Lenovo ThinkPad Edge S430 Review

The battery inside the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge S430 is a 48 Wh unit, which is quite small.

To test today, we are putting the machine through a variety of ‘real world’ situations, mirroring the real world usage of a potential customer.

One as a media movie lover on the move (wearing headphones), a person wanting to watch high definition media on a train journey or bus with two thirds screen brightness.

Second as a businessman, with screen brightness around half way. Wireless was enabled. A mixture of checking, answering emails using Microsoft Office and editing pictures in Adobe Photoshop.

Lastly as a gamer, playing Left4Dead until the machine turned itself off.

Battery life is actually quite good, especially for general office duties and surfing. We achieved a maximum of just over 6 hours when used solely as a ‘business' machine, which is impressive. When watching high definition movies, the battery life dropped to just over 2 hours and 30 minutes. When gaming in Left4Dead2, the battery died at around 1 hour and 45 minutes.

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