- Intel Core i7 (3632QM) Quad Core Processor 2.2GHz with 6MB L3 Cache
- 16GB (2x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 memory
- 1TB (5400RPM) Hard Drive
- 15.6 inch (1920x1080) Full HD Display
- Blu-ray optical drive (Blu-Ray HD Play back + DVD-RW and CD-RW)
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Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 15.6-inch Laptop (Dusk Black) - (Intel Core i7 3630QM 2.4GHz Processor, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 16GB SSD, Blu-ray, LAN, WLAN, BT, Webcam, Nvidia Graphics, Windows 8) - Lenovo Y500 156 INCH i7 3632QM 16GB 1TB BLU RAY 16GB SSD Notebook portable metal MBG3PUK... See more product details
Customer Reviews: Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 15.6-inch Laptop (Dusk Black) - (Intel Core i7 3630QM 2.4GHz Processor, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 16GB SSD, Blu-ray, LAN, WLAN, BT, Webcam, Nvidia Graphics, Windows 8)
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I purchased this product knowing that some had issues with the touchpad, however I was happy to find out that the one I had purchased was made after Nov 2012, therefore had the Synaptics pointing device. It works beautifully and the computer is blisteringly fast. Idea for my photography and graphics based work. The I7 crunches data for 3D modelling as well as any laptop could. I could not be more pleased. Not had any issues, Definitely recommended
Hel
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After having an Advent laptop for 4 years (that would be fairly low-spec by todays standards), I decided that it was time to move on. I wanted something with a great deal of power, that did not skim on the battery life, that was reliable and sleek, and preferably for under €1000. Tough crowd eh?
I've had my Lenovo for just over a month now, and I could not be more pleased.
In a nutshell, it has all of this;
Intel i7 Quad-Core processor -> Not the most powerful on the market, but still a powerful i7
Nvidia 2Gb Graphics -> Up there at the top end of mobile graphics, very good
8Gb DDR3 RAM
15.6" 1080p HD Screen
N Wireless card
2 USB 2.0 ports and 1 Always-On USB 3.0 port
Backlit Keyboard
HD Webcam
Headphone out/Microphone inputs
HDMI Output, VGA Output
Ethernet
SD Card Reader
4x JBL Speakers
CD/DVD drive
Lenovo normally make business/enterprise PC's, so this is actually their first attempt at a gaming laptop.
They did a damn fine job.
Basically
Its a brilliant all round machine.
Battery life up to about 2 and a half hours with heavy use (gaming on high performance), and up to 6 hours(maybe more) while just writing notes or browsing the web. It can last for days on sleep mode, with very little power trickle.
The graphics and screen make it easy on the eyes, colours are vivid and high-end games un with great performance.
Sound from the JBL speakers is bassy, not tin-like as you'd expect from laptop speaker. Really quite impressive.
The i7 and 8Gb RAM make it wicked fast.
Sleek design, part metal (on the lid).
Backlit keyboard novelty hasn't worn off, it has 3 light level settings!
There is only a couple of complaints I have. Minor as they are I find it's always good to know the nigly bits
- The mouse/trackpad is like a MacBook pad; it's all a button, but it still has left and right clicks. It also supports the Windows 8 swipes etc. This can be a bit unwieldy for clicking and moving, sometimes the touch is so sensitive that it can ignore your clicking also.
- Laptop is easily scruffed because it's so smooth and shiny. Any sort of grease or oil from your skin will mark it. Easily cleaned though!
- Windows 8.
This laptop does not have a touch interface, so the whole Windows 8 metro malarky is just a waste.
The new UEFI Secure Booting System means the hard-drive partitions are not the right format, and you cannot install Windows 7 over it. Can also cause issues with Linux (I have had unnatural trouble installing Ubuntu, which is really not a difficult task from any other OS) BE WARNED.
The upside for Windows 8 is, behind all the "touch" covers, it is very quick and impressively powerful. It is as though Microsoft just painted a bit of touch stuff over an improved Windows 7.
To get to the stage of a powerful Windows 8 without any useless extras, however, you will need a cuple of third party installations. Classic Shell is one example, it gets your start menu back!
