Lenovo's 3D IdeaPad Y560d laptop now available for multi-dimensionists

Television may be rotting the brain of existing generations, but it's highly likely that 3D will indeed be the downfall of mankind. Or Double Stuff Oreo cookies, one. Either way, the former is finally joining the latter in terms of availability, with Lenovo's first 3D lappie up for order on the outfit's webstore. $1,499 nets you the IdeaPad Y560d, equipped with a 1.6GHz Core i7-720QM CPU, Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), 4GB of DDR3 memory, a 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730, 500GB hard drive (5,400rpm), a dual-layer DVD writer, 6-cell battery, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and copious amounts of bragging rights. Oh, and did we mention you'll need to pack along those 3D glasses in order to see the effect when soaring through your robust library of 3D games? We'll leave it to you -- we know you'll do the right thing.

[Stevenk Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:02AM]

Next will be the "MacBook 3D"

[furquanatique Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:11AM]

@Stevenk
I agree. It will be magical.

[Revolutionary Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:18AM]

@furquanatique

Huh? Adding 3D is magical?
You must be freaking crazy.

Nintendo 3DS is the real magic here. NO GLASSES.

[New Reformation Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:50AM]

@Stevenk

Apple will never do glasses 3D. Steve already wears glasses and, as anyone who wears glasses and went to see Avatar in 3D can tell,the 3D glasses DO NOT fit properly or comfortably over regular spectacles. If Steve don't like it, it'll never be done....

[furquanatique Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:23AM]

@Revolutionary
I fail, I should have mentioned /s.
My apologies to you sir.

[McKirf Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:29AM]

@Stevenk

"IdeaPad"? Can we call it IPad for short?

[bigcow05 Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:53AM]

@McKirf

Problem is, IdeaPads were around long before iPads appeared...

[magallanes Posted Jul 2nd 2010 10:28AM]

@Revolutionary

while the latest nds 3d is *ahem* revolutionary but there are a lot of difference between a 3d screen glass-less and a 3d screen with glasses. If you want a Avatar's quality then glasses are a must.

[Old fogie late bloomer Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:08AM]

@Revolutionary

Agreed. I like 3D, I want 3D, but I know it's possible to do it without the glasses and that's what I want. No excuse for only giving us half the horizontal resolution, either; if you can do 22" 1080p screens, you sure can have 40-something-inch screens with separate pixels for the right and left eye.

[Old fogie late bloomer Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:41AM]

@magallanes

Oh, I think that's a little disingenuous. You just have to sit fairly still for the glasses-less 3D to work well. ;) Seriously, though, if those inserts they put into DVD cases present the illusion of depth as well as they do (which isn't to say that they work fantastically, but they probably also cost about ten cents each to make), I'm certain that a little effort could make a glasses-less 3D screen look pretty spectacular.

[hassanselim0 Posted Jul 6th 2010 3:35PM]

@Stevenk If Apple made a 3D MacBook, it'll probably refuse to show 3D content that's not downloaded from iTunes :D

[Epyon Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:06AM]

Gorgeous!, but I have no desire for 3D

[Josh S Posted Jul 2nd 2010 10:57AM]

@Epyon
Yeah especially on a 1024x768 screen... What is with this trend of equipping 15" laptops with bad ass internals and crap screens?

[DanKonly Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:10AM]

So is 3D the new standard or is this going to be a passing fad?

[DanKonly Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:12AM]

So is 3D the new HD or another passing fad?

[TareG Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:14AM]

3D is great and all (for movies...) but 99% of the graphic cards still can't produce playable fps in 3D. Here are the numbers for the ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 5730

CoD Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
med.: 47.6 fps ----> in 3D: 23.8 fps (barely, just barely playable)
high: 37.7 fps ----> in 3D: 18.8 (non-playable)
ultra: 25 fps ----> in 3D: 12.5 fps (non-playable)

[r0x0rmy80x0r Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:20AM]

@TareG Thats true, I have that graphics card and can definitely say that 3D gaming is not for that card. Heck Crysis runs at 15fps in medium. You can't expect any more than that , now bring those SLI 5870s and then we are talking

[fel Posted Jul 3rd 2010 2:16AM]

@TareG
you dont just halve the numbers fool.

