Lenovo IdeaPad U150 gets unboxed and critiqued (video)

We spotted the IdeaPad U150 sitting pretty as far back as CEATEC, but now it seems the 11.6-inch beaut is finally finding its way out into the wild, wild... wilds. The suave folks over at Netbooked were able to wrap their paws around a retail unit, and aside from just unboxing it on video (which was a nice gesture in its own right), they also ran it through some basic tasks and spit out a few general opinions. Hit the links below if you'd like to follow the journey from undressing to battery life testing, and hop on past the breaks if you're into this hot new thing called "video."

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[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 7:34PM]

Looks like a HP to me...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 7:37PM]

HPs can usually be characterized by their unique tribal markings on the left palmrest.

[MJGAMER 1991 XBL Posted Nov 4th 2009 7:49PM]

Look like a small M1330 to me.

[zintinio Posted Nov 4th 2009 7:59PM]

@mithinco
Lindows was an actual OS. I think its called linspire now, or freespire.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 8:01PM]

looks like a UFO

I can't believe the plastic chrome fad still isn't over

I can't wait for a decade of flat black

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 8:10PM]

Indeed, it looks like a shrinked Pavillion DV5/DV7, except the black area on the keyboard.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 12:04AM]

I read this engadget post on my HP Mini 311 that just arrived a couple days ago. It was like looking into a frickin spacetime-warp!

Also, when I started to remove some of the crapware, HP put 32 games on it! And the worst offender was AOL (which means instantly delete). WHatever the program was, it was almost a gigabyte. Thanks but no thanks.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2009 8:22PM]

Looks pretty generic and ugly considering the trend for stylish looking netbooks. Definately reeks of HP genericness.Unlike samsung netbooks.
http://www.samsungnc10tips.com

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 7:36PM]

Windows 7 for the win

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 7:38PM]

Fact: It's impossible to say Windows without saying Win.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 7:42PM]

whendows

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 7:56PM]

Lindows

[scl23enN4m3 Posted Nov 4th 2009 7:57PM]

Nguyendows

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 7:58PM]

weindoughs? (that's a stretch....)

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 9:40PM]

Wean dose!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 12:12AM]

@Arjun

Very nice, Vietnamese ftw! xD

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 10:09PM]

That oddly looks just like my HP Mini 311

[Spoony Posted Nov 4th 2009 7:52PM]

Vindows

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 8:01PM]

I'm sure loser is somewhere in the windows name.

[FitFan Posted Nov 4th 2009 8:07PM]

Looks nice, but wish they had not gone with the glossy screen. I want to know if they'll offer an SSD upgrade option.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 8:09PM]

Looked at specs, stopped reading at "Intel GMA"

Gawd those graphics chips are like herpes. DO NOT WANT.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 8:15PM]

No kidding. Why wouldn't anyone wait for a decent Ion-powered netbook? Intel GMA FTL.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 8:58PM]

Right now its either a shitty Atom with ION or better CULV with Intel X4500 graphics. Can't get the best of both worlds.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 7:28AM]

and with nvidia quitting the chipset market which work for future CPU, you'll have to do with the ION platform. So it's either intel crappy gma or a future amd netbook/ultraportable.
I for one am very happy with my acer 1810, with gma4500mhd. It has simply the best powersavings features, and they work on linux too, opensource.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2009 9:24AM]

Looks nice.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 11:36PM]

Looks nice.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 9:44PM]

Seems sticker friendly enough.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 11:30PM]

seems pretty good

id still go for the x200 though... i mean... the x200 is better in every way possible.

I just wish my x200 could fit another HDD like my vaio z series (inside the dvd drive)

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 11:37PM]

Glossy crap sucks donkey balls

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2009 11:48PM]

Yeah, what's up with all this donkey-ball-licking glossy screen crap?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 7:31AM]

It seems like al those 11.6" 1366x768 panels have that ridiculous little side-effect called mirroring, jeez I can style my hair standing in front of my Acer 1810T, viewing angles are a bitch too.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 8:55AM]

Please never again upload a video review done by the guy in this video. He is sooooooooooooooooo slow and boring.