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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
A Great PC with Average ULV Battery Life
So, I did extensive research on the ulv-class laptops from Asus, Acer, Toshiba, and Lenovo. My main goal was to buy a mid-range ($500-700) culv laptop with Windows 7 to tide me over until the release of the Asus UL80-JT (I3 CULV with automatic switchable graphic cards and 12 hours of battery life), which won't be released until later in the year.
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Published 5 months ago by A. Hewitt
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Cheap product / poor service
I purchased this computer a few weeks ago. After a few days the hard drive started making a scraping sound. Received a call from a technician the next day informing me that they have identified the problem with the hard drive. After waiting a few more days for the computer, I called for a status update. I was then told they can't find any problems and were waiting...
Published 7 months ago by John Carpenter
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
A Great PC with Average ULV Battery Life, February 3, 2010
This review is from: Lenovo Ideapad U-450p 14-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)
So, I did extensive research on the ulv-class laptops from Asus, Acer, Toshiba, and Lenovo. My main goal was to buy a mid-range ($500-700) culv laptop with Windows 7 to tide me over until the release of the Asus UL80-JT (I3 CULV with automatic switchable graphic cards and 12 hours of battery life), which won't be released until later in the year.
What I got was exactly that. The reviews complained mostly about the Lenovo customer service, which I have not dealt with personally. However, I have heard that Lenovo's customer service isn't *that* bad and it is a smaller company than HP or Dell (you and your laptop will actually end up worse for the wear after dealing with their customer service). No one's customer service can ever compete with the quality Asus customer service, and I was sad that the price point on the Asus ul30 and ul80 moved back up to around $850 on Amazon and that they were sold out on most other websites, but so it goes.
So, onto the Lenovo, it has a sleek look and you will never have a fingerprint problem. The keyboard is the most ergonomically designed keyboard I have seen on a thin and light laptop and it has the greatest feel to it. The laptop does not feel flimsy at all and seems pretty sturdy all around. It comes with a CD/DVD drive, which is great, since most of the other thin and lights have eliminated an optical drive in favor of weight.
The veriface log-in is a cool added feature.
The screen has really good resolution and the laptop comes with a really decent graphics card. The one obvious drawback to this is that it takes a toll on the battery life. Now, I've moved from a normal laptop getting 2 hours of battery life at the most, so I am enjoying the added battery life. However, it is not as good as some of the other culv laptops. I get about 4 hours and 15 minutes on average depending on what I am doing. This is again, great compared to the regular lithium ion batteried-laptops, but it seems pretty average for the culv class laptops with Acer boasting 9 hours and Asus boasting 12 hours. (Asus doesn't get 12 hours but instead close to 9, but that still rates above the Lenovo). So, I ultimately find myself a bit annoyed when I have to plug the Lenovo in.
The laptop runs cool and quietly and with no real noticeable fan noise.
I think the only con on this laptop is the battery life AS COMPARED to other laptops in its class. Overall, however, I am happy with the purchase and would recommend it to people who are looking to get a less expensive culv laptop, because it ultimately has a better price point than its competitors.Lenovo Ideapad U-450p 14-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Great for its market, February 16, 2010
This review is from: Lenovo Ideapad U-450p 14-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)
First of all, I would like to point out that the laptop is incredibly lite weight and it's quite sturdy.
-- Intel SU4100 consumes only 10 watts at its max. Fast enough for what I do on my laptop. I am student by the way, so portability what came to my mind.
-- Intel GMA4500 and GS45 are enough for me. Watch few movies here and there. GS45 consumes 12 watts at its max.
-- 250GB HDD Western Digital. Not the best, but surf its purpose. It constantly goes into power saving mode and parks the R/W heads. Creates like a whisper noise. Not audible at all.
-- Keyboard is what makes this laptop to stand out even further. Lenovo claim it's an ergonomic keyboard and lenovo were right. It is very comfortable to type and I make fewer mistakes compared to my previous 15.6" laptop.
-- The design on this laptop is absolutely stunning and is not a finger print magnet. It has this checker design on the lid of the laptop and it's beveled which means it has some sort of depth to it.
-- The speakers on this laptop are actually very loud compared to my previous 15.6" laptop
Cons
-- I would have wanted this laptop with Intel 5100 agn + BT 2.1, but I suppose I am asking too much for its price.
-- Came with Windows 7 Home Prem 32 bit, I would have preferred the 64 bit edition, but I immediately erased it and installed 64 bit edition of Win 7.
-- Comes with few bloatware which are removable.
-- The lid does have bit of flex when pressed from the top
-- DDR3 RAM is clocked @ 400mhz because RAM is ½ of FSB with GS45 chipset. Its not an issue as memory benchmarks have shown very little difference between DDR2 and DDR3 RAM, hence it will improve battery life. (Tom's HW)
[Other Thoughts]
-- I performed various tests which stress both CPU and GS45(GPU + memory controller) and I/O (ICH9-M) for certain time and surprisingly SU4100 stayed well below 60C and the total consumption of this laptop stayed below 30watts.(measured using "Kill A Watt" meter)
-- I also want to point out that this laptop is nearly silent even under full load. In fact, while surfing web, listening to music etc, the only thing I can hear is the Hard Drive spinning.
