Lenovo Ideacentre Q180

120 reviews

May, 2013

Positive
Value for money (5)
Size (2)
Design (1)
Usability (1)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 120 reviews from magazines and websites. Comments about the design and usability are overall positive. The size and value for money also get good feedback.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Desktops the Lenovo Ideacentre Q180 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 92/100 = Excellent quality.

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Expert review by: Matt Smith (digitaltrends.com)

Lenovo IdeaCentre Q180

The rise of the netbook brought along with it the nettop, a small computer using an Intel Atom processor that could fit in a desk drawer. Products like the Acer Aspire Revo, Asus Eee Box and Lenovo Q110 promised a new era of thin-and-light desktop...

Small and attractive ; Numerous ports ; Ships with useful peripherals

Inadequate processor performance ; Can’t handle many HD video sources ; More powerful systems are priced the same

The fate of this system is sealed by the hardware. Without a quicker processor, this nettop can’t hope to perform the duty Lenovo claims it will.

May, 2012

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Expert review by: Sarah Jacobsson Purewal (pcworld.com)

Lenovo IdeaCentre Q180 Review: An Inexpensive, Media-Centric Tyke

Lenovo goes ultrasmall with its latest nettop, the Lenovo IdeaCentre Q180. This compact PC's optional optical drive is detachable too, just in case you need its footprint to be even smaller. Unfortunately, tiny, space-saving PCs often come with...

Small, slim, and light ; Easy-to-use multimedia remote

Poor performance

This nettop doesn't have a lot going for it, but it is small and portable, and it comes with a multimedia remote.

Apr, 2012

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Expert review by: Matt Smith (pcper.com)

Lenovo IdeaCentre Q180: Atom's Wake

If the netbook was a shooting star, the nettop was an asteroid that never quite entered our atmosphere. Instead it flew silently by, noted by NASA, written about in a handful of articles, and now forgotten.

May, 2012

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Expert review by: Matthew Elliott (computershopper.com)

Lenovo IdeaCentre Q180

Remember when you needed a hefty piece of furniture (most affectionately called an "entertainment center") to house all your entertainment equipment? You needed space for your CRT television, VCR, speakers, video tapes, stereo receiver, CD player, CDs,...

Exceptionally compact chassis ; Versatile setup options ; Well-designed wireless keyboard remote option

Constant fan noise ; Occasional struggles with 1080p video ; Disappointing performance

The Q180 is incredibly compact and sleekly designed, with a thumb-friendly keyboard remote. It handles high-def media pretty well, but its benchmark performance isn’t great, and you’ll have to live with some fan noise.

May, 2012

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Expert review by: (techreviewsource.com)

Lenovo IdeaCentre Q180

Touting an extremely slim profile, the Lenovo IdeaCentre Q180 is a compact desktop PC with roots in entertainment. It has connections and features that allow it to fit right in with your HDTV and become an entertainment hub for videos, music and more....

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Consumer review by: mark_one (digitaltrends.com)

Lenovo IdeaCentre Q180

I own a Lenovo Q180 and I was very interested in Matt Smith's review. I purchased the version without an operating system and no DVD drive. I was interested in setting this up media centre using Ubuntu 12.04 as my operating system of choice and XBMC as...

May, 2012

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Consumer review by: (amazon.com)

Amazon review summary for the Lenovo Ideacentre Q180

alaTest has collected and analyzed 16 user reviews of the Lenovo Ideacentre Q180 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

62% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2013

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Consumer review by: Ryan from MI (amazon.com)

Unhappy with the Lenovo Q180

I purchased this nettop to do basic HTPC functions.(stream video from popular online sources as well as my network storage and video photos and local video). The overall video playback was very poor. Lots of choppy video with tearing and freezing. I...

Oct, 2012

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Consumer review by: techdude (newegg.com)

Pretty good unit

This was bought as a replacement pc for my oldest son who was pretty rough on his 5 yr old previous pc. Since it was meant to be a school use pc, it does the job nicely. He is able to watch netflix, stream pandora and get research and homework done on...

Compact unit, comes with vesa mount for back of monitor ; and has DVD burner built in. Has multiple configurations for video output, stand and mini keyboard remote. Decent amount of usb slots and works pretty good

Not quite as HD capable as people will want, slower 5400 rpm drive

Oct, 2012

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Consumer review by: Derrick Yee (amazon.com)

Good value HTPC if you upgrade and tune it

I bought this during the labor deal amazon had with rebate. Even after all the bad reviews I've read I couldn't resist the price. Reviews said this system is under powered for HD content because of the ATOM processor. I would have to agree with how its...

Sep, 2012

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