Comments on: ThinkPad Edge 14 Video Review

By: John

John — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 02:12:18 +0000

@Jake, you can swap the Fn and Ctrl keys via BIOS.

Would have liked to see HD playback using a site like vimeo and also a test of the speakers.

Decent review with a good look at the laptop itself, but would have liked to see more of a workout using different apps.

Thanks!

By: John

John — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:04:04 +0000

It is Synaptics.

By: Ravi Gupta

Ravi Gupta — Sun, 16 May 2010 17:24:16 +0000

Can you please also check if the touch-pad manufacturer is Synaptics or ALPS. Would be a deal breaker for me if it were ALPS.

By: Ravi Gupta

Ravi Gupta — Sun, 16 May 2010 17:22:23 +0000

Can you confirm if this machine heats up in palm rest areas after a couple of hours of usage or during playback of 720p/1080p videos? Also, is the fan noise annoying?

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:26:54 +0000

Thanks for the review James.

I’m not sold on these Thinkpad Edge machines. I got a 13.3″ version with the AMD chip because I got tired of waiting for the Viliv S10 and the high price to boot.

After using it for a few weeks I can’t say I’d recommend the Edge computers in general. They feel cheap, run fairly hot, and have a few annoyances like a loud (DOS) sounding beep when you unplug the power cord, so much for indiscretion. Oh, and than oh sooooo annoying Fn key where the Ctrl key should be, who , what, where did they get their research to put it there? EVERY single person that I’ve shown this to thinks that’s a stupid place to put it.

By: Asa

Asa — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:55:51 +0000

Great review! Why don’t you upload your videos to YouTube anymore?

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:06:47 +0000

One of the ports is HDMI and another is a powered USB as pointed out by Edgy.

By: Dennisvjames

Dennisvjames — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:04:47 +0000

Is it possible that the small extra port is a mini HMDI out for TV’s?

By: edgy

edgy — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:25:17 +0000

hi james. thanks for the review :)
i actually gave up on you and ordered it a week ago.
ordered the 7200rpm 4gigs i3 – only comes with glossy on my regiion. i hope it wouldn’t look tacky. anyways, it’s nice to see that you liked it. makes my wait a bit easier.

btw, the yellow usb is for “always on” charge. plus on my model there’s bluetooth

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:59:49 +0000

It’s about 1 inch thick, only slightly thicker than the 13″ model. And thanks.