Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D is Lenovo first 3D gaming laptop, which inherits Lenovo IdeaPad Y series stylish appearance and provides the 3D experience by “TriDef” technology through the display and the glasses. Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D processors are available  from core i3-330M up to the core i7-840QM. We will review review Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D-ITH (3D version) today.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D-ITH gaming laptop specs:

Intel Core i3 350M processor( 2.26GHz )
DDR3-1333 DDR3 2GB  SDRAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 indenpendence graphics（1024MB）
15.6-inch 16:9 display with the resoulution of 1366X768 pixels
500GB SATA HDD
Six-in-one card reader(xD,SD,SD PRO,MS,MS Pro,MMC)
1.3MP carema
around 2.7kg
385×255×20-33mm
Windows 7 Home Basic OS

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D 3D Technology

Hardware：

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D LED back-lit screen works not just as single dustproof or diffuse reflection reduction. The mirror facet coating is a polarizing film, while the 3D glass is two layer polarizing films. But if the normal image is displayed in the screen, there is only color disperse or double image in the screen not the 3D views. We have to convert 2D images to 3D effect by TriDef 3D software.

3D glasses for naked eyes

Spectacle frame 3D glasses for myope

The installation of Spectacle frame 3D glasses

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D also has two 3D glasses, naked eye model for good eyesight users; the other spectacle frames one for myope. The installation is very easy, which only needs to clip the normal glasses frame with the middle clips, and the steel frame does not scratch the normal glasses.

We recommend players keep 600mm away  from IdeaPad Y560D, and the best open angle is 120 degree, for which we can have best 3D effect.

Software:

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D 3D image effect theory sketch map

From the picture, we can see that the 3D image is transmitted to our eyes after horizontal interlacing and detouring through the screen, images transferred by 3D software, 3D Polaroid glasses, and then rearranged in our brain to complete 3D effect, which is called polarization technology.

User interface of TriDef 3D software

Only hardware technology can not realize 3D effect without TriDef 3D software which can convert normal 2D video/images to 3D versions. It is worth mentioning that only TriDef 3D conversion with 3D equipment can fully provide 3D experience, but its supportive documents are only limited to the 3D supportive files.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D Performance Test

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D adopts 32nm Intel Core i3 350M processor and HM55 chip board，comes with 2GB DDRIII－1333 memory and  ATI Mobility Radeon HD5730 independent graphics, WD 500GB SATA-II hard drive, optical drive and Intel WiFi Link 1000 BGN wireless network card. Additionally, IdeaPad also preinstalled 32 bit 32bit Windows 7 Home Basic OS.
Intel Core i3 350M dual core is  Arrandale core in 32 nm process craft, with core frequency is 2.27 GHz (17×133MHz), Shared L3 cache 3MB, 256KB L2 cache for each core. It supports Intel synchronic hyper-threading technology, so its dual core have four thread, but it doesn’t support Turbo Boost technology.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D CPUID information

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D CINEBENCH R10 test result

The last result for single core and dual core is 2438 and 5735 separately. Core i3 is mainly oriented at medium and low end market, bringing powerful performance by inheriting intelligent structure of low consumption and high efficiency, which can handle daily computing and recreation demand in rapid speed.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D PCMark Vantage

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D final result in PCMark Vantage is 4625， with each subsection scores above 3300, showing Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D stable performance. Especially in game and music aspect, the scores are as high as 4258 and 5068, which conforms to Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D gaming laptop orientation.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D Game Test

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 competely supports Microsoft DirecX 11 independent graphics. IdeaPad Y560D HD 5730 graphics is based on 40 nm craft with 400 stream processor, bus width 128bit, GDDR3, capability 1024MB, and supports technology or software like OpenGL 3.2, 16x independency Anisotropic Filtering, ATI Eyefinity(6 screen)、ATI Stream、ATI CrossFireX、ATI Avivo HD(UVD2)、ATI PowerPlay、Windows 7.

Entry mode, IdeaPad Y560D scores 11964 in 3DMark Vantage.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD5650 and HD5730 comparison data

In 3DMark Vantage test，Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D gets 11964 result with the GPU result of 16610 in Entry Mode, indicating good ATI Mobility Radeon HD5730 performance level. From the picture, we can see that HD 5730 has no difference with mainstream HD5650, but it promotes nearly 10% in GPU performance, which most benefits from its support in DirectX 11.

