Lenovo IdeaPad U300s now Available for Online Order

The Lenovo IdeaPad U300s 1080 model is the latest ultrabook to become available, it competes with the likes of the Toshiba Portege Z835, Acer Aspire S3, Asus ZenBook and of course Apple’s MacBook Air.  The specs on the IdeaPad U300s are as follows:

Screen: 13.3” HD glossy display, 1366 x 768 resolution, 200 nits brightnessProcessor: Intel Core i5-2467M 1.60GH or Intel Core i7-2677M 1.80GHzGraphics: Intel HD3000OS: Windows 7 Home PremiumGraphics: Intel HD3000Memory: 4GB RAMStorage: 256GB SSDCamera: Integrated 1.3MP web cameraBattery: 4-cell Li-Ion, up to 8 hourPorts: HDMI, 1 USB 2.0, 1 USB 3.0Wireless: Intel 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0Weight: 2.9lbsDimensions: 12.8” x 8.5” x 0.59” (width x depth thickness)Detailed specs: Lenovo U300s Specs

The pricing starts at right now on Lenovo.com at a rather steep $1,499.   That’s certainly rich relative to the $699 you can get the Toshiba Portege Z835 at Best Buy this week.   Granted, the IdeaPad U300s does have higher end specs such as a faster Core i5 processor and larger 256GB SSD, but is it worth twice the cost?  Probably not.  The major shortcoming of the Lenovo U300s is that it does not have a backlit keyboard, meanwhile the Toshiba Z835 and MacBook Air do.  For a premium consumer notebook that stakes its claim on style, not having a backlit keyboard is almost unforgivable.  It’s like buying a Mercedes with manual locks, you just don’t expect to get “standard” features, you deserve all the bells and whistles paying this amount.  The U300s does at least offer a couple of different color options to add style.  You can choose either Clementine Orange or Graphite Grey, so either orange for those with a loud personality or grey for subtle style.

The competition among ultrabooks should heat up in 2012 and I’m guessing Lenovo will quickly figure out the U300s won’t sell at this $1,500 price so that will drop.  How can you make a case for spending twice as much on an ultrabook that’s only slightly better internally and has no backlit keyboard?  Also, Lenovo will also be releasing the ThinkPad X2 in 2012 on the business side so they’ll have some competition within their own ranks soon enough.  I predict sub $1,000 average pricing on ultrabooks at some point next year.

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Lenovo IdeaPad U300s Reviews Roundup

Yesterday the IdeaPad U300s ultrabook that had been announced in November finally went on sale.  There are already a number of reviews on the web for the U300s so you can get a pretty good idea of what this laptop is like, there are even some user reviews posted on Amazon.com that are pretty thorough and give a nice comparison of other Ultrabooks such as the Asus UX31e and Acer S3 compared to the U300s.  Here’s a quick list of reviews that are out there and a quick take from each:

J. Darji “Buck” U300s Review on Amazon.com – User reviews are some of the best.  This user posted a review on October 30th after he got an early ship model ordered via Amazon.com.  Buck gives strong praise the the U300s keyboard calling it solid and saying you will “actually love typing on it”.   The screen and ability for the laptop to remain cool are also praised.  At the end he summarizes “The Lenovo is an elegant minimalistic design that just feels and screams sophistication and reliability. It’s stylish without being so flashy like the Asus.”  That’s pretty strong support for the U300s over the Asus Zenbook, which has been reported to have a lot of wireless issue.Engadget U300s Review – Dana Wollman of Engadget got ahold of the U300s in November before it was released, some of the pros mentioned in her review were the nice design, great keyboard and very fast bootup thanks to the SSD.  The cons were predictable, there is no SD slot, no backlit keyboard and the resolution of the display was found to be disappointing, although we’ll mention the 1366 x 768 you find on the U300s is no different to any other Windows Ultrabook.TheVege.com U300s Review – Joanna Stern put together a nice review of the U300s back in early November.  Interestingly she lauded Lenovo for not copying the Apple MacBook Air design, which is a good point seeing as there are so many MacBook clones out there today.  The orange case makes it look different and black sides do not mimic the silver aluminum sides of the MacBook Air.  Once again the keyboard is praised for avoiding the common pitfall of ultrabooks, having a shallow key travel depth, by using a ThinkPad-like feeling keyboard.  Still, the final score given is a 7.8/10 and the MacBook Air is rated as the winner over the U300s.LaptopMag.com U300s Review – Michael Prospero reviewed the U300s and, just like every other reviewer, gave it a strong rating but called it “not enough to beat the 13-inch MacBook Air”.  The high price tag of $1,495 for their review configuration was called into question based on the fact certain features are missing you would expect such as a backlit keyboard.PCMag U300s Review – PCMag calls the U300s an “elegant entry into the new ultrabook category” and like TheVerge praised the design for not copying Apple.T3.com U300s Review – T3.com gave the U300s a rather low 3/5 stars.  They complained about the screen being quite dull and said that the laptop was slow to charge, which is interesting as nobody else mentioned that.  Instead of praising the design like other reviewers they actually call the design “plain and uninspiring”.  The final verdict was also that “it doesn’t offer any compelling reason to choose it over the competition”.  Ouch!

