Review Lenovo IdeaPad U150

Lenovo IdeaPad U150 11-inch battery life of notebook for highly mobile entertainment for the HDMI output, combined with the latest Intel processors, is equipped with Culver. netbook attractive alternative for routine tasks still small enough constant companion eit computer is enough performance. This amazing little notebook you spend $ 750 on the following should I do? Continue reading to find out.

Our Lenovo IdeaPad U150 Specifications:

• Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 Processor (1.30GHz, 800MHz FSB, 3MB L2 cache)
• 4GB DDR3 SDRAM (1066MHz)
• 320GB 5400 rpm SATA HDD
• 11.6-inch diagonal WXGA (glossy, 1366x768)
• Intel X4500M integrated graphics
• Intel 5100AGN, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Dimensions: (LxWxH) 11.4 x 7.5 x 0.5-1.35 inches
• Weight: 2.97 lbs. (not including weight of AC adapter)
• 6-cell 57Wh battery
• One-year standard warranty
• MSRP: $749 (configurations starting at $649 at Lenovo.com)

Build and Design

Lenovo is the best company inherited the business known for IBM ThinkPad notebooks, but the new IdeaPad laptops in the consumer market centers, managed, thanks to its unique design and a modest price to generate some calls. Lenovo IdeaPad U150 an attractive 11-inch this trend, offering a Dell Inspiron 11z to compete with the HP Mini 311th Most of the current market value of portable 11-inch U150 netbook based on a full-featured laptop with Intel Celeron - 42 is a fine line. U150 and more powerful than the typical keunhajiman netbook $ 400 price $ 650 - $ 900 from high-end Core 2 Duo with impressive features and the size of a typical laptop computer is not enough. In other words, the U150 definitely matte black, a combination of black plastic and shiny silver space offers an attractive design.

The fabric appears to cover the logo on the cross U150 IdeaPad U350 has a glossy cover and 11-inch laptop can see a good alternative. The bottom half of the chassis is stable thanks to accept, build, we can see more with the structure of the notebook and sheets and plastic panels and plastic cover on screen, palmrest suffer a bit more flexible than the cost of U.S. $ 600. Unless they want to know or palm raised pressure on the screen granted, most of Flex in the plastic case that consumers would not know it, but 11-inch notebook inside the backpack is usually carried out at the school with a heavy book ... U150 So we want to be a bit harder. On the other hand, textured matte cover (again, a combination of thin plastic and metal), as well as imprinting patterns hidden in the day to create harmony risks do not look good everyday abuse. Moreover, the plastic exterior hides blemishes and fingerprints of the notebook cover a very good job. Probably very good IdeaPad U150 will be held until the end of the abuse of user ... But on a laptop, you will definitely not trying to stand.

Who can find U150 (extra RAM, new hard drive or SSD, or a new wireless card) Aftermarket Parts upgrade your notebook computer upgrades, these people are very simple. The second panel of a wireless card and a mini-PCI - E slot can be accessed on a hard disk and RAM for the panel to provide access. Only around inside the laptop, which remove the sticker, but not explicit "that does not guarantee will not find a sticker inside, some Lenovo brand of RAM, WiFi card, the edges of the lid and heat sink screws can be used to represent the modulation power .Who can find U150 (extra RAM, new hard drive or SSD, or a new wireless card) Aftermarket Parts upgrade your notebook computer upgrades, these people are very simple. The second panel of a wireless card and a mini-PCI - E slot can be accessed on a hard disk and RAM for the panel to provide access. Only around inside the laptop, which remove the sticker, but not explicit "that does not guarantee will not find a sticker inside, some Lenovo brand of RAM, WiFi card, the edges of the lid and heat sink screws can be used to represent the modulation power .

Screen and Speakers
1.6 U150 screen is noticeably visible from a shallow angle, contrasting colors and offers decent, but the pain is average. Most thin and light notebooks with low-quality TN screen digital display, but, and "The Color" Te degrees through the forest to produce our images. about 10, had to change the color of your surfing and do not notice the pattern of activity, such as writing documents, pictures and soft colors, but looks a bit dark to see the movie to refrain from viewing. For those who are good vertical viewing angles when you move back and look again to get started. overall, some of the colors in nature, with an angle too steep to hold more. lighting on the screen very far inside, but enlightenment Office workspace is very bright, is not strong enough to overcome placed outdoors in direct sunlight, reflections from the glossy screen.1.6 U150 screen is noticeably visible from a shallow angle, contrasting colors and offers decent, but the pain is average. Most thin and light notebooks with low-quality TN screen digital display, but, and "The Color" Te degrees through the forest to produce our images. about 10, had to change the color of your surfing and do not notice the pattern of activity, such as writing documents, pictures and soft colors, but looks a bit dark to see the movie to refrain from viewing. For those who are good vertical viewing angles when you move back and look again to get started. overall, some of the colors in nature, with an angle too steep to hold more. lighting on the screen very far inside, but enlightenment Office workspace is very bright, is not strong enough to overcome placed outdoors in direct sunlight, reflections from the glossy screen.


Stereo speakers or the occasional TV streaming to listen to the radio, but many lack the basic fine. Since the loudspeaker at the bottom of the front edge of the notebook, audio out "on your laptop using a laptop can tend to sound moderate." However, U150 and sound desk, is the table surface towards the heel and User rest. Still, headphones, so this laptop, thanks to a weak base and mid-range to enjoy music and movies are the best option is built-in speakers. Another option is to use HDMI home theater systems, digital audio is delivered.

