The T560's screen didn't fare quite as well on synthetic benchmarks as it did in our subjective testing. Fine details, such as the reflections in a metal hood ornament and the pores on characters' skin, were easy to make out. When I watched a trailer for the new Ghostbusters movie, the glowing greens and blues from the apparitions and the green in Slimer's body were quite vibrant but not overly so as we see on some highly saturated displays. The 15.6-inch, 1920 x 1080 nontouch display on our configuration of the ThinkPad T560 offered wide viewing angles and accurate colors. Multitouch gestures - including pinch to zoom, three-finger swipe (to switch apps) and two-finger scroll - worked smoothly and consistently. In our tests, the pad allowed us to move seamlessly around the UI, clicking on icons or drawing figure eights in Windows Paint, without experiencing a hint of the jumpiness we sometimes see with buttonless units. If you don't like pointing sticks, the ThinkPad T560's 3.9 x 2.2-inch buttonless touchpad will more than suffice. As on other Lenovo laptops, the little eraser-like nub provides extremely accurate navigation and allows you to perform complex movements, such as highlighting text, clicking on a tiny icon or drawing a precise crop box, without even lifting your hands off of the home row. Like most ThinkPads, the T560 has a red TrackPoint pointing stick located between its G and H keys. Nevertheless, I achieved a rate of 96 words per minute with an error rate under 4 percent on the typing test, which is well in line with my typical score. While the overall key feel is better than on most laptops, the tactile feedback wasn't as strong as we've experienced on some other ThinkPads, including the ThinkPad 13 and the X1 Carbon. The keyboard's backlight, a $40 option, was more than luminous enough in both its low and high brightness modes. Number crunchers and spreadsheet mavens, in particular, will appreciate the keyboard's dedicated numeric keypad, which has shortcut keys above it for the calculator app, web browser, file explorer and screen lock. The ThinkPad T560's spill-resistant keyboard has well-spaced, gently curved keys that provide a deep 2.41 millimeters of travel (1.5 to 2 mm is typical) for comfortable typing. An optional fingerprint reader ($20) works with Windows Hello. Intel vPro, available if you choose the Core i5-6300U CPU and above, allows IT managers to log in remotely and wipe the hard drive, flash the BIOS or install software. Built-in Trusted Platform Module (TPM) encryption helps keep your hard drive or BIOS-level password secure. The ThinkPad T560 has the security and manageability features that many enterprise IT departments require. The company also says that all of its ThinkPads are made to pass a series of internal bump, drop and lid open/close tests. According to Lenovo, the laptop has passed MIL-SPEC durability benchmarks for extreme temperatures, shocks, dust and vibration. Made from PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) plastic on the lid and deck, and a glass-fiber-reinforced plastic bottom, the ThinkPad T560 is designed to take some punishment.
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