For SMEs and students! ThinkPad R480 high-performance business evaluation

ThinkPad introduces the new R480, an efficient productivity tool designed specifically for small and medium business users.

ThinkPad has been plowing the commercial PC market, from the original product to the surrounding hardware and now the soft services, and strive to professional, comfortable, high-quality experience to infiltrate every aspect of the commercial office and the scene. ThinkPad R480 enterprise-class users can bring what kind of new experience, we do a detailed analysis.

First, lightweight design classic look upgraded again

ThinkPad R480 continuation of the ThinkPad series of classic red and black color, A surface supplemented by high-strength wear-resistant metal case, simple and exquisite, angular body design is also ThinkPad consistent design style, and business users professional rigorous image fit.

Classic look upgraded again

The ThinkPad R480 gives the biggest impression is the body of the light and thin, as this business this using a new mold design, body thickness reduced to 19.9mm, body weight of about 1.75kg, a change of business people on the office Computer heavy dull inherent impression, the user can easily put the shoulder business backpack, daily carrying is very convenient.

Easy to carry body

On the screen, this notebook uses a 14-inch 1920 × 1080 resolution of the IPS display, the narrowest screen border is only 6.9mm, the simplified design gives users a broader visual experience, the appearance is more Fresh and tidy.

14-inch ultra-narrow bezel display

6.9mm ultra-narrow border

As the latest ThinkPad R series, the ThinkPad R480 inherits the classic full-size keyboard with a scientifically-designed keyboard height of 1.8 mm and a specially designed keycap shape with a larger key-cap spacing to bring users More comfortable and accurate percussion experience.At the same time, this business also offers an optional backlit keyboard, with two adjustable brightness, user-friendly office in the faint light.

Classic full-size keyboard

In addition, this product also inherits the ThinkPad iconic TrackPoint® red dot triple button design, users can replace the traditional mouse without having to shift your fingers, with the touchpad that supports multi-point gesture control, users can experience the ThinkPad series This precise and efficient business (highly acclaimed) control experience.

ThinkPad red dot

ThinkPad three key design

In the interface, ThinkPad R480 is equipped with a wealth of interfaces to meet the expansion of business users all kinds of needs.This business on the left side of the fuselage set up 1 × full-function Type-C interface (rechargeable), 1 × HDMI interface , 2 × USB 3.0 interface; the right side set up 1 × RJ45 network cable interface, 1 × USB 2.0 interface, and Micro SD card reader interface.

Rich body interface

Second, the performance of strong coverage of most of the tasks of the hardware configuration

In terms of hardware, we have the ThinkPad R480 with Intel® Core ™ i7-8550U processor, AMD Radeon ™ 540 2GB GDDR5 discrete graphics, 8GB DDR4 memory, and 256GB PCIe SSD in our hands. Initially, this product's hardware Configuration is very eye-catching, rare in similar business, can be used as an enterprise standard machine purchase, and R480 is said to be configured according to the actual needs of users to deploy, and this is very practical.

Processor

The ThinkPad R480 features the Intel® Core ™ i7-8550U processor (clocked at 1.80GHz, Turbo: 4.00GHz, cache: 8MB), quad-core eight-thread, and TDP 15W.

Compared with the seventh generation of Core Duo processor, the new eighth generation Intel ® Core ™ processor performance in the promotion is very obvious.In CINBENCH R15 processor test, ThinkPad R480 i7-8550U processor performed very well , Single core score 169cb, multi-core score 558cb.

CINBENCH R15

As can be seen from the comparison of the test results, the results of the i7-8550U (558cb / 169cb) are not only far higher than those of the seven generations of low-voltage processors (i7-7500U: 355cb / 145cb), even more than seven generations of standard pressure Processor (i5-7300U: 513cb / 148cb), so you can easily meet the daily needs of the user's office.

CINBENCH R15 test scores contrast

● discrete graphics

Graphics, this business used the AMD Radeon ™ 540 discrete graphics, with 512 stream processors, 2GB GDDR5 memory, the default core frequency of 1046MHz.

GPU-Z

The overall performance of the AMD Radeon ™ 540 was also good with the 3DMark video card test, which got 2639 points and 1303 points respectively in the Fire Strike and Fire Strike Extreme tests.

3DMark graphics test

In comparison with the same type of card, Radeon ™ 540 alone was also unassuming, can provide users with good acceleration performance.

3DMark test scores contrast

● Storage device

The ThinkPad R480 is equipped with 8GB of DDR4 memory (with dual memory slots, up to 32GB of DDR4 memory) and 256GB of SSD (dual hard disk drive, expandable as needed), customizable to your needs, allowing multiple threads to work in unison .

