Lenovo's IdeaPad Y460 now on sale, and not a moment too soon
By Darren Murph 
posted March 4th 2010 4:36AM
posted March 4th 2010 4:36AM
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@The Madman
I'm definitely not a fan of all the fancy etching and graphics on cases...they ruin an otherwise beautiful machine. But then I would just get a business laptop so I guess manufacturers have all the bases covered. Actually, something in-between would be nice; I think that's one appeal of the Macbooks - they look both chic and sleek.
Man I hate to give the Chinese any credit but... Lenovo has improved IBM's laptop business.
@tonicboy
Why do you hate to give the Chinese any credit...?
Also, this laptop has nothing to do with the IBM purchase; Lenovo was been making its own line of laptops before acquiring the Thinkpad line.
@bigcow05
oops, *had been
@bigcow05
"Why do you hate to give the Chinese any credit...?"
Lol, I was about to ask the same thing...
@tonicboy Why do you hate to give the Chinese any credit...?
@tonicboy Seriously, just about any computer today is designed somewhere in Asia (well, that they're about made there should be ditto); Taiwan may still be leading, but still... I'd take a bet that even during IBM's reign they had to work with the Chinese.
Anyway, part of the design of the Thinkpad line is still done in the US, does that make you feel any more happy?
@bigcow05
It's because the majority of stuff made in China is crap. If it doesn't fall apart, then it kills babies. They have put out so much shite that I hate to say anything good about them.
@Lashoutdancingwhenyouregone
"Seriously, just about any computer today is designed somewhere in Asia" First of all, I'm not talking about Asia, I'm talking about China. There is a HUGE difference between China and, say, Japan or even Taiwan or Korea. Second of all, that's not even true. Dell, HP, Apple and others all design their laptops in America. The fact that many of them are made in China is not relevant. The Chinese are good at contract manufacturing - give them tight specs and oversight and QC their goods, and they can produce when they're being paid good money. Original designs are an entirely different matter.
@tonicboy
You have amazing powers of generalization, I'll give you that.
@bigcow05 The pattern is pretty, but I think they've been a bit excessive in putting it all over the case. I'm a bit of a minimalist, but a small pattern can help give it a bit of, "texture".
Oh well: others will likely find it very appealing.
i wonder how the performance and battery life on this laptop will be compared with the Alienware MX11x. That 5650 isn't a a bad GPU neither the i5 CPU but has only a 6cell battery. Now i a want a review !
@Sor1
In terms of 3Dmark06
GeForce GT 335M(5982) vs Mobility Radeon HD 5650(6899)
I think lenovo wins in terms of graphics but then again M11X might have more battery life seeing it has a low voltage cpu.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html
@Shiki This model includes switchable graphics. Problem its the 6-cell battery.
That looks more like the Y560, than the Y460.
What's the Khotar index on that keyboard? That's what I want to know.
Will there be a noticeable difference between an i3 and an i5 for every day usage?
Loving the $1,199 model. But I prefer the VAIO aesthetics infinitely...
Overpriced, especially for the base model: for $999 this unit should easily include the Radeon 5650 that the superior model has. Even cheaper notebooks feature the 5650 alongside the Core i3. Also, unless it features side port, the graphics ram should be a variable setting in the BIOS. I don't see a BD/DVDRW drive in the specs to justify the price gouging.
oh wait, chalk on $300 because it is a 14", my bad
"... so the only question left to answer is why you're still dilly-dallying around."
Maybe because I'm not willing to pay nearly that much money for a laptop with a glossy display? Maybe it's just me but I'd happily sacrifice a little thinness and battery life to get a display that's somewhere close to sRGB gamut with a decent contrast ratio and a MATTE FINISH....
@bigcow05 I've always bought business laptops for home use. The biggest draw for me now is that you can't seem to find a non-widescreen notebook in the consumer sector anymore. Sadly though, a quick perusal of Lenovo's site reveals that they no longer make a non-widescreen laptop of any kind, even in their business line. HP seems to be the only bastion of common sense left.
That case is hideous. Give me flat black plastic or give me death!
@Wallyum Black attracts fingerprints like it's addicted to them.
White, blue, red or whatever - just give us a tasteful colour that doesn't highlight my greasy paw-prints, please!
@franktronic You can probably still get an X61 from Lenovo. That was the last mainstream notebook that had a fullscreen (4:3).
Those hinges are hot.
I like the looks, but my wallet doesn't like the price tag to go with it!
Hate the design pattern........I like plain covers.
@franktronic By, "wide", you mean, "short", right?
I don't see a problem with more screen space, but if that's what you mean, then yeah, I can sympathise.
Does it have any type of expansion port? I need firewire but I now none of the Lenovo models come with it ....