Also, just Googling for a way to rid yourself of Metro will be enough to find the rest.
Asides from ranting about Windows 8, this laptop is worth every penny I spent. Very fast and powerful, and very stylish and efficient. The perfect choice for a mobile beast for under 1000 quid.
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I've read loads of reviews regarding this laptop and the majority are positive, I've only had mine for a few days but I love it, have to agree with most of the reviews though about the touch pad, takes a bit of getting used to but getting better.
I also purchased a wireless mouse to use with it and it makes it a lot easier.
but as I've said I couldn't be happier with my choice, Windows 8 is also taking a bit of time to work around, find myself using the conventional desktop mode all the time so I'm wondering if it all its cracked up to be, however its very fast.
just one more gripe, finger prints!!!!!!case is covered in them!!!! ho hum!
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I was browsing for laptops before my desktop finally died and I was going to go for a Mac Book Pro. Well, after searching, the specs on this Lenovo easily won me over, so I ordered it. I've had it less than a week, and WOW. This really is a workhorse, super quick multi-tasking machine and sexy looking too ;).
First of all, don't be hasty in moaning about the Windows 8 OS, as I too was a little critical, but now, XP and even Win 7 seem outdated. It's so easy to use.
Ok, so the touch pad isn't that great, but I'm a mouse user, which means a USB port is used, but you can get a 4 port USB 2 hub from E-bay for a couple of quid, no problem.
Don't be put off by any of the bad comments, as these are mostly inaccurate. I highly recommend buying the Lenovo Y500, it's an investment and should last for years. 5 Stars.............
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I bought this laptop when it was £660, and at that price it was a steal.
I use it for some light gaming such as
Smite; 40+ FPS on Ultra settings (Usually 60 but some particle effects make it unstable)
League of Legends; 60-100 fps, Ultra settings
Dirt2: 45+ FPS ultra settings (with antialiasing and anisotropic filtering on max)
Half Life 2 games: 60-130 FPS On Ultra, with AA and AF on Max)
Note; you cannot use the dedicated graphics card without mains power, you have to be plugged in.
Screen looks great, keyboard feels great with a good layout, touchpad is annoying (very slow movements, difficult to press, highly recommend a high dpi mouse
Hel
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I've been using my Y500 for a little over a week now and wanted to make sure that I put it to some proper use before writing any kind of review here.
I'd decided it was time to move back to the world of Windows after 7 years as a Mac OS user. I won't go into the whys and wherefores of that decision here (very briefly : I love the OS, but the hardware is getting silly in terms of repair / upgrade). I have a 27" iMac and in looking for a machine to move back to Windows with I was looking to either build myself a desktop from scratch or buy a laptop. A laptop seemed like the most logical choice so that I could spend more time in the living room with my family rather than stuck away in my computer den.
I was astonished to find that I couldn't spec up a set of desktop components to meet my requirements for the price Amazon were charging for this laptop. I looked at other laptops from MSI, Acer and Dell and also from various companies who build laptops to order. The Y500 seemed to tick the boxes at a price that couldn’t be beaten.
I wanted a machine that would let me play a few fairly light games : Diablo III, World of Warcraft, a bit of Tomb Raider, but my main applications are Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop so I wanted something which would work pretty well with those.
I had also decided that whether I went for a self-built desktop or a laptop I wanted to have an SSD for booting and programs and then keep the bulk of my data on a traditional HDD.
This Y500 offered a spare mSATA slot so I ordered a Crucial 256GB mSATA SSD at the same time as the laptop. Once I’d performed the initial setup of Windows 8 on the laptop I migrated the operating system over to the SSD and then wiped the supplied 1TB HDD ready to accept my data.
This laptop seemed to fly even before I installed the SSD, once I was booting from that everything just seemed to work instantaneously.
I’m trying to think of downsides to warn the prospective purchaser about. It’s pretty hard to come up with any, certainly at this price point. Others have mentioned the trackpad and I suppose it’s not amazing, but I’ve never liked using trackpads anyway and always, always have a proper mouse in my laptop bag. I’ll only resort to a trackpad if I absolutely don’t have space to use a mouse. For a “gaming styled” laptop the Y500 is not too garish, I think you could even get away with carrying this into a business meeting without too many guffaws or raised eyebrows around the table.
