Lenovo IdeaPad Y510

Last update: Review by CNET (2 Apr’08)

Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 is a 6.5-pound featuring 14.3 x 10.3 x 1.4 inches in dimension, Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2330 1.60GHz, Windows Vista Home Premium, 2GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, 15.4-inch WXGA display, Dual Layer DVD RW and 802.11a/b/g Wireless.

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Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 Reviews

CNET reviews the Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 and writes;

“A 1.3 megapixel Webcam sits above the display. It works with the VeriFace face-recognition software, which uses your face to log into Windows. Unlike the Asus U6S, the Lenovo version actually worked well, and we were able to log in almost instantly, after running a quick face-enrollment application, without having to play around with positioning and lighting…The bottom line: Lenovo’s entry into the consumer laptop market with the 15-inch IdeaPad Y510 provides ThinkPad-like quality but the design still comes off as a little buttoned-up. ”
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LaptopMag reviews the Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 and writes;

“The glossy 15.4-inch glass screen is gorgeous; its lack of a physical frame allows for a very sleek, unified look, especially when the system is off, as the glass reaches all the way to edges of the notebook. The 1280 x 800-pixel panel was crisp, and colors were vivid. Watching Borat on the standard DVD drive looked quite good; colors were bright, and we saw no motion blur…Battery life from the standard six-cell power pack was good at 3 hours and 37 minutes with the wireless on, which is 37 mintues above average. ”
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Video of Lenovo IdeaPad Y510’s Facial Recognition Test by LaptopMag;

NotebookReview reviews the Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 and writes;

“The touchpad is nice and large and features a durable and responsive surface that is also covered in the same matte finish as the rest of the notebook chassis. The touchpad buttons have deep feedback and produce quiet, cushioned clicks. As mentioned previously, there’s no ThinkPad pointing stick on this notebook, but since most consumers don’t care about that Lenovo probably made the correct choice leaving it off the Y510…Pros: Excellent built-in speakers, Solid construction, Attractive design, Nice one-touch power management. Cons: Overly glossy/reflective display, A little heavy compared to competition. ”
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ZDnet reviews the Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 and writes;

“From a specifications point of view, we were looking for good things from the IdeaPad and it delivered nicely. With a PC Mark 05 score of 6127 and a 3D Mark score of 4355, this a capable machine for any consumer task. Our DVD battery rundown test was less inspiring, offering only one hour and twenty eight minutes running a full screen brightness DVD with all power saving measures disabled. ”
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CNET Asia reviews the Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 and writes;

“The good: Distinctive design; good performance; Veriface recognition. The bad: Ordinary battery life; odd mix of consumer and enterprise design. The bottom line: Lenovo’s Y510 represents the company’s best crack at the consumer notebook market to date, but there’s no doubting this system’s ThinkPad heritage. ”
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PC World reviews the Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 and writes;

“In our benchmarks the Y510-300 performed fairly well, but it failed our simulated Blu-ray burn test due to the aforementioned swap file problems. The 87 it achieved in WorldBench 6 means that it can handle office multitasking and common applications with ease. With its 3DMark06 score of 4346, it can handle older games like FEAR when playing with mid-level settings. On our MP3 encoding test, where we use iTunes to convert 53 minutes of WAV files into 192Kbps MP3s, the Y510-300 managed it in 71 seconds; a reflection of the CPU’s strength. The unit lasted 82min in our worst-case scenario battery run-down test where we loop a DVD movie, and this is a fair result. ”
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