Lenovo 3000 C100 Review

TrustedReviews review the Lenovo 3000 C100 notebook, the first round of non-ThinkPad notebooks from Lenovo.

Until recently, Lenovo was a little known brand. Upon the acquisition of IBM’s PC Division, the name has certainly echoed around the office. Not too long ago Riyad looked at the first Lenovo branded ThinkPad and was a little disappointed that it had moved away from the traditional IBM approach. This is the first time we’ve taken a look at a non-ThinkPad Lenovo brand notebook, so it’ll be interesting to see what the company can come up without relying on the IBM branding.

Open things up and you really get a feel for how dated this notebook appears. If it wasn’t for the rounded corners, I’d have trouble telling the difference between this and a six year old machine. The 4:3 ratio, 1,024 x 768 screen is the first indication of this. The quality isn’t bad, but it actually feels like a panel from an old notebook, possibly due to the slightly poor contrast ratio.

While many have found the laptop to feel overly cheap, the machine gets a recommended rating from TrustedReviews earning a nine out of ten on their review scale. The C100’s worst mark was performance at eight out of ten, so I guess this is one to try, especially if you are on a budget.

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