All the games want to run in 3D effect has a condition that they should support 3D version.

3D street fighter game picture

Street Fighter 4 in TriDef 3D testing ranks D

In 3D version, Street Fighter finally gets D. Though 33.13FPS average frame number is not high, we can play this game smoothly in 3D version because of ATI Mobility Radeon HD5730 powerful property. In the regular mode and the same settings, the final result of IdeaPad Y560D is A with the average frame number of 59.83FPS，which is correspond with 60FPS requirement by professional gamers.

In the regular mode and the same settings, the final result is A.

Opening X2 anti-aliasing, IdeaPad Y560D scores C in regular mode.

Next, we keep the previous settings and open X2 anti-aliasing, the final result is C with the average frame number 49.99FPS, which can also play this game smoothly.
After testing, we find that the independent graphics card occupancy rate is especially large after changing the game to 3D version. Thanks to ATI Mobility Radeon HD5730 powerful feature and its support to DirectX 11, we play vivid 3D version game smoothly .

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D HD5730 DirectX 11 Visual Feeling

We also test Need for Speed 13 which doesn’t support 3D effect, and the double image appears in its 3D version. But Need for Speed supports DirectX 11 in Windows 7 system, and thanks to ATI Mobility Radeon HD5730 good support to DirectX 11, we can appreciate the vivid and lifelike game pictures.

Need For Speed 13 3D version in Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D

Need for Speed 13 3D version in Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D

Regular mode with the X2 anti-aliasing function opening, Need for Speed 13 game picture in Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D

Regular mode with the X2 anti-aliasing function opening, Need for Speed 13 game picture in Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D

According to our game frame recording, the smallest fame number is 25FPS，the biggest frame number 64FPS，average frame number 44.17FPS，which shows that Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D can run this game smoothly.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D Appearance

Metal wiredrawing is very popular, while the city brand texture fits the young people’s fashion pursuit better, and the metal texture “Lenovo” logo with chrome-plated hinge design makes Lenovo Y560D much younger, all of which are in line with its series orientation very well.

Lenovo Y560D top cover also inherits young style of city brand

15.6-inch LED back-lit screen with the best resolution of 1366×768 pixels

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D has a 15.6-inch LED back-lit screen with the best resolution of 1366×768 pixels, though the color saturation is not enough, it reaches a fairly good level as a laptop. Its gray scale performs well, which allows us to see the detailed part clearly, and the mirror screen also makes up the luminance lack to a certain degree.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D Inner Microphone and HD Camera

Suitable resistance hinge and JBL professional voice box

Inner microphone and camera, chrome-plated hinge and JBL professional voice box is Lenovo IdeaPad Y series standard configuration. The hinge makes use of gravity theory, and allows us to easily open laptop with one hand, which is hard to realize in most laptops. Additionally, owing to JBL voice box, IdeaPad Y560D performs excellent in voice frequency, which suits for live recording audio file or vocal concert playback.

Gray Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D high touch keyboard

recovery key and Starting button

Volume adjustment and silence button

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D also inherits Lenovo high touch keyboard design. The keys adopt trapezoidal shape with large keycap and medium distance. In actual operation, the keystroke doesn’t need very big force and is fast and comfortable. We don’t feel tired after a long time pressing. But it’s a pity that Lenovo Y560D doesn’t come with QWERTY keyboard.

Multi-touch touchpad and chrome-plated left-right key

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D Palm Rest

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D also adopts multi-touch touchpad to provide users convenience, which can realize web browsing and rolling by circling or picture zooming up or down by figures drawing close or apart. The chrome-plated left and right keys make IdeaPad inside and outside correspond, providing young stylish feeling. The “IdeaPad” logo light in the right side of palm rest is also the Y series classic design.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D Port Layout and Weight

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D is a gaming entertainment laptop with 3D technology, whose layout design is to meet daily use demand of most users.

The left and right port layout of Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D

The  left rear side port design of Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D

The left front side port design of Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D

The left side ports are VGA and HDMI output, cooling hole, RJ-45 port, two USB 2.0 and headphones/mic ports.