On the whole the consensus among U300s reviews seems to be that overall this is one of the better Windows ultrabooks available.  The keyboard is certainly the best of any ultrabook and the battery life is very good at between 5 and 6 hours.  The consistent complaints are in regards to a lack of an SD card slot and no backlit keyboard.  Early reviewers were also told the laptop would cost $200 less than the $1,499 it actually costs via Lenovo.com right now.  Since cost is the major factor for most buyers, that’s an important piece of misinformation seen in early reviews.  Let’s hope the price does actually fall to around the $1,000 mark originally quoted by Lenovo.

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Lenovo IdeaPad Y470 with Quad Core Processor $550 Off Coupon, Final Price $749!

Lenovo has a great deal on their IdeaPad Y470  laptop right now, you get $550 off using coupon code USPY42E1215 on this Y470 configuration.  After using the $550 off coupon code the total price comes to $749, meaning it’s almost half the suggested retail price of $1,449.  Here is the configuration specs on the Y470 that’s for sale:

Processor: Intel Core i7-2670QM Processor ( 2.2GHz 1333MHz 6MB ) Screen: 14.0? HD Glare with integrated camera 1366×768 OS: Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Web Camera: Integrated 2.0MP Camera Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M 1GB Memory: 8 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz Storage: 750GB 5400 Optical Drive: DVD Recordable (Dual Layer) Battery: 6 Cell Lithium-Ion Ports:  1 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0, 1 USB eSATA Combo, 6-in-1 card reader (SD/SD-pro/MMC/MS/MS-pro/XD), headphone port, microphone port, VGA, HDMI, Ethernet RJ-45, 2 Mini-PCl ports Wireless: Intel 1000 BGN Wireless, Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR

This $550 off coupon works from now until 12/22, so you have a few days to get the deal.  We reviewed the IdeaPad Y470 and found it to be a very capable laptop and one of the few 14-inch laptops you can find with dedicated graphics and at a good price.  In fact, it’s almost impossible to find any other laptop with an Nvidia 550m equivalent graphics card and Quad Core Processor for $800 or less.  To enhance performance you can also add an mSATA SSD that will offer fast bootup and then use the standard hard drive for regular storage.

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Lenovo IdeaPad U350

Introduction

Who says size notebook is heavier than a netbook, the size of Lenovo's latest notebook weighs the same as netbooks. Despite having the same weight but the performance of the Lenovo IdeaPad U350 netbook performance well above average. The IdeaPad U350 uses the screen size of 13 inches are easily seen and easy to use for typing. Besides being equipped with screens 13 inches, the IdeaPad U350 is also supported by high-performance processors but prices remain affordable IdeaPad U350.




Design



IdeaPad U350 comes with dimensions of 328 x 228 x 17 mm and weighs 1.6 kg including battery 4 cells. The outside of the IdeaPad U350 looks patterned diamond and sometimes looks shiny when exposed to light, on the outside there is also the Lenovo logo silver color. On the inside there are size 13-inch LCD screen that looks shiny.

