![]() ![]() ![]() However, that rate shrank to an unplayable 26 fps at 1,920 x 1,080. When we fired up World of Warcraft at 1,366 x 768 resolution with auto-detect settings, the game played at a smooth 42 frames per second. You can play videos, edit photos or do casual gaming with the X250's Intel HD Graphics 5500 chip, and even play some mainstream games at low resolution. That time is 60 percent quicker than the category average (8:33) and comfortably ahead of the Folio 1020 (6:36) but a little slower than the MacBook (4:33), Latitude E7250 (4:42) and X1 Carbon (4:47). It took the X250 a reasonable 5 minutes and 7 seconds to complete our Spreadsheet Macro test, which matches 20,000 names with their addresses in OpenOffice Calc. ![]() That's a rate of 108.3 MBps, far below the category average (183.5 MBps), the MacBook (254.5 MBps) and the Folio 1020 (182 MBps). It took the notebook a modest 47 seconds to complete the Laptop File Transfer Test, which involves copying 4.97GB of mixed-media files. The X250's 180GB Intel SSD is much faster than a hard drive, but slower than a lot of other solid state drives. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon, which was also configured with a Core i5-5300U processor, scored slightly higher (6,110). That's comfortably above the category average (4,253), the Core i5-5300U-powered Dell Latitude E7250 (4,866), the Core M-5Y71-powered HP EliteBook Folio 1020 (3,814) and the Core M-5Y31-powered MacBook (4,631). The notebook scored a solid 5,259 on Geekbench 3, a synthetic benchmark that measures overall performance. It also supports 10-point interaction, as I was able to draw in Windows Paint with all my fingers at once. The touch screen was highly responsive to all of my taps and gestures. The nontouch 1920 x 1080 display, which costs $200 less, would probably fare better. However, light kept bouncing off the screen in a sunny room, and, even when not in direct light, colors faded when I moved farther than 45 degrees to the left or right. Measuring 387 nits on our light meter, it's well above the category average (272) and even slightly higher than the MacBook (353) and Dell Latitude E7250 (360). However, the X250's display is quite bright. The ThinkPad X250 has some of the best endurance on the market, provided you opt for the extended, six-cell battery. Lenovo's own ThinkPad T450s covers 100.8 percent of the sRGB gamut on its touch screen. When I watched a trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron, the red in Iron Man's armor and the blue in Ultron's eyes seemed flat and lifeless. Our review unit's 1920 x 1080 IPS touch screen offered sharp images and plenty of screen real estate, but dull colors and middling viewing angles.Īccording to our colorimeter, the X250's screen can display only 64.3 percent of the colors in the sRGB gamut, well below the ultraportable notebook category average (78.7 percent), the Apple MacBook 12-inch (102 percent) and the HP EliteBook Folio 1020 (95 percent). The ThinkPad X250 has four different screen options: 1366 x 768 1366 x 768 with IPS 1920 x 1080 nontouch (also IPS) and 1920 x 1080 with touch but less brightness. ![]() Windows 8 gestures, such as swiping in from the right for the Charms menu, also worked consistently. It accurately registered several multitouch gestures, including pinch-to-zoom, two-finger rotate, three-finger swipe for changing between photos in a gallery and four-finger swipe to show the task menu. The 3.4 x 2.1-inch buttonless touchpad provided accurate navigation around the desktop, without a hint of jumpiness. ![]()
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