I might have liked to have an eSATA connection although I’m pretty sure that a USB 3 external hard drive will be just fine for the purposes of backup so not a big problem for me.
The supplied 1TB HDD is a Seagate ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB which is only a 5400 RPM model. If I had wanted to retain the supplied HDD for booting / program launch then I would have wanted something a bit faster. It’s fine for dumping all my data on however and of course could be easily upgraded by the end user if desired.
There is of course the Windows 8 Factor, but that can’t be blamed on Lenovo or the Y500. I’ve decided to stick with Windows 8 for now and get used to the UI. The underlying OS actually seems pretty solid and slick, I just think MS really needed to give people the choice to have a traditional Start menu on the desktop if they wanted one, especially when using the OS on a traditional desktop or laptop – ie something without a touchscreen.
Over all I think it’s quite a challenge to find a better specified laptop at this price point at the moment. I’m completely delighted with my purchase and I think this laptop should take care of my photo processing and (admittedly light) gaming requirements for quite a while to come. (Ordered June 5th 2013, delivered June 6th 2013, reviewed June 14th 2013. Price at purchase £727.21 inc VAT).
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After an exhausting search for a mid-range gaming laptop, only this one seemed to tick all the boxes, and it does not disappoint.
For gaming, performance is top-notch on semi-recent titles. Games of choice like Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 default to Ultra out of the box. Slightly older FPS's like Deus Ex: Human Revolution are silky smooth at native resolution and max detail.
A link to my 3DMark run: [...]
I would have to say that the trackpad is problematic, not in terms of general use, for which it does the job, but point-clicking on small targets (such as single-character hyperlinks in a small font) can be an exercise in frustration as the pointer often shifts slightly before the click is registered. I use a separate mouse for gaming so it's not a problem, and to be fair is rarely a problem in general use either.
The screen is glorious. Crystal clear from a wide angle. The keyboard looks great, but the widely-spaced keys take a little getting used to. The speakers are certainly the best I've heard on a laptop, but I wouldn't call them "good". They're laptop speakers, with a thin range and non-existent bass. I'm not sure why anyone would expect anything else, though.
I haven't yet found any evidence that the ultra-bay peripherals are available in the UK, but there are whispers online that they'll be coming later in the year. If the situation doesn't change I'll be making a big noise at Lenovo in about six months' time. You simply can't advertise a feature this prominently and then shrug your shoulders at the international market.
Overall though, I got precisely what I expected from this laptop, and maybe even better gaming performance than I thought.
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I bought a Lenovo Y500,unfortunately not from Amazon as they don't ship outside of the UK. However, I though it would be helpful to review it here anyway.
I timed the boot up time ready to run at 50 seconds so I don't understand why some reviewers had a problem. I bought this machine specifically for photo imaging & it certainly is fast enough when running Lightroom & Photoshop programmes. The FHD screen is very clear except in full sunlight, but what else do you expect?!
I had my computer shop add a Windows7 start menu & they also disabled the dreaded "Metro" default screen, which has made using Windows8 a breeze (so far!) As Windows8 is a faster operating system than it's predecessor I would give it a try with the aforementioned tweaks.
A small point is that the lights on the front of the laptop that indicate if you are running on mains or battery power are SO small you may miss seeing them - I did until my computer shop pointed them out. Also I was advised that to maintain battery life that I run the laptop initially on battery power only, until nearly flat then recharge, repeat this cycle 3 times. When using mains power remove the battery BEFORE start up, that way the battery is not constantly being charged. Apparently this will prolong it's life - sounds like useful advice.
Finally, I live in a hot climate & the new generation Ivy Bridge i7 processors run much cooler than previous incarnations. This together with a good inbuilt heat sink means that I don't need to invest in a higher spec cooling fan.
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Yep, touch pad was not working properly, after install Windows 7 with the right driver its better.
Counter strike source with default config.. got 300fps..
FAST,SILENCE,BEAUTIFUL..
THE BEST
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