Lenovo U350 13.3-Inch Laptop (Black)

by Lenovo

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 12.9 x 1 inches ; 3.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0032ALW6G
• Item model number: 2963-4GU
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,626 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 1, 2010

Product Description

Small on the outside. Big on the inside. The Lenovo IdeaPad U350 notebook - the ultra-cool and ultra-slim notebook with Active Protection System and OneKey Rescue System. The IdeaPad U350 notebook in only an inch thick and weighs just over 3.5lbs, but comes with a powerhouse of features like OneKey Rescue System, Active Protection System and VeriFace facial Recognition Technology. Together they safeguard your data from accidental file deletions, notebook accidents and security breaches. And thanks to Dolby surround sound and superior multimedia capabilities, this slim and stylish notebook delivers larger-than-life entertainment. But best of all, it’s from Lenovo, makers of the award-winning ThinkPad business notebook. Active Protection System - The Active Protection System (APS) protects your hard drive from knocks, falls and sudden shocks, ensuring greater reliability for your movies, music, photos & other documents. Ambient Light Sensor - The Ambient Light Sensor automatically adjusts screen brightness based on surrounding light conditions, ensuring your eyes stay fresh and focused. High-Def LED backlight display - A High-Def display with LED backlight technology improves energy efficiency and battery life. OneKey Rescue System - With the touch of a button, you can restore the system and recover valuable data. The OneKey Rescue System also recovers essential system files in the event of corruption, and can be used to initiate a virus scan before entering Windows. Multi-touch touchpad - The multi-touch touchpad allows you to zoom in and out and makes it easier to scroll down lengthy web pages.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great thin and light laptop at a price that can't be beat!, August 26, 2010

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Michael Plasmeier "ThePlaz.com" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lenovo U350 13.3-Inch Laptop (Black) (Personal Computers)

I bought this laptop after my tablet broke. Because it was an unexpected purchase I wanted to buy a cheaper laptop. I also wanted a thin and light laptop after seeing someone carry around a MacBook Air. It turns out that this would have been better than many more expensive laptops! First of the laptop is thin and light; especially compared to my Fujitsu T4220, this weighs almost nothing. Because I carry my laptop with me everywhere this is a big deal. It has both a VGA and a HDMI port for hooking up to displays without requiring a silly adaptor (like a certain competitor). It has an Ethernet port which is still important in some parts of the world as well as speedy LAN transfers. It has 3 USB ports which is fairly sufficient, along with a SD card slot. The keyboard is full size, and nice. The only thing I miss sometimes are media buttons for quickly pausing music or skipping to the next song and the trackpad mouse button is to mushy. It runs a lot cooler than my tablet. It has a "Pentium" processor, but it is a modern Intel ULV processor; Intel just brands it poorly to try and get people to upgrade away from it.

This is not the machine you are looking for for 3D gaming or video editing. But I have a desktop, so I never need to do these tasks on my laptop. I am perfectly happy with the processing power, it works well enough for Photoshop which I use. No disk drive either, but this is not an issue for me. I only purchase digital software and media downloads, so I only need to use a CD/DVD about once a year. You can buy a ~$50 external drive or rip the ISO on my desktop and then transfer it over.

The way I look at it; this is 1/3 the price of a MacBook Air and it has more ports and Windows so it fits my needs better. I highly recommend this machine.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excels in its function: A mobile laptop for mobile use, October 6, 2010

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BuyCrapOnline - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lenovo U350 13.3-Inch Laptop (Black) (Personal Computers)

I made my last two laptop purchases on the basis of performance and "bells&whistles". However over the 5 years I owned those two laptops, I realized that my main concern for laptops was portability.

If your looking to purchase a system that will run CS4 efficiently or provide a great gaming experience then you may not be the brightest bulb to be confining your search to laptops in the 1" thick and 3.5 lbs range with a decent size screen. There has to be a trade-off in this regard.

The vast majority of laptop users are folks using their laptop for school or work, and do not require high performance machines. Web browsing, basic multimedia, Office, etc. are the common activities which these users depend on, and this laptop preforms said tasks without difficulty and in a highly portable and attractive package.

My major criticism would be that the two keys for the laptop mousepad are significantly louder than the keyboard in general. Given that ultra-portable systems are desirable for education and workplace use, this drawback is particularly disheartening. However, on a personal level I carry around a wireless mouse so it does not present as much of an issue.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Functional and Quick, September 6, 2010

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Roronoa Zoro (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lenovo U350 13.3-Inch Laptop (Black) (Personal Computers)

I've had the laptop for several months and am satisfied that I chose this thin and light.

Comments:
- about 8 hours battery power
- reasonably light
- crisp screen
- the SU4100 processor is great: i could output HD video to a 30" screen thru the HDMI port and it runs cool
- very pretty
- comfortable keyboard
- no dedicated graphics (but then, the only laptops in this class that have it cost upward of $1000)

You get your money's worth, I think.