Lenovo ThinkPad R500 is big and suitable for those users who hop the office halls more than the airports. This is a perfect solution for the desktop users as ThinkPad R500 offers big screen and excellent keyboard. The price of $1,237 is quite reasonable compared to the features of this business notebook. Lenovo ThinkPad R500 is designed with the customary black casing. The chassis of Lenovo ThinkPad R500 gives a plastic like feeling. The dimension of the device is 14.1 x 10.2 x 1.4 inch and it weighs around 6.6 pounds.

The Display – Lenovo ThinkPad R500 provides 15.4-inch matte widescreen display with a resolution of 1680 x 1050 pixel. The 1280 x 800 screen is very much readable but some part of the liveliness of the color is lost because of the use of the antiglare coating. The panel of the device features good off-axis viewing. Lenovo ThinkPad R500 can be used as a god presentation device.

• The Sound – Lenovo ThinkPad R500 comes with built in multiformat DVD burner with DVD playback facility. The stereo speakers are of good quality and produces good sound and enough volume. The punch of the bass is impressive too. The sound features of Lenovo ThinkPad R500 is definitely a major plus point.
• The Keyboard – The keyboard feature of Lenovo ThinkPad R500 is literally the best part of the device. It is flawless and gives smooth and comfortable feeling during usage. There is a ThinkLight LED illuminator that provides immense visibility to type effortlessly even in the less-light rooms. There are two pointing devices – touchpad and TrackPoint pointing stick, which are equally efficient. Lenovo has also included dedicated mute and volume keys.
• Webcam – 1.3-megapixel webcam of Lenovo ThinkPad R500 is optional for the users. There is an icon of the Lenovo Camera Center that displays a download link for Skype. This link can be used for video calls and video conferencing. The integrated Roxio Media Import enables the user to take the still and video shots.

Moreover, Lenovo ThinkPad R500 features three USB ports, VGA, FireWire, Ethernet, modem, ExpressCard/54 slot and a DisplayPort connector for the high end usability of the device.