The right front side port design of Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D

The right side port layout is more simple, including USB2.0, e－SATA（compatible with USB2.0）, DVD burner, power port and security lock slot. All the port distance in Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D is controlled well without space clash.

The front right side ports of Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D are card reader, graphics card switch and wireless/ Bluetooth switch. Numerous ports indicate Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D advantage in external expansion.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D bottom Suzhou window lattice style heat dissipation

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D still inherits Chinese Suzhou window lattice design. The top left side is hard drive slot, HDD in the left side, SSD slot in the right. We can realize Lenovo TSI boost technology by Rapiddrive and users’ DIY building.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D  whole weight with battery

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D travel weight

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D weights 2.77 kg with battery, and its travel weight 3.25kg, whose whole weight is 0.06kg heavier than Y550 with the same travel weight. As a 15.6 inches laptop, Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D control weight in a suitable scale.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D Heat Dissipation and Battery Life

High load situation, IdeaPad Y560D inner temperature

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D operation area temperature

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D Bottom temperature

In the room temperature of 24℃，after running all the testing software for 2 hours, we continue to use FurMark to do the heat test.The FurMark resolution is set to 1366×768 pixels with 8X anti-aliasing capability in extreme torment mode. After one hour, Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D inner temperature is basically stable, we also detect the surface temperature as showed in the above pictures.

11.1V 5200mAh 57Wh six-cell Li-icon battery

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D battery life is 2 hour 37 minutes via BatteryMark test

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D comes standard with 6-cell 11.1V 5200mAh Li-icon battery with 57Wh capacity. We test IdeaPad Y560D battery life in independent graphics mode, and change the power management to power save mode, using BatteryMark in Life Test mode to check out its battery life. The final result is 2 hour 37 minutes. For such a large independent graphics laptop, 2.5 hour battery life is fairly enough, but if IdeaPad Y560D runs in 3D mode, the battery life might be a bit shorter.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D Summary

Lenovo 3D IdeaPad Y560D gaming laptop also inherits Lenovo Y series classic appearance design and complete practical external extension function. Though no QERRTY keyboard is a pity for gamers, but the mainstream ATI Mobility Radeon HD5730 independent graphic is really awesome which can support DirectX 11 better and provide smooth and real game images.
As to 3D imaging hardware, Lenovo IdeaPad Y560D adopts polarization technology with TriDef 3D software which converts 2D image to 3D to realize 3D visual effect. This method, however, is not effective to all the files, but the 3D effect is really gorgeous and costs much lower than NVIDIA 3D VISION。Current 3D version also exits shortcomings, so we suggest you not to run the laptop in 3D effect for too long, and take suitable rest.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 is the most individual products as  ThinkPad Edge 15 first uses unconventional red. In appearance, ThinkPad Edge 15 shows young and vigorous characters for ThinkPad Edge 15 color design which is largely different from the traditional all-black. Unlike economic SL serious ThinkPad in product orientation, new orientation and individual design of ThinkPad Edge 15 not only enrich production line but also offers more choices for users .

Diversification Design, Advanced Technology Application
The whole Design lightspot of ThinkPad Edge 15 tends to be diversification, from LED back-lit screen to keyboard Design. All the style seems like the same as Lenovo ThinkPad’s Design, but brand new concepts are used in many places. Red indication light makes the “ThinkPad” Logo quite different, while the design of rounded edge and human engineering keyboard makes Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 unique and comfortable.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 is the largest laptop comparable to 13-inch and 14-inch models, which offers cozier handle and larger visual enjoyment.

Good viewing angle effect with vivid color

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 uses 15-inch WXGA panel with rich color and good brightness. The luminance in side angle is 160-180, direct angle up to 225, and lean angle in front and back is also good.

Comfortable Keyboard Hand Feel and Larger Touchpad
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 adopts the 15-inch standard design. Larger body makes the keyboard become smaller. Although available for full-scale keyboard, ThinkPad Edge 15 uses the same size keyboard as ThinkPad Edge 14. Setting apart form traditional ThinkPad keyboard design except the symbolic little red dot,the  curved keyboard design in ThinkPad Edge 15  is more like in entertainment laptop. Suitable key map and design feels comfortable.

The highly sensitive Synaptics Touchpad is cosy to use. Due to its muti-touch function, it’s very convenient to process graphics in ThinkPad Edge 15.ThinkPad Edge 15 touchpad is more easeful than ThinkPad T60 for it’s three time larger .