Diast keyboard there is the power button, key recovery, and the mute button. There are no multimedia keys and volume buttons on the top of the keyboard.




Keyboard and Touchpad


IdeaPad U350 keyboard is large enough, but there is no distance between the one with the other buttons. Perform typing using the keyboard feels comfortable because IdeaPad U350 keyboard keys feel responsive and easy to use. When we do a quick typing keyboard can be used to accurately without errors when we do the typing with 10 fingers. Unfortunately the right Shift key smaller size so that sometimes makes it hard to be pushed.
Under the keyboard there is a touchpad that is large enough, on the surface of the touch if there is a point which makes it easy to use touch surface. IdeaPad U350 touchpad supports multi-touch movement which you can use on several programs contained in the IdeaPad U350 like Ms.office, browser, and photo gallery.

Bottom of the touchpad there are two buttons that serve to replace the function button on the mouse.



Screen, Webcam, and Audio



The IdeaPad U350 uses 13.3-inch screen size that looks shiny with a screen resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. The screen is equipped with LED backlight technology that makes the screen looks bright and clear. Web pages and videos that we play looks clear and clean when played on the screen IdeaPad U350. When we look at the screen from certain angles sometimes look glossy screen which makes it difficult to see.

At the top screen is the camera resolution 1.3-megapixel webcam that can be used well to make video calls. Our speaker's voice sounds very good, as well as with the speaker we are also able to listen to our voice very well. Rapid hand movements visible blur on the screen, but if you do not move quickly the camera can capture your image properly.
Sound from the stereo speakers sounded loud enough IdeaPad U350 when we tried to play songs from the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, entitled "Can not Stop" from the album Red Hot Chili Peppers on Slacker. If you listen to the speakers in a small room, the voice sounded very loud.


Port



On the right side there is the IdeaPad U350 card reader 4-in-1, a hole headphone, microphone jack, two USB ports, and power jack. On the left side there is poer IdeaPad U350 VGA, HDMI port, Ethernet port, USB port, and the Wi-Fi switches.


Performance


IdeaPad U350 yours is equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 (1:40 GHz, 800MHz FSB, 3MB L2 Cache), 4GB of RAM, and OS Windows Vista Home Premium. For hard drive, the IdeaPad U350 using 320GB hard drives with the speed of 5.400-rpm that the score of 1.504 points in PCMark Vantage tests.


On the LAPTOP Transfer Test (memindahka files of 4.97GB of many files and folders), IdeaPad U350 hard drive can transfer data with an average speed of 22.9 MBps, which is 3 Mbps is faster than the speed of the notebook hard drive class.



To activate the Windows Vista operating system until it can be used, the IdeaPad U350 takes 1 minute 17 seconds.
We try to convert video duration 5 minutes 5 seconds with the MPEG-4 format to AVI format using Handbrake software. IdeaPad U350 takes 20 minutes 14 seconds which is quite slow when compared with the notebook class.
When we test for open office programs such as MS.Office and browsers, IdeaPad U350 takes under 5 seconds to open the program.



Graphics Cards



The IdeaPad U350 uses an Intel graphics card GS45 Express Chipset, graphics card made by Intel has a performance that is not too good. In the 3DMark06 tests the graphics card, graphics card IdeaPad U350 only get a value of 604 points. When we try to play games with high-class graphics Far Cry 2 uses the screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels, the screen can only display images with speed 4 fps.


Battery Endurance and Wi-Fi


IdeaPad U350 that we have to use 4-cell battery, the trial LAPTOP Battery Test (browsing via Wi-Fi), battery power last up to 3 hours 30 minutes. The IdeaPad U350 notebook battery life quite poor when compared with the endurance class notebook battery which can last up to 4 hours 30 minutes in the same trial.


Lenovo sells 8-cell battery for the IdeaPad U350 you can use it for longer but are quite expensive.

