The TravelMate 6293 Review

Posted on Aug. 5, 2009 at 1:27 AM

If you're looking to get some work done, the keyboard won't disappoint--much. The keys are quiet, and while some of them might feel a bit small, typing is easy. The trackpad isn't quite the same story. It's large and responsive, which is good, but it's also flush with the keyboard, making accidental text-selection or cursor activation an annoyingly frequent occurrence.

Topping the TravelMate 6293's keyboard are seven helpful quick-launch buttons. All are preprogrammed for such activities as setting the system password, launching the onboard backup utility,Inspiron 6400 Battery , and starting your e-mail program and Web browser. A nice touch is that one button triggers the Launch Manager itself, which saved me worlds of time poking around various utilities and system-tray icons attempting to find the program that would let me reset the buttons to start my own favorite apps. Overall the keyboard is well laid out and easy to type on. The touchpad is small but zippy and easy to use. Only the mouse buttons--particularly short to make room for the fingerprint reader between them, and extremely stiff--are a distraction.

The inside of the Y530 is made of a beautiful nonshiny metallic surface that blends perfectly with the exterior of the machine and contrasts nicely with the dark black keyboard and the backlit touch-inductive surface that sits above it. Along with the standard audio,Acer Aspire 3000 battery, ethernet, and three USB ports, you get a lot of other connections that give the Y530 many more potential uses, including an HDMI audio port, a VGA port, a PCI Express card slot, a multiformat media reader, and a FireWire (IEEE 1394) connector that will allow you to hook up special cameras and external drives.

I have a love/hate relationship with the keyboard on the m17. For a moment, let's dwell on the positive. I like the unusual font and the backlighting on the keys that make them easier to see in dim lighting conditions. And being able to change colors is a nice, Fujitsu FPCBP160 battery,if goofy, touch. Though the QWERTY key spacing is a little on the tiny side, it is functional and more than springy enough to satisfy me. And the shortcut buttons are neatly labeled and work exactly as you'd expect.

That's a lot of interface options, and they're especially useful since Lenovo managed to fit them all along the sides and on the front of the machine only. And expansion doesn't look like it'll be too hard of a task for the enthusiast tech-head: TheToshiba PA3399U-1BRS Battery is easy to take out, while the RAM and the 250GB, 5400-rpm hard drive are easily accessible after you remove just a few screws.

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Though most of the internal components are cutting-edge, the screen appears to have been a compromise choice. On desktop replacements, it's not uncommon to see screens with resolutions of 1680 by 1050 pixels or even 1920 by 1200 pixels; the P-7808u's screen has a native resolution of just 1440 by 900 pixels. Text looks crisp and legible, but the lack of screen real estate is a bit disappointing. The general quality of the screen is a bit above average, with slightly muted colors, relatively poor black levels, and a shallow vertical viewing angle.Still, unless you're doing color-critical work, it's far from a deal-breaker.