Less but Practical Ports

AS 15-inch standard design, Lennon ThinkPad Edge 15 owns larger space for ports. However, ThinkPad Edge 15 doesn’t have more ports, because ThinkPad Edge’s orientation is entertainment users who need practicability first.

ThinkPad Edge 15 ports mainly concentrate upon front, left and right side.

An extra SDHC-card reader in the front under palmrest is really convenient.

It’s strange that only a USB port in the rear side which may be affected by the heat elimination and battery position.

Heat sink, which is the important heat outlet, occupies a large place in the rear of left side. And it’s very practical to arrange audio output port, HDMI video port, eSata data port, VAG port, FJ45 port in the left side as well. Double video port allows ThinkPad Edge 15 can hook up two monitors.

In right side, ThinkPad Edge 15 is equipped with two USB ports, optical drive, power adapter and Lock slot.

Professional Software Test
ThinkPad Edge 15 owns dual Corei3-330M processor at 2.13GHZ, 320GB hard disk 5400RPM, 2GB memory and Intel GMA integrated graphics. As using integrated graphics chip,  ThinkPad Edge 15 runs well in office software like Word、Excel、PowerPoint Outlook, but is poor in games. ThinkPad Edge 15 supports CCCP and H264 decoding standard and Divx.com decoding package, fluently play HD video of 720 and 1080 standard with the CPU acitivity only around 20%.

We process systemically professional test ThinkPad Edge 15 overall performance by testing software.

From the test result above, ThinkPad Edge 15 indeed has deficiencies in graphics manipulation, but is better than ThinkPad SL510 in comprehensive performance. ThinkPad Edge is more superior in comprehensive overall view.
Work Temperature and Hard Disk Performance
ThinkPad Edge 15’s heat control is fairly good, but is a bit high sometimes in 15-inch size. ThinkPad Edge 15’s performance is fine when the fans run in full speed. The operation db is around 39-40 which is satisfying compared to 12-inch laptop around 33.

The temperature testing picture of Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15：

Hard disk read-write test：

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15’s owns 6-cell battery. In the situation of 70% screen luminance, Windows 7 system environment and wireless activity, the battery lasts for 4 hour 10 minutes, which is shorter 23 minutes than 14-inch ThinkPad Edge in the same situation.

Summary
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 is the largest laptop in this edge serious. In performance, ThinkPad Edge 15 is equipped with Intel Core i3 processor, built-in 2GB memory, 320GB hard disk and Intel integrated GMA graphics. Although the graphics capability is not ThinkPad Edge 15’s strong point, but ThinkPad Edge 15 owns very prefect performance in daily application and official business. Because ThinkPad Edge 15 is not located in low economic laptop and is better than ThinkPad SL510 in performance and appearance, ThinkPad Edge 15 suits for individual users in business and personal application. If Lenovo equips ThinkPad Edge 15 with independent display card, this graphics promotion will certainly gain more entertainment users.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 Configuration:

Intel Core i3-330M Processor (2.13GHZ, 3MB cache)
2GB DDR3 RAM （2GB x1）
250GB Fujitsu 5400RPM
Intel GMA HD integrated graphics
15.6-inch 1366×768 WXGA
Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
Built-in camera
14.96×9.72×1.33mm

MSRP: $869

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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E30 Disassembly

Lenovo Thinkpad X200 disassembly

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 with 14-inch screen ,its body size is 345 × 237 × 31-36mm . Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 weights 2.162kg alone and weights 2.64kg with battery and adapter.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 continues to use the plastic shell, roof strength is good.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 A surface design is very, only ThinkPad LOGO, while ThinkPad LOGO point on i letters with the “red dot” design. It will be light when booting.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 B and C surface is still mainly black. Camera still in the central frame on the screen while the microphone is designed in right of the camera location which can achieve better results. Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 speaker under the screen frame.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 keyboard is using separated popular design. Its keyboard surface is not flat, there is a download concave curvature in the middle.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 equips with TrackPoint + TouchPad dual device. It is no doubt that TrackPoint is one of the most useful. Touchpad main uses the integrated design, supports multi-point touch.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 has two USB2.0 interfaces in the right. There are a eSATA/USB2.0 interface and HDMI, RJ45, D-SUB analog video output interface and an audio input and output COMBO interfaces in the left. There is an independent Powered USB2.0 interfaces in the back of Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40.From the interface point of view, Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 all interfaces can meet the most demand of daily work.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 provides good scalability. There is a removable baffle which can provide memory, hard drive expand or upgrade after removed. Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 has two memory slots.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 uses the latest Intel 32nm new Core Platform, Core i3 330M processor,2GB DDR3 RAM, HD 4570 graphics card and 320GB hard drive.

