Lenovo IdeaPad Y570d, Y570, Y470 Laptops Get More Muscles

By Hubert Nguyen on 01/03/2011, filed in Home > Computers

[CES 2011] The Lenovo Y-Series is the best that the company has to offer in terms of high-performance Laptops. They have been updated to the 2nd Generation Intel Core processors (up to Core i7), and can receive a high-end discrete graphics processor like the NVIDIA GT 550M with 1GB of graphics memory. This means that every single multimedia activity is on the menu, from HD movies to the latest video games. Those who chose the Y570d, will also have access to stereo 3D graphics and movies powered by NVIDIA 3D Vision.

Design-wise, the Y-Series seem to be made with good quality material, but as you very well know, one can’t ever tell before seeing it in the real world, so we’ll reserve our final judgment for later. Right now this look good on paper, but watch out for how thick these laptops are (35.7mm, or 1.4″), and how much battery life they have (theoretically 4h). Specifications in the full post.

Core™ i7-2620M (2.70GHz, 4MB Cache)
Core™ i5-2540M (2.60GHz, 3MB Cache)
Core™ i5-2520M (2.50GHz, 3MB Cache)
Core™ i5-2410M (2.30GHz, 3MB Cache)
Core™ i3-2310M (2.10GHz, 3MB Cache)

Display/Resolution: 15.6″ 16:9 HD wedge type LED 3D panel, 1366×768 pixels
Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® 555M 1GB graphics supporting switchable graphics
Up to 8GB DDR3 1066/1333MHz
Storage: Up to 1TB HDD storage, optional 32GB/64GB SSD
Integrated DVD reader/writer & Blu-ray Disc™1 drive
802.11b/g/n WiFi, 10/100/1000M LAN, Bluetooth® (optional)
3 x Mini-PCIe, 6-in1 card reader (SD/SD-pro/MMC/MS/MS-pro/XD), TV out(optional), mic, headphone, HDMI, RJ45, 3 x USB2.0, 1x USB/eSATA Combo
Camera: 2.0M integrated web camera
Weight: 2.7kg (5.59 lb) with 6-cell battery
385×22~35.7x255mm (WxHxD)
Battery Life: Approx. 4hr with 6 cell battery

CES: CES is the acronym for the (International) Consumer Electronics Show, one of the largest consumer-electronics shows in the world. Although it is held in Las Vegas today, the first CES happened in June 1967 in New York City and Bob Gavin, the CEO of Motorola was the opening keynote speaker for that first edition. Subsequently, CES was held twice a year: the summer edition was in New York, and the winter edition was in Las Vegas, that is, until 1998 when CES became a once-a-year show. CES has been the introduction place for key products and technologies, including: Pong (1975), Nintendo NES (1985), Tetris (1988), Compact Disc (1991), HDTV (1998), Xbox (2001), Blu-Ray (2003), OLED TV (2008). Check our latest CES Coverage

Lenovo: Lenovo Group Limited, commonly known as Lenovo, is a Chinese consumer electronics company that is based in Morrisville, North Carolina. The company was founded in 1984 in Beijing, China by Chinese businessman Liu Chuanzhi, and was eventually incorporated in Hong Kong in 1988 under its former name, Legend. Lenovo became a publicly traded company after listing in Hong Kong in 1994. The name Lenovo, which is a shortened portmanteau of the words Legend and the Latin word "novo" (meaning: new) was officially used in 2003 when the company announced its plans to develop outside China. Lenovo's products include personal computers, notebooks, tablets, AIOs, mobile phones, servers, storage devices, workstations, and more. Lenovo is one of the world's largest PC vendors.

About the author: Hubert Nguyen is the co-founder of Ubergizmo. He is a former Computer Graphics (CG) engineer with a passion for the latest gadgets. Hubert also edited GPU Gems 3, a best-selling 3D programming book, and was an active member of the underground demoscene (91-94) before working at Cryo (95-99), 3DFX Interactive (99-2000) and NVIDIA (2000-2007). Follow the author on Facebook, Twitter

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