[BrettApple Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:14AM]

I hope it's just a fad. 3D movies already give me headaches. Now when they get 3D without glasses into the mainstream then we may have something.

[Parrot Mac Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:28AM]

Cokies?

[New Reformation Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:51AM]

@Parrot Mac

I am just going to go ahead and say that there will be none of whatever those are....

[sonicyoof Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:30AM]

I love when the article fails to mention the screen size.

And yes, I figured it out, but it would make sense to mention it.

[gigarath Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:31AM]

If I want 3D I will shut down my electronics and go outside.

[Jaredicus Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:47AM]

Next thing u know, the iPad 3D appears (hopefully not, it'd have to be like the 3DS except about 10x more amazing for people to buy it, unless they have to hace every apple product and/or money to burn)

[Jaredicus Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:48AM]

@Jaredicus *have

[grumbles Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:51AM]

So let me get this straight - this laptop has a LCD that runs at a true 120hz refresh for 3D gaming? Can anyone confirm?

If so, that's awesome, not just for 3D, but for general usage.

I know you guys like to hate on 3D and everything but if 3D tech is the thing that brings about higher refresh rates on displays, then I hope it really catches on.

[TareG Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:47AM]

@grumbles
It's not "Awesome" because the game card won't be able to render the games in 3D at anywhere close to playable FPS (MIN 25 fps)

[grumbles Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:48AM]

@TareG

You didn't understand anything I posted, did you?

[hassanselim0 Posted Jul 6th 2010 3:47PM]

@grumbles they said here (http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/17/lenovo-jumps-on-the-3d-laptop-train-with-the-ideapad-y560d/) that the screen is specially coated and you wear polarizing glasses.
High refresh rates are required for another kind of 3D, one that keeps alternating between the 2 images (one for each eye) very quickly and you wear (shutter?) glasses that are somehow synced with the alternating images in a way so that each eye sees it's corresponding image. (I think that's how nvidia does it)
However, this polarizing-glasses method shows both images at the same time each with a different light polarization, and each side of the glasses filter an image and passes in the other. (This is similar to how 3D movies like Avatar work).

[HansImGlueck Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:56AM]

I think I'll skip 3D and wait for 4D...

[iamjeffhong Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:00AM]

Right now would be one of those times where being ahead of the game isn't necessarily good.
3D isn't big enough yet.
Let it grow a bit

[Facepalm Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:05AM]

*sniffs some Oreo cokies* ...

[Poryhack Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:07AM]

@Facepalm Drugs are bad. They make you write like Darren here.

[pika2000 Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:56AM]

So, instead of doing that slate/laptop hybrid, they do 3D. What a waste.

[boofay Posted Jul 2nd 2010 3:18AM]

at least 10 hours of bat life for that price

[r0x0rmy80x0r Posted Jul 2nd 2010 3:58AM]

where the holographic slates of the futur3 , get that out and I'll be buying

[MrLinux Posted Jul 2nd 2010 5:13AM]

0.o Dual layer DVD, but aren't 3D movies coming out on Bluray

[Daniel lee Posted Jul 2nd 2010 8:24AM]

终于看到半个国产货了！

[bolezhinkov Posted Jul 2nd 2010 9:35AM]

I really dislike the lack of options with lenovo computers. the 'customize & buy' page is quite comical. 1366x768 display will never work for a pixel density enthusiast on a 15.6" panel either.

[LANjackal Posted Jul 2nd 2010 9:42AM]

I stopped reading at "5400 rpm"

[everyone does Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:22AM]

I will never by a Lenovo laptop as long as the damn Fn key is where the left CTRL should be!!!
CTRL C
CTRL V
CTRL X

WHY OH WHY do you insist on messing with me lenovo?!!?

[renambot Posted Jul 2nd 2010 12:01PM]

No, it looks like passive stereo, interlaced every other line. So cheap light glasses, but half the vertical resolution.