Core i3 330M processor is the lowest among the Intel announced 11 new mobile processor, its frequency is 2.13GHz, processor using 32nm process technology, based on the Westmere microarchitecture, processor dual-core and support HT Hyper-Threading technology, dual-core with four threads processing, thermal design power TDP 35W.

In chipset, HM 55 replacing the PM55 as a new Core processor. HM55 chipset can support up to six SATA 3Gbps ports (including eSATA) , 8 PCI-E 2.0 x1 interface, 14 USB 2.0 interfaces, Hanksville GbE MAC Gigabit Ethernet Controller, Matrix Storage Matrix Storage Technology, High Definition Audio High Definition Audio, Management Engine Ignition Firmware technologies.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 chosen ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4570 graphics card as the graphics processing unit, ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4570 graphics card is used widely in mid-range graphics card, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 graphics card is based on the 55nm RV710 core derivative version, built-in 242 million transistors, 80 stream processors, eight texture units and 4 raster element and support 12x CFAA antialiasing does not support CrossFireX. ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 can be used with 64-bit GDDR3/DDR3/DDR2 memory, support for DX10.1 and OpenGL 2.0, integrated UVD2 hardware decoding engine that supports PowerPlay, PowerXpress, Swithable Graphics and a series of energy-saving technologies.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 is equipped with the capacity of a single 2GB DDR3 1066MHz memory and high capacity 320GB 5400RPM hard drive. Lenovo E40 also provides an additional expansion slot, users can expand the memory on their own capacity to improve system performance.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 equips with 320GB ST9320325AS hard drive. In addition to its large storage capacity of 320GB, the piece of speed up to 5400 rpm hard drive supports SATA-II interface, with the PCH chip can achieve a faster transfer rate of 3.0Gbps.

In the network communication capabilities, Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 uses Realtek PCIe GBE Family cable network card with Realtek RTL8191SE (system to be identified as 11b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter II) combination of wireless network card, wired network card can support 10 / 100/1000M connection, and wireless network card can support the 802.11n protocol section, the maximum speed can reach 150Mbps.

In the interface and expansion capabilities, Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 has three USB2.0 interfaces, an eSATA / USB mix, a D-SUB, 1 个 HDMI, 1 RJ-45, and an audio, Micro COMBO interface, another also built a 4-in-1 card reader, can meet the everyday needs of users.

We use a series of  softwares to test the actual performance of Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40, in testing we installed the Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Version6.1.7600 version of the operating system for testing. Contents of the tests include the Windows System Assessment, PCMark Vantange other variety of test software.  Assessment from the system perspective, Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 overall final score is 4.9.In each sub-key, the desktop graphics performance by 4.9 points, became the lowest-scoring.

From the contents of system evaluation, 4.9 points means it will not impact the performance if user open AERO and other Windows Desktop Effects. The game graphics part of the test scores of 6.3 points tells the user the performance of this card can still cope with some degree of 3D applications.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 gets 5.5 points under 2GB memory, it will be better if 4GB. 6.0 points test scores adequately reflect the adcantages of Duo dual-core processor i3 four threads, high-capacity three-level cache advantage. Hard drive thanks to 3.0Gbps SATA-II interface transfer rate, 320GB 5400 rpm high capacity and speed, received scores of 5.8 points. You can change 7200 disk drive to improve the relevant properties.

From the final test results, Core i3 330M single-core processor rendering test score of 2341 points, while in multi-core processors, rendering this part of the performance test, compared with 5439 points, multi-core rendering of the test results prove that the Core i3 processor has a large capacity three-level cache of excellent performance, also shows excellent dual-capacity nuclear power plant thread.