The IdeaPad U350 uses an Intel 802.11a/b/g/n wireless chip that can deliver data at speeds 17.2 Mbps at a distance of 15 feet from our router and 15.5 Mbps at a distance of 50 feet from our router.
Upgrade Options



For Indonesia, the Lenovo IdeaPad U350 to sell two types. The first uses an Intel Core 2 Duo processor SU9400 (1:40 GHz, 800MHz FSB, 3MB L2 Cache), which both use the Intel Core 2 Solo processor SU3500 (1:40 GHz, 800MHz FSB, 3MB L2 Cache, 5.50W). For RAM, you can upgrade to 8GB.

Software and Warranty



IdeaPad U350 is equipped with software such as MCE for Premium, VeriFace V 3.5, Easy Capture 3.5, Lenovo Energy Management Software 4.0, Norton Internet Security 2009, Adobe Reader 9.0, OneKey Recovery 6.0, APS (only for HDD), WinDVD (For HBV, w, o BD), Windows Live, Lenovo Readycomm 5.0, Office Professional 2007 for WW, Carbonite, Wild Tangen
Lenovo includes an official one-year warranty for the IdeaPad U350.



Closing Remarks


With the price of USD 1100, the IdeaPad U350 is quite a bit expensive because it is not equipped with optical drives. However desainya thin and light is its own selling price for the IdeaPad U350

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Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2

Introduction

Less than two months out Lenovo Lenovo IdeaPad S10 netbooks and Lenovo Lenovo IdeaPad S10e this time issue a new netbook-sized lighter and thinner than her siblings, not just differ about the size but the performance is also increased. Lenovo's new Netbook is named with the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2.
Design Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2


IdeaPad S10-2 comes with a weight of 0.2 pounds lighter and 0.2 inches thinner than the IdeaPad S10. With the difference in size between IdeaPad IdeaPad S10 and S10-2 you can easily distinguish between them.
If IdeaPad S10 looks elegant design with metal access, design IdeaPad S10-2 looks more children easier by using plastic material that looks shiny. IdeaPad S10-2 issued in several color options like easy red, gray, and black.

With the use of 6-cell battery found on the back of the IdeaPad S10-2, making the back of the IdeaPad S10-2 is thicker than 0.4 inch IdeaPad S10.

Port


IdeaPad S10-2 is equipped with three USB ports, Ethernet, VGA, audio in / out, card reader 4-in-1, and lock slot. Unfortunately there is no ExpressCard 34 slot on the IdeaPad S10-2 which contained the IdeaPad S10.


Keyboard and Touchpad


Keyboard IdeaPad S10-2 seems bigger than the keyboard IdeaPad S10. With large-sized keyboard, the size of the buttons are also getting bigger and more ease of use the keyboard to do typing.

When we do the test by using 10 finger typing, the keyboard IdeaPad S10-2 to produce 69 words within 1 min. This trial is actually depending on the speed you do the typing.


Under the keyboard there is a touchpad that also larger than the touchpad IdeaPad S10. Touchpad on the IdeaPad S10-2 already supports multi-touch movement which is found on the Apple MacBook touchpad. Enlarging photos or web pages easily apat you do use the touchpad IdeaPad S10-2. Below the touchpad are two buttons that allows you to replace the mouse buttons are easy to use.

Screen and Webcam


IdeaPad S10-2 using a screen measuring 10.1-inches with a resolution of 1024x600 pixels which are also used in competitors such as Samsung N120 and Asus Eee PC 1005HA, and Toshiba NB205 mini.

Images can be displayed with the level of light and good color depth on the screen. Looking at the screen at an angle of 45 degrees masig classified as good, but when we look at the screen at an angle of 90 degrees the screen starts to look less good. Above the screen there is a 2.0 megapixel camera resolution webcam that can be used well when we make calls via Skype.


Fast OS


Just as the IdeaPad S10, IdeaPad S10-2 is also equipped with faster OS. Fast on IdeaPad S10 OS-2 uses a Linux-based OS that can enable the screen quickly when compared with the main OS IdeaPad S10-2, namely Windows. Although it can activate the screen faster, but you can not install programs on this OS.


In OS there fast Web browser, music player, photo gallery, IM client, Skype client, and flash games portal. Everything can be useful as Windows applications, but you can not install the add-on to browsers.

If on the other Lenovo laptops are always asked to use the Fast OS or Windows OS, this time IdeaPad S10-2 is equipped with its own button that allows you to access the OS Fast.