Keyboard and Touchpad
Almost full keyboard for typing, you can expect the laptop to the 11-inch chassis is a great good. Tilde key and the spacebar is a little adjustment, but little has been reduced in size as it should please the public key. Even in our office that he was the editor of our "keyboard Chiclete - the desired style from the buttons, such as between the traditional keypad, providing more space to make a fundamental distinction. To be honest, the keyboard preferences of people, most of the problems, so your brain is already 11 Chiclete keyboard and a traditional laptop, the island can continue to inch notebook is the key. The keyboard itself is very firm flex free, no great pressure on the entry. Each button "issues - click, click," the press does not destroy the type of classroom. Great travel and curiosity, or at least the beginning of each key is firmly attached to the scissors mechanism. In other words, U150 keyboard we've seen on a 11-inch laptop is one of the best.

Reasonable IdeaPad U150 offers a Synaptics touchpad, and a 11-inch laptop we've seen the best touchpad. The structure is somewhat uneven plastic surface gives good grip difficult to finger over the surface without it. Speed and accuracy to the default settings as well as in our tests did not notice any lag in the cursor. The frequency of updating on the surface of the touchpad is very good, we have in the past two Synaptics touchpad which I have seen all the "listen" to stop it. Make an appropriate match for each accelerometer to move the cursor on the screen to help with the keyboard, the touchpad on a Dell Inspiron 11z (), and is consistent with the movement of a finger. Touchpad buttons behavior is deeply and calmly and perfectly elastic, "" when you press the Click thanks to the fantastic.

Ports and Features
Surprisingly, works a select IdeaPad U150 good. If you receive a mitneun HDMI VGA - Out Of Gigabit LAN, audio in / out and SD card slot and 3 USB ports (two regular and a combo USB / eSATA one). eSATA port for external hard drive is much faster than you can use with laptop and so, and we Lenovo Combo USB / eSATA not use USB needs of these customers use the eSATA port, because I'm happy. "/ P that"

front SD slot equipped with a spring, and transfers to the U350 card slot, unlike the larger and you can sit recessed in the slot. When you give me your full SDHC to set the standard. Do not expect to see this feature built-in optical drive, laptop computer, so if you reinstall the operating system, or an external USB optical drive, you get DVD of his plans. Multimedia key mute button and Lenovo "OneKey" software to create a recovery backup system for disaster recovery systems, direct-access buttons are limited.

Performance and Benchmarks
SU7300 Culver systems with Intel processors, maximum performance for everyday tasks such as surfing and checking e-mail is reasonable, MS Office, even the basic photo editing, click Edit. In other words, we have some of the latest Lenovo notebook overclocked to 1.73GHz and SU7300 processors in the same way Alienware Asus and losing, "he said. Many programs load faster or to access and compare the Core 2 Duo SU7300, but the information to make a much more powerful processor than the battery life does not give greater benefits. Our test configuration of 4GB memory and 320GB hard drive and a reasonably fast laptop is also very poor in most of the Intel Atom-based netbooks enough for an ordinary PC users do not deliver the package. HD video playback, this pretty well, thanks to the Intel X4500 integrated graphics, an HDMI port works with your laptop can connect to an HDTV. In other words, U150, some delay while the browser and Microsoft Office and multi-tasking is a pain trying to watch HD video. As mentioned, the system can not be a problem SU7300 dual-core processor, overclocked version of the delay is included. IdeaPad U150, so I can see compared to other laptops all that said, here is a quick look at synthetic benchmarks.

Wprime processor comparison results (lower scores mean better performance):

PCMark05 measures overall system performance (higher scores mean better performance):

3DMark06 measures overall graphics performance for gaming (higher scores mean better performance):

HDTune storage drive performance test:

Heat and Noise
Most of the IdeaPad U150 to the surface outside the normal scope of a unit of our analysis of the hot spot next to the RAM, it was a warning. However, the temperature is very uncomfortable for a short time, but rather at the bottom of the laptop, for some users on your knees and keep you warm and also take longer than an hour. If the sound level on the computer of this size was about average, but if your laptop is used to calm the mind can be a fan. U150 running all the time, to fans of both cases maintain low temperatures in some areas the temperature tends to keep the processor. Fan noise is only slightly larger than the noise the hard drive, but if you're away from it with a hair dryer running in the background looks really good to hear.

Battery Life
SU7300 6-cell battery and the battery life is very good. Brightness and 70% in our tests, Windows 7, "balanced" profile settings of energy and a system for wireless communications, active 5 hours, 22 minutes before the changeover to the standby mode has been set. During this test showed 9-10 watts. Perhaps you have less than 30% low battery life and screen brightness of more than 6 hours on a notebook for wireless communication can take you to disable the online status is not.

Conclusion
The Lenovo IdeaPad U150 offers a terrific balance of portability and value combined with enough performance to satisfy most consumers. Compared to similar 11-inch ultraportables like the Dell Inspiron 11z, the U150 delivers a better keyboard and touchpad for a modest increase in price. On the other hand, the IdeaPad U150 looks a little underpowered and expensive compared to the new Alienware M11x, which offers superior graphics horsepower, a backlit keyboard, the addition of DisplayPort, and better build quality for roughly the same price.

Bottom line: If you need a basic netbook alternative with HDMI and eSATA then the IdeaPad U150 should probably be at the top of your shopping list.

Pros:

• Good value
• Includes eSATA!
• VGA and HDMI video output

Cons:

• Average performance
• Weak plastic construction