The Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 is the latest version of Lenovo Ideapad in its range of notebooks. Just as the ThinkPad series is devoted to business notebooks for professionals, the IdeaPad range of multimedia laptops is more oriented, and on basic home users who want a better config than most run of the mill notebooks. The Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 IdeaPad standards and lived until sport nice hardware specs, and seems just right around $ 1,000 be priced. It competes with the Dell Studio series especially given the quantities and specifications. In this detailed review, we review the Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 and see how it until a similar notebooks in the same order stacks.

Design:

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 sports a very simple and minimalist design. It is now well received by those who are fed from flashy, stylish open notebooks in abundance these days. The design and appearance reminds you of the ThinkPad series, Lenovo probably committed by the same designers for both areas. The Y530 sports a full black design, elegant look. With dimensions of 14.2 cm x 10.3 cm x 1.4 cm and a weight of only about 6.7 kilograms, it is very portable and handy. It should be a nice option, for frequent travelers who do not like underpowered netbooks and notebooks regularly overweight.

The body is mostly made of brushed metal and plastic. The workmanship is excellent, as any Thinkpad Lenovo Ideapad or expected. The site offers a nice grip and the styling is in line through the body. The chassis of the IdeaPad Y530 is very stable and gives the notebook a feel robust and stable. There is little to no flex on the body, including the display. The metal and plastic combo in the construction of the body provides a kind of resistance. This notebook should easily last for about 3-4 years if handled properly.

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Display and speakers:

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 sports a standard-size 15.4-inch LCD display with a wide native WXGA resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. The display is quite nice with nice brightness and contrast. The images are vibrant and the display is fit for a multimedia notebook. The viewing angles are also quite good, with the horizontal angle greater than the vertical. The color reproduction is good and correct. Overall, a nice display with not much to complain.

Like the IdeaPad Y530 is a multimedia-centric notebook, it is expected to have great sound. The Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 sports an excellent Dolby surround sound speaker system with 4 speakers and a subwoofer. You have very good sound quality and price better than most laptop speakers. The sound is excellent for all areas – mid, highs and lows. The subwoofer takes over the bass very well and offers a satisfying music experience. The volume levels are also very nice and the sound is heard loud enough to be a great room. You can always connect your headphones to the notebook. It is definitely one of the best notebook speaker systems in this area.

Keyboard and Touchpad:

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 sports a standard full-size keyboard with a normal keyboard layout. The key spacing and travel is appropriate. The keyboard provides a comfortable typing experience as with a Thinkpad. The keys have a pleasant atmosphere and then provide good feedback, and a well. This is the keyboard, touch typists are looking for. No doubt on the keyboard. Above the keyboard is an array of touch-sensitive media control buttons.

The Synaptics touchpad below the keyboard is and is large enough. Most manufacturers try to skimp on pad size, but Lenovo has managed to do it perfectly with the IdeaPad Y530. The touchpad surface is smooth and helps with the navigation while still providing some traction. The touchpad is nice and respond with optimal sensitivity. The two touchpad buttons below the touchpad is also quite nice and provide an audible click.

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Performance:

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 sports a very nice location and hardware configuration – Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 2 GHz with 2 MB L2 cache, 2 GB DDR2 RAM and a 250GB 5400 rpm hard drive clocked. The graphics department is the new NVIDIA GeForce 9300M discrete graphics card deals with 256 MB VRAM. It may be light with most of what the cast on it without problems. The graphics card, while new, relatively weak motorized and can not handle games at high settings. However, it is very energy efficient and is much better than Intel integrated graphics solution – the GMA 4500 MHD. The configuration of the included Windows Vista can run smoothly without problems and even multitasking scores of applications. It is particularly suitable for multimedia use and is perfect for sound and video playback. It performs just as well as other competitors as far as relates to performance.

Battery and other features:

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 is a 6-cell battery powered 5200 mAh rated at 57 Wh. It has a decent battery life of 3 hours and 30 minutes of moderate use, only to the category average slightly better. To further improve the battery life, simple tips to follow by example, the brightness of the display, reducing the system volume, disabling the Wi-Fi, etc. when not in use

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 sports a wide array of expansion ports – it sports three USB ports, a VGA output, HDMI, headphone and microphone jacks, LAN, Firewire, modem slot, ExpressCard 54 slot, and a 6 – in-1 card reader. The ports are evenly distributed throughout the body.

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Conclusion:

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 is a great deal for those who want a nice laptop with great performance in the first place for multimedia needs. You may also want to check, the Dell Studio 15 and the HP DV 5T in the same price range. As far as the IdeaPad Y530 is, we would definitely give it the thumbs up.

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