In the test HD Tune Pro, Seagate 320GB hard drive performance let us very satisfy.The average transfer rate of 60.4MB / s, seek time was 17.8ms, burst transfer rate of 65.3MB / s, CPU occupancy rate of 3.9%, from such a performance point of view, this piece of 320GB hard drive capacity sufficient to meet most of the daily work and entertainment needs.

PCMark Vantage’s 4191 points shows that this result consistent with the configuration of Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40.

Test results from the category view, Memories (memories), TV and Movie (video) and Gaming (Games). The three tests for home entertainment applications lower than the bias in the Communication (communication) and Productivity (Productivity ) project, which Memories (memories) is the lowest.

In the graphic part of test, we used Futuremark’s latest 3DMark Vantage, which is the industry’s first set of specialized interfaces based on Microsoft’s DX10 API, Windows Vista operating system to create a comprehensive benchmark tool that can give full play to multiple graphics cards advantage of multi-core processors.

Our test platform around 5 points for a temperature test, five point temperature of 25.5 degrees Celsius respectively 25.7,25.7,25.6,25.2 and, taking an average of 25.5 degrees Celsius.

Summary:

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E40 has enough concern to attract users. Its Core i3 330M processor, 2GB DDR3 1066MHz memory, HD 4570 graphics card Seagate 320GB 5400RPM hard drive can help users to enjoy high-performance notebook quickly and efficiency.

Lenovo ThinkPad X201 is similar to the laptop ThinkPad X200; Lenovo ThinkPad X201 looks similar to ThinkPad T series notebooks, it is just smaller than ThinkPad T series laptop. Although Lenovo ThinkPad X201 is much smaller, it still comes with a full-size keyboard. Well the palmrest is a litter bit narrow.

Lenovo ThinkPad X201 is light and thin, it is easy to carry it around. And the performance of Lenovo ThinkPad X201 is also better and stronger than that of the same size netbooks and VULV laptops. Moreover, the ThinkPad X201’s hinge is very solid; you can use it on the go comfortably. ThinkPad X201 comes with a durable keyboard, sturdy plastic cladding as well as alloy chassis.

ThinkPad X201’s bottom panel can be open easily, so you can easy to upgrade memory and replace the hard drive with retaining the side panel.

ThinkPad X201 features a 12.1-inch screen with the resolution of 1280×800 pixels. But the screen’s color saturation and contrast is not so good, which seems the shortcomings of the majority of business notebooks. The vertical angle in the forward or backward 10-15 degrees will inverse, but the horizontal viewing angel is much better.

The keyboard of ThinkPad X201 is as same as the keyboard of ThinkPad X200, so every ThinkPad fan will know the quality of the keyboard. It has a good texture of every key, and there is no noise when you type on the keyboard of ThinkPad X201. I think it is a piece of cake for you to type on such a good ThinkPad X201’s keyboard.

This may be a personalized feature for ThinkPad X201, ThinkPad X201 comes with a touchpad which don’t appear before. As ThinkPad X series is only equipped with trackpoint, so many people will spend more time to adapt it. I think you will like the touchpad more than the trackpoint, as the touchpad had an excellent response time with no noticeable lag and each axis offered the same acceleration rate to prevent unwanted ovals.

ThinkPad X201 is equipped with a 9-cell battery, and the battery can last for 10 and half hours. How long the battery life is.

X201 is still retained three USB2.0 ports, a VGA port, Ethernet Card, ExpressCard/54, audio and modem jack. For storage expansion, Lenovo also provides a SDHC memory card slot which is located in the front side of palmrest.

Front side of Lenovo ThinkPad X201: SDHC card slot

Rear side of Lenovo ThinkPad X201: battery

The right side of Lenovo ThinkPad X201: USB port, headphone, microphone, RJ11, Kesington.

The left side of Lenovo ThinkPad X201: Power jack, heat vents, USB, VGA, RJ45, ExpressCarD/54, USB, wireless switch.

ThinkPad X201 comes with Intel Core i7-640LM (2.13GHz, 4MB Cache) processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM (2GB + 2GB), Intel QM57 Express Chipset, 320GB hard drive, pre-installed Windows 7 Professional (64bit) or Windows XP Professional systems.

wPrime is a multi-threaded processor forced to mathematical procedures, it makes full use of CPU’s computing power, data obtained from a relatively is very accurate.

wPrime 32M comparison results:

PCMark05 is to test the overall performance of your laptop; it can also test the performance of processor, hard drive, memory.

