker grill, which houses Dolby Atmos speakers.
2. I/O
The I/O consists of two USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) ports, a single USB Type-C 3.2 (Gen. 2) port, an HDMI 1.4b connector, a 3.5 mm audio jack, and an SD card reader.
3. Display quality
The configuration that we tested came with a QHD+ IPS display. It offers comfortable viewing angles, a max brightness of 367 nits in the middle of the screen and 361 nits as an average for the whole area, with a maximum deviation of 9%. The brightness uniformity is good enough for color-sensitive work. The contrast ratio is also quite good – 1470:1. In terms of color reproduction, the panel covers 89% of the sRGB color gamut, which should be enough.
The colors needed some work, with the stock settings reaching a dE value of 6.0 in our color accuracy test. Once we applied our Design and Gaming profile, the dE value went down to 1.7, which is good enough. Here are the results of our test with the stock settings (left) and with our profile applied (right).
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Kontorsarbete
Office Work bör främst användas av användare som tillbringar den mesta tiden med att titta på textstycken, tabeller eller bara surfa. Den här profilen syftar till att ge bättre tydlighet och klarhet genom att behålla en platt gammakurva (2,20), ursprunglig färgtemperatur och perceptuellt korrekta färger.
Design och spel
Den här profilen riktar sig till designers som arbetar professionellt med färger, även för spel och filmer. Design and Gaming tar skärmpaneler till sina gränser och gör dem så exakta som möjligt i sRGB IEC61966-2-1-standarden för webb och HDTV, vid vitpunkt D65.
Health-Guard
Health-Guard eliminerar skadlig pulsbreddsmodulering (PWM) och minskar negativt blått ljus som påverkar våra ögon och vår kropp. Eftersom den är skräddarsydd för varje panel lyckas den hålla färgerna perceptuellt korrekta. Health-Guard simulerar papper så att trycket på ögonen minskas kraftigt.
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4. Battery life
With a 75Wh battery unit, which is the middle ground between a smaller 50Wh unit and a big 90 or 99Wh boy, the laptop manages to last for 11 hours of Web browsing or 10 hours of video playback. Now, we conduct the battery tests with Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits, and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with.
1 reason NOT to buy the Lenovo Ideapad Creator 5 (16″)
1. Upgradeability
Despite being a large device, the Ideapad Creator 5 (16″)’s upgradeability struggles. There are up to 32GB of soldered DDR4-3200MHz memory. There is a single M.2 PCIe x4 slot for SSD expansion.
Here is our detailed teardown video, which shows how to access the battery, cooling, and the single M.2 slot.