-- I found that once the CPU temp reaches 50C the fan turns ON, but it's almost non-audible. I could sleep with that kind of noise. I would compare it say someone breathing through their nose lightly that is how quiet the fan is under full load.
-- This laptop also includes DVD/CD RW which not many thin laptops have these days.
--Overall, I am very satisfied with this very thin/lite weight laptop and would recommend this laptop to students and people who adore quiet and thin laptops.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Almost excellent, December 21, 2009
This review is from: Lenovo Ideapad U-450p 14-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)
Got this machine and is all in all impressive for the price:
The good
- light machine
- pleasing textured finish
- windows 7 is fast and stable
- screen looks fantastic and playing movies with Windows Media Center is fulfilling
- sound quality is great
- fits perfectly into a 13.3" neoprene sleeve
The bad
- not sure whether the SIM card slot exists as advertised in the product manual
- battery life is slightly less than 5 hours and not 6 hours as advertised (I suppose this is reasonable)
- no bluetooth
- Windows 7 shipped with the device was not 64-bit as advertised
- Lenovo bloatware (I believe I have seen ads flashing on the desktop)
- Battery charge time is long
All in all it is a remarkable machine for its price. Happy with the purchase.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Amazing, June 6, 2010
This review is from: Lenovo Ideapad U-450p 14-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)
My new lenovo was delivered two days ago and so far it has been amazing. I did a ton of research on this laptop and found little cons but many pros. I would say this laptop is for a first time user to an everyday business person. It has a little something for everyone. The six hour battery life is a major plus considering my old laptop only gave me three at most. The only only real con I believe is the screen size but thats only because I had a bigger screen before but the lightwieght design covered that. So if your thinking of getting this I would say go for it. Sure there's better laptops such as hp,dell,toshiba, etc but this so far as done everything my old toshiba has done+. Oh and windows 7 is amazing.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
the Ideapad, February 1, 2010
This review is from: Lenovo Ideapad U-450p 14-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)
I really like this computer but I did have to call technical support in order to get it connected to the internet, the system came locked, so that was a bit of a pain, but its been working great since then.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Light, fast and cool, December 17, 2009
This review is from: Lenovo Ideapad U-450p 14-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)
Very light computer, I have windows vista on it and it is fast, it runs very cool, the battery does not last anything over 4.5 hours but it is enough for what i need. I really like it a lot. highly recommend it. At the time of this review Lenovo website had it for around $490 plus free shipping. I considered buying one of those Acer timeline that lasts 8 hours but they had bad reviews. This Lenovo looks cooler and works right out of the box without anoying crapware to unistall. Get it, you will not regret it. Hope this helps. This is my first review ever.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Cheap product / poor service, December 23, 2009
This review is from: Lenovo Ideapad U-450p 14-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)
I purchased this computer a few weeks ago. After a few days the hard drive started making a scraping sound. Received a call from a technician the next day informing me that they have identified the problem with the hard drive. After waiting a few more days for the computer, I called for a status update. I was then told they can't find any problems and were waiting to hear back from me to find out what the problem was. Huh? Now I'm being told the (grinding) sound is normal. If I turn the computer on it's side the noise completely goes away. That's "normal"?
In addition to the hard drive problem, it also would only wake from standby 50% of the time. Lenovo support told me it's a known Windows problem that has been around since Vista and that I just need to disable the hard drive sleep function. If that's the case then why does my Thinkpad have no issue waking from standby in Windows 7?
This computer is junk. Saving money on a computer is not worth the hassle.
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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Lenovo U450p, November 21, 2009
This review is from: Lenovo Ideapad U-450p 14-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)
Excellent laptop. Very light for travel and excellent screen colors. The best feature is a scan on face to log on.
Windows 7 is working good so far and lighter than Windows Vista.
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Glossy screens are horrible., April 10, 2010
This review is from: Lenovo Ideapad U-450p 14-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)
Pro: HDMI port. General construction fine, not noisy. Power brick relatively small.
Cons: GLOSSY screen uncomfortable to read text/documents.
Wish it had a pointing stick. I don't want to pay a $1000 premium for a pointing stick. Face recognition takes too many resources to start up (say 4-5 seconds before it starts scanning). If you type over 25 WPM it's much faster to just type in your password.
Would be perfect if it was matte and had a pointing stick.
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9 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
Look Elsewhere, November 22, 2009
This review is from: Lenovo Ideapad U-450p 14-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)
I recently purchased a Lenovo ThinkPad. The computer itself if adequate but the customer service of the company is horrible. From the phone sales person arguing with us about what they can and can't do to the tech support who told me "I don't have time to deal with you or your problem, call web sales" I am amazed they are in business.
As I said the computer is fine, I just hope it holds up and you don't have to contact the company for any reason. There are a lot of other computers out there that are in the same category as this one, I suggest you look at one of those.
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