PCMark05 score (the score is the higher, the better)

3DMark06 is to test the notebook graphics performance (the score is the higher, the better):

3DMark06 comparison results:

HDTune hard drive test:

Lenovo idea pad uses multi-touch technology which can achieve computer operation functions by more than one finger, operation is similar to Apple iPhone. It is very easy if you use skillfully.

Now a lot of notebook use LED-backlit screen, Lenovo IdeaPad is no exception. In the past LED screen is only used in high-end models, it has higher contrast and wider color gamut in video, also has a greater viewing angle compare to traditional LCD screen. The most important is LED screen is more slim.

There are some soft materials around the roof and middle and contact with the LCD screen which play a certain protective effect and buffer external impact to LCD screen. Lenovo IdeaPad S series also built-in camera,users can chat with friend, very convenient.

Lenovo IdeaPad S series adopt 85% full-size keyboard, for women friends, control them should be very handy, but for man users, I’m afraid not so comfortable.

Lenovo IdeaPad S motherboard pros and cons workmanship is very reassuring, overall layout is more reasonable.

This is Lenovo IdeaPad S built-in Bluetooth module, and it uses the Broadcom solution. It has a broader range of applications if has a bluetooth function compared to other similar products.

Lenovo still uses Broadcom solution in wireless network chips. This BCM94312MCG is currently the mainstream models, many famous brand use it so do not worry about the quality.

Users can connect to wireless network whether it is browsing website or video is relying on this wireless card chip.

There are no many differences between the appearances of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s and ThinkPad X200. The Lenovo ThinkPad X200s seems to be lighter and thinner than Lenovo ThinkPad X200 when you take it with your hands, which may be because of the fan.

I will disassemble both Lenovo ThinkPad X200 and Lenovo ThinkPad X200s, and let you know not only the differences of appearances but also the internal structures of them. It is worthy for you to have a look.

We have a look of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s first.

There is no line on the Lenovo ThinkPad X200s.

The bottom side of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

The trackpoint of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

ThinkPad’s LOGO

The fingerprint reader

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

The above laptop is Lenovo ThinkPad X200s; the lower laptop is Lenovo ThinkPad X200.

There is no small window for Bluetooth of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s, while Lenovo ThinkPad X200 does have.

The front side of ThinkPad X200s and Lenovo ThinkPad X200s are same.

The left side interfaces of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s are as same as Lenovo ThinkPad X200 except for air vent.

the right side of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s and Lenovo ThinkPad X200 are exactly same.

The rear side without the battery inserted of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s and Lenovo ThinkPad X200.

The rear side with battery of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s and Lenovo ThinkPad X200

The different air vents

The fan of Lenovo ThinkPad X200 is much thicker than that of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s.

The logo and model of Lenovo ThinkPad X200 are both on the right side.

The logo of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s is on the left side while the model “X200s” is on the right side below the screen.

There is a position for webcam on the Lenovo ThinkPad X200.

There is no a position for webcam on the screen bezel of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s, the bezel may be able to be changed.

The shell and screen frame are different on Lenovo ThinkPad X200 and Lenovo ThinkPad X200s.

The batteries of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s and Lenovo ThinkPad X200 are different too.

The connectors of two batteries are same.

The palmrests of both laptops are somewhat different, the palmrest of Lenovo ThinkPad X200 is equipped with a copper foil while Lenovo ThinkPad X200s not.

The keyboards of both laptops are same.

Two laptops are disassembled.

This is ThinkPad X200s.

This is ThinkPad X200.

This is ThinkPad X200t.

The fan of Lenovo ThinkPad X200

The fan of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s is much smaller and there are more space left on the motherboard.

The fixed frame of ThinkPad X200’s fan

The fixed frame of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s’ fan is smaller too.

The motherboard of Lenovo ThinkPad X200

The motherboard of Lenovo ThinkPad X200s is shorter than that of Lenovo ThinkPad X200.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X200t’s motherboard is shorter too, well, it is added Bluetooth and a speaker.

