Lenovo Ideapad Y580

Click to EnlargeThe Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 delivers beefy specs and fast performance for a reasonable price. For $1,099, consumers walk away with a powerful Core i7 quad-core Ivy Bridge processor, Nvidia GTX Graphics, a dazzling 1080p display and a...

Excellent gaming and multimedia capabilities. Bountiful port selection. Built-in Blu-ray player. Fantastic display. Solid speakers. Full-size keyboard. WiDi

Bulky. Some bloatware. So-so battery life

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 is a robust desktop replacement laptop, displaying exceptional gaming and multimedia capabilities while packing a dazzling screen with 1080p resolution, a Blu-ray drive, and even a full-sized keyboard.

Fast performance ; Vibrant speakers and display ; Sleek, backlit keyboard ; Prompt-responding touch pad

Stiff touch-pad buttons ; Touch pad off center due to numeric keypad ; Too heavy for daily commutes

The IdeaPad Y580 is an admirably fast 15-inch laptop built for entertainment as well as work or school. It's a bit bulky for commutes, but a good deal at around $1,200.

design, build quality, value for money, keyboard, performance

73% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Best performing laptop you can find under $1000 ; Screen looks great (even though its not 1080) ; 10key ; Simple and professional looking ; Speakers surprisingly good ; mSata port

Screen isnt 1080p ; can get a bit hot when running games/large programs. This isnt really a con as it is expected, but prepare to get a cooler-stand for it

Performance is good for gaming

I made a big mistake by only looking at performance and not being aware of the two different screens the Y580 comes with. I bought a Y580 because I wanted a good gaming laptop, so I did a lot of research into graphics cards and decided that the Y580...

Fast system (bf3, Skyrim, COD all run great) ; nice to have numberpad ; idles decently cool ; screen seems fine even with it being lower res ; Optimus is great for when not gaming ; Battery Life not terrible for gaming laptop

can get hot (has reached 90C) and the heat vent is right over WASD keys so you feel it a little though I rarely notice ; Keyboard with numpad can be a bit to get used to

We bought a Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 for my sister for College. I can attest first-hand to its excellent game performance, and to its excellent audio quality ; The GTX 660M GPU (what some call the "graphics card") in the Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 is capable of...

However, this was not the specific model we bought. The main difference between the model we bought and the model for sale here is that our model came with the 1920x1080-resolution display and this model comes with the 1366x768 display. This difference...

Display and power: Brilliant screen, better than I've seen on any laptop under $1400. Speedy i7 processor that's marginally faster than the more common (at this date) 3610QM at the same price. The 660M graphics are great, and most of my games are fluid...

The drives. The hard drive is 5400 rpm, which completely cancels out any benefit from the SSD caches; one would be much better off eliminating the cache and going up to a 7200 rpm hard drive or an SSD. Also, with the 1080p display (the lowest model is...