Fast OS can be activated within 10 seconds, and is very fast compared to when activating Windows OS. But when you open the browser, IdeaPad S10-2 would take 30 seconds more, whichever is longer than we used Windows OS.


Heat and Disorders


Although used in a long time but the IdeaPad S10-2 remains comfortable during use. When we make netbooks temperature measurements, the thermometer indicates the maximum number of 97 degree Fahrenheit which is classified as a standard for a netbook.
Multimedia Performance


IdeaPad S10-2 can play HD video in high resolution such as 720p resolution video. When we play the WMV video format which we downloaded from one site, the video can be played very well on screen.


The sound that comes out of the bottom of the netbook sounded accurate with actors lip movements from the video. Unfortunately, the sound remains small even though we've heard the sound at maximum volume levels.


Performance


IdeaPad S10-2 processor uses 1.6-GHz Intel Atom N270 with 1GB of RAM sebeasr scored 1.598 on the PCMark05 test. Performance IdeaPad S10-2 relatively standard for a netbook.

When we do testing for converting video duration 5 minutes 5 seconds with the MP4 format to AVI format using HandBrake software, IdeaPad S10-2 can do it within 28 minutes 55 seconds. IdeaPad S10-2 performance is better than average performance in netbooks do convert video.


IdeaPad S10-2 uses graphics card Intel 945GSE that the score of 651 points in 3DMark03 (tests for graphics cards.), Which graphics card performance IdeaPad S10-2 also is an above-average graphics card performance netbook class.


Hard drive speed


When we opened the anti-virus program Norton Internet Security on 160GB hard drive with a speed of 5.400-rpm which is owned by the IdeaPad S10-2, the program can be opened in a long time. When we conduct tests to enable the netbooks, OS Windows XP can be opened within 46 seconds which is quite fast for a netbook.


The last one we did test LAPTOP Transfer Test Files by transferring data at 4.97GB of many files and folders. IdeaPad S10-2 can transmit data with an average speed of 18.5 MBps, which is 20 percent faster than the netbook class.
Wi-Fi


IdeaPad S10-2 is equipped with Wi-Fi 802.11g that can deliver data at speeds of 20 and 17.4 Mbps at a distance of 15 and 50 feet from our router. Speed ​​obtained by the Wi-Fi is a little faster than average speed netbook class that produces an average speed of 18.9 and 15.8 Mbps.

Unfortunately IdeaPad S10-2 does not have Bluetooth connectivity.

Battery Endurance


At trial LAPTOP Battery Test, which we do browsing via Wi-Fi, battery IdeaPad S10-2 can survive up to 5 hours 52 minutes. Battery life IdeaPad S10-2 under the battery endurance performance netbook class that can last up to 6 hours 19 minutes with 6-cell battery which is also used by the IdeaPad S10-2.
Upgrade Options


IdeaPad S10-2 is equipped with 1GB of RAM and can be upgraded to 2GB. You can easily replace the RAM with a way to open the bottom of the IdeaPad S10-2.

For hard drive, you can replace the standard hard drive IdeaPad S10-2 registration with the speed of 5.400 rpm 160GB hard drive type 2.5-inch SATA drives.


Software and Warranty


IdeaPad S10-2 is equipped with the software Norton Internet Security, Lenovo Quick Start VeriFace ™ 1.0 3.0 6.0 OneKey ™ Rescue System, Lenovo Energy Management Software 3.1, Norton Internet Security 2009, Adobe Reader 8.1, Windows Live Toolbar 3.0, 1.0 and Lenovo Social Shortcut ID Vault, which is intentionally dirancangan program for the IdeaPad S10-2. In addition, there OneKey software that allows you to make back-up OS and software contained in the IdeaPad S10-2.


For business webcam, Lenovo has completed IdeaPad S10-2 with facial recognition software Veriface class III.

Lenovo includes a warranty for one full year. If you want to add a warranty for one more year, you must pay the $ 39.


Closing Remarks


To netbook for $ 399, the performance of the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 is quite good. To help complete your office work, IdeaPad S10-2 was more than enough.

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