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Lenovo IdeaPad Y450 Reviews

Core 2 Duo T6400 / 2 GHz - Centrino - RAM 4 GB - HDD 320 GB - DVD-Writer - GMA 4500MHD Dynamic Video Memory... More product details

$647.99

Great design ; good speakers ; generous selection of ports (cnet.com)

Solid keyboard ; good looks ; Great value for the included features (pcworld.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Lenovo IdeaPad Y450

We have collected and analyzed 7 expert reviews and 2 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 80/100 and users rate it 60/100. The average review date is July 13, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 166545 reviews from other Laptops. The alaScore™ for this product is 93/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 21, 2009.

alaSCORE 93

930100

9 reviews

November, 2009

80 / 100

7 Experts

Product Age

old
new

60 / 100

2 Users

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Rank  54

from $647.99

Expert Reviews (7)

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Review summary for the Lenovo IdeaPad Y450

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 9 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the performance. The price also impresses, but many are less positive about the keyboard.

Performance, Price, Battery

Keyboard

Experts rate this product 80/100 and users 60/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Laptops, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y450 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 93/100 = Excellent quality.

alaSCORE 93

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Lenovo IdeaPad Y450 4189 (Pentium T3400 2.16GHz, 3GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Vista Home Premium)

By (cnet.com)

Great design ; good speakers ; generous selection of ports

Weak graphics ; no Bluetooth ; thick chassis

Reasonably priced, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y450 is a style-savvy, media-friendly laptop that unfortunately lacks gaming graphics.

Price as reviewed / Starting price$799/$679Processor2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo...

Rating

78100

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Lenovo Ideapad Y450

By Kaiser Hwang (pcworld.com)

Though Lenovo's ThinkPad business laptops have a reputation for no-nonsense design, the company also produces low-priced, consumer all-purpose laptops that look as good as they feel. Just take a look at the IdeaPad Y450, a 14-inch multimedia laptop ...

Solid keyboard ; good looks ; Great value for the included features

Way too much bloatware ; Vertical viewing angle a bit uneven

Unfortunately, the Windows Home Premium-powered Y450 also has more than enough bloatware to drive you up a wall. Some of the software seems useful at first, but the implementation is poor. The unintuitive but good-looking MediaShow media organizer, ...

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y450 is a well-built all-purpose laptop whose only serious...

Rating

81100

pcworld.com

User Reviews (2)

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Gets way too hot during usage

By Maynard (amazon.com)

Gets way too hot during usage

A nice-looking laptop, and seems to work OK for the most part, except that the wrist-rest area gets very hot during usage. I'm not talking about warm, I'm talking hot. It was so uncomfortable I decided to call tech support and report the problem. The t...

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Wireless Problems

By Lal B (amazon.com)

Wireless Problems

Bought this laptop few weeks back and have been having wireless issues since then. After doing some research on the net, I found out the many folks are facing the same issue with this laptop. I called Lenovo customer service a week back and the tech supp...

Manufacturer's Description

Stylish, robust and fully optimized for HD entertainment! This 14" laptop is lightweight and idea for the road, campus, home and everywhere life, school and work take you.

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