When you spend all day talking about high-end hardware, you're bound to hear from folks who feel strongly about the gratuitous power consumption of those components. Dell's XPS One 2710 is mostly made up of desktop-oriented parts, which benefit it in the performance metrics. However, the same potent pieces of gear also use quite a bit more power.

The same power-saving low-voltage parts in Lenovo's IdeaCentre Horizon that hold back our benchmark results effectively minimize consumption, to the point that its integrated battery is actually useful. Not surprisingly, then, Dell's XPS hits a peak power number twice as high as Lenovo's all-in-one.

The IdeaCentre Horizon also runs cooler in spite of its ultra-thin dimensions. Significantly less power consumption translates to less heat to dissipate.

Unlike Dell’s XPS One 2710, which only looks a little like a tablet, Lenovo’s IdeaCentre Horizon is portable and has a battery. Because this configuration is a first in my lab, the Lenovo stands alone in this test. For a bit of perspective, its combination of large screen and small CPU/GPU barely outlasts the opposite combination.
- Lenovo's Table-Sized IdeaCentre Horizon PC
- What Is A Table PC Used For, Anyway?
- Getting To Know The IdeaCentre Horizon
- Brightness, Contrast, Uniformity, And Gamma
- Color Gamut, Accuracy, And Calibration
- Test Settings And Benchmarks
- Results: 3DMark And PCMark
- Results: Sandra And TouchXPRT
- Results: Battlefield 3 And Far Cry 3
- Results: Skyrim And F1 2012
- Results: Audio And Video Encoding
- Results: Adobe Creative Suite
- Results: Productivity
- Results: File Compression
- Energy, Heat, And Battery Life
- The Overall Efficiency And Value Of Lenovo's IdeaCentre Horizon
I wish Tom's would aim their incredible testing abilities at these types of claims. I would like to know if MY Lenova is making me vulnerable.
Lenovo X230
i7 ivy bridge processor
16 GB RAM
500 GB 7200 rpm drive
HD4000 integrated graphics
* connected to one external Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" monitor.
Why have a PC? Just buy a big a## table.
Why have a PC? Just buy a big a## table.
Ahh, I thought it used both as I've seen some reviews on this website where software uses the cpu and gpu accelerated openCL together.
Also a weird thing I've noticed is that in this article 7zip hands down beats every other program in both file compression time and size, yet in articles such as this one winrar is faster by a factor of over 2. Why is there such a discrepency? The articles are even using the same versions of the program.
Ahh, I thought it used both as I've seen some reviews on this website where software uses the cpu and gpu accelerated openCL together.
Also a weird thing I've noticed is that in this article 7zip hands down beats every other program in both file compression time and size, yet in articles such as this one winrar is faster by a factor of over 2. Why is there such a discrepency? The articles are even using the same versions of the program.