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Lenovo IdeaPad Y550


$549.00 Released March, 2009

Product Shot 1 The Pros:Multi-touch trackpad. Model available with discrete graphics card. Powerful internals - Intel Core 2 Duo processors, DDR3 memory.

The Cons:Poor battery life. Pales in comparison to the world renowned ThinkPad series. Heavy and large.

The Lenovo Y550 model is a mid-grade laptop designed to provide many options to the average home computer user; with available features falling under specs for gaming, portable, home and media computer machine use.

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The entire Y series of Lenovo laptops (Y650, Y550, Y450) were announced, and put on display, at the 2009 CES event in Las Vegas. The Lenovo Y550 will offer a 15.6" LCD display with a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. As with most computers on the market each version is fully upgradeable to meet an individual consumer's needs. The Y series of laptops offer up to 500GB storage space, up to 4GB of memory, and optional NVIDIA GFX graphics support. Additional options include a multi-touch touch-pad mouse interface, full facial recognition technology for security, and a very thin body design that weighs a mere 5.6 pounds total. All Y-series devices are set to go on sale sometime in March 2009; and both the Y550 and Y450 laptops have a starting retail price of $829.

Unfortunately at this time there is no additional information on internal CPU type or speed. Further updates on this particular product will come as they are announced.

Features

  • Mid-grade laptop
  • Suitable for gaming, portable, home and media use
  • 15.6" LCD display with 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio
  • Up to 500GB storage space, 4 GB memory, and optional support for NVIDIA GFX graphics
  • Multi-touch touch-pad interface (mouse)
  • Facial recognition technology
  • Very thin body design; weighs only 5.6 pounds

User Reviews (10)

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Pros
  • 7

    multi-touch trackpad

  • 7

    model available with discrete graphics card

  • 6

    powerful internals - Intel Core 2 Duo processors, DDR3 memory

  • 5

    slick aesthetic

  • 5

    good enough for the majority of consumers

  • 5

    good price and value

  • 3

    6 available models

  • 3

    LED-backlit

  • 3

    includes built-in 1.3 megapixel camera

  • 0

    thin and light

Cons
  • 3

    poor battery life

  • 1

    pales in comparison to the world renowned ThinkPad series

  • 1

    heavy and large

  • 1

    mediocre battery life - (poor is too harsh)

  • 1

    No way of swapping Fn and Ctrl buttons in BIOS

  • 1

    Insert key is available only as Fn+Insert.

  • 1

    For models with BCM4315: Wireless hardly compatible with Linux/FreeBSD

  • 0

    relatively small keyboard

  • -1

    not available / already replaced with the G series

  • -3

    expensive for what you get

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