The CrystalDiskMark test results, this 256GB PCIe SSD sustained read speed of 1611.0MB / s, sustained write speed of 778.6MB / s, the overall performance is excellent, the user in daily operations, you can clearly feel the speed The promotion.

● comprehensive performance test

In terms of overall performance, the ThinkPad R480 got 3699 points on the PCMark 10 benchmark, with 7339 common basic functions (app launch score, video conference score, web browsing score), productivity of 5874 points (spreadsheet score, score ), Digital content production 3188 points (photo editing scores, rendering and visualization scores, video editing).

The comprehensive performance of this product is excellent, thanks to strong hardware configuration, ThinkPad R480 can bring users efficient and smooth business office experience.

PCMark 10 benchmark

Third, flexible and easy to use help power efficient business office

● long life + fast charging, business PC real-time online

In addition to product appearance, hardware configuration, battery life is also an important reference in business evaluation, in order to more intuitive understanding of this product life, we use PCMark 8 Home (Home) mode of life tested.

During the testing process, the software runs the test items in a loop until the battery runs out, giving a relatively real life record, but keep in mind that during our daily use, scenarios where cycling over a long period of time and high load are not Common, so the actual use of time is much higher than the following life test results.

In the endurance test, the ThinkPad R480 test score of 3 hours and 48 minutes, the overall performance is very good, reaching the mainstream business of the life level.

● Fast charging

It is worth mentioning that, ThinkPad R480 also supports ThinkPad fast charging technology, charging 1 hour can reach 80% of the power (limited to the official 65W charger). In the actual test process, the charge from 6% to 90% With about 1 hour or so (10: 02-11: 07), fast-filling effect is quite obvious.This design is very suitable for business users, a turning point for the rest of the time, you can get enough power supply.

ThinkPad fast charging

● Fingerprint reader

In the continuation of the ThinkPad series of classic design elements at the same time, ThinkPad R480 also joined the new push fingerprint reader, the user can press the fingerprint instead of password input, in the case of oil stains, perspiration can quickly and accurately identify, efficient and Safety.

Press fingerprint reader

Fourth, Think quality effectively reduce business maintenance costs

● high-strength alloy 180 ° shaft

This business has a 180 ° angle of opening and closing to facilitate the exchange of information between users and sharing.At the same time, high-strength alloy shaft after 30,000 opening and closing test, more durable and can effectively reduce the cost of business replacement.

● three cooling system and APS hard disk protection

ThinkPad R480 inherits the ThinkPad series of safe and reliable product features, stable three-stage cooling system to increase the amount of wind at the same time, smaller wear and tear, can effectively improve cooling efficiency and fan life.And users praise the APS hard drive protection system , You can prevent the hard drive from being damaged in shaking and falling, so as to avoid the loss of working data.

● all-round sale

In addition to the advantages of the product itself, ThinkPad R480 also provides a full range of professional after-sale protection.Abundant service stations and a variety of repair methods, for small and medium-sized enterprise users are very much used without the independent CIO and IT maintenance team under the premise, ThinkPad series of quality and comprehensive after-sales service, you can provide enough support for small and medium enterprises.

Comprehensive professional guardian, value-added multiple guarantees

Service stations all over the country, aftermarket worries everywhere

A variety of repair methods, service throughout the year

Fifth, PConline evaluation room summary

● product information and test results

● evaluation summary

ThinkPad R480 continues the classic ThinkPad series features (little red dot three-button design, APS hard drive protection, three cooling system), but also joined the narrow border screen, press fingerprint reader, eight generations of Core Duo processor nowadays the latest design Elements, the ThinkPad R series has a new interpretation and definition.In addition, the ThinkPad R480 equipped with eighth generation Core Duo processor (Intel® Core ™ i7-8550U), AMD Radeon ™ 540 alone significantly, but also has a very strong working performance , Can give the user a smooth and efficient work experience, and this configuration is similar in this business is very rare.

On the other hand, from a user's point of view, the ThinkPad R480 can be said to be a high-performance productivity tool tailored to small and medium-sized businesses, and the proven quality inherited from the ThinkPad line not only meets the needs of a variety of fixed and mobile workplaces but also works Reduce business operating costs, so that SMEs will be more energy into business activities.Of course, ThinkPad can provide content for SMEs is not just the product itself, but the software + options + service upgrade package of commercial PC solutions , Reduce the procurement of SMEs and maintenance costs later, for the majority of SMEs to provide the most practical and pressing application value.