X200′s Turbo Memory

X200s’ Turbo Memory, and there is an antenna left.

ThinkPad X200’s wireless card with one more antenna left.

ThinkPad X200s’ wireless card with one more antenna left too.

The chipset of ThinkPad X200’s motherboard

The chipset of ThinkPad X200s’ motherboard is different from the chipset of ThinkPad x200.

The left side fans and brackets are different between Lenovo ThinkPad X200s and Lenovo ThinkPad X200. The above laptop is Lenovo ThinkPad X200s.

The length of front board is different.

The chipsets of them are also different.

Today we will disassemble the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E30. So if you want to know the internal structure of Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E30, you can have a look.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E30 specification:

System：Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
Processor：Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 (1.3GHz, 800MHz FSB, 3MB Cache)
Screen：13.3″ 1366 x 768 WXGA Glossy Display
Chipset：Intel X4500M Integrated Graphics
Memory：4GB DDR3 RAM (2GB x 2)
Hard drive ：320GB Fujitsu 5400RPM Hard Drive
Network：Intel 6250AGN+WiMax, Bluetooth 2.0, Gobi 2000 WWAN
Webcam：Built-in web camera
Battery：6-cell 11.25v 63Wh Battery
Dimension：Dimensions: (LxWxH) 8.9 x 12.6 x 0.5″ – 1.4″
Weight：3lbs 14.4oz
Price：$549 starting, $899 as configured

First of all, turn off your laptop, and remove the battery to avoid risk.

Flip ThinkPad Edge E30 upside down, there is a big hatch on the bottom, and it is easy for you to take this hatch out. Remove screws which hold the hatch in place, then you will see what the things are under the hatch.

When you have removed the hatch, you will see the internal structure in the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E30, there is HDD, RAM, motherboard and processor etc.

As our goal is to disassemble the all laptop, so we have to disassemble the motherboard, but the screw holding motherboard in place is a little difficult to find, this screw’s location is shown as followed picture. As you can see, there is no doubt Lenovo laptop has a exquisite design.

According to the design of most ThinkPad laptops, we have to disassemble the keyboard to go into the inside of ThinkPad Edge E30. Now we have to take some measures on ThinkPad Edge E30 keyboard.

There is a little difference between disassembling ThinkPad Edge E30 and other traditional ThinkPad laptops. We can remove the keyboard just with our fingers on traditional ThinkPad laptops, while on Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E30, when we are going to remove keyboard, we have to insert the sharp tool under the keyboard lift two buckles on both sides up.

When you lift the keyboard up, we must pay attention to the cables connecting the keyboard and motherboard. Unplug the cable interfaces then remove the keyboard.

Now we have to remove palmrest of ThinkPad Edge E30, we have to lift the palmrest up with the help of sharp tool or knife.

When we have removed the keyboard and palmrest, we can see the whole inner structure of ThinkPad Edge E30 as well as the motherboard; the fan, processor, capacitor on the motherboard and line distribution of the ThinkPad Edge E30.

Do you want to know about the thermal design of ThinkPad Edge E30? The ThinkPad Edge E30 transfers its main heat through the fan by a copper pipe, and there are two heat vents on the coat above the chipset; which make the whole laptop ventilate.

This is the ThinkPad E30’s main cooling mode.

There is a special interface design for ThinkPad Edge E30. On most laptops, the interfaces are all connected with motherboard, and you have to replace the whole motherboard if one of the interfaces is broken. While there is no doubt you will not encounter such problem, because on the right of ThinkPad Edge E30, there is a small board connecting the interfaces and motherboard. So if one of the interfaces is broken, you just replace it instead of the motherboard.

Now you have an understanding on Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E30, there are many humanization design on this Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E30 which we can know about from these unique designs, and you will know off the inherent quality of ThinkPad Edge E30.

If you want to use your laptop more comfortably, a comfortable and easy use mouse is certainly very important; and there is no doubt that the original mouse is the best. While, it has difficulties in identify the genuine mouse from the fake mouse which is everywhere. Now I will tell you something about how to distinguish the original Lenovo Ideapad mouse from the fake mouse.

First, if you look very closely and very carefully at the Lenovo Ideapad mouse, there is a little dark red metallic luster on the genuine mouse, while the fake mouse looks dim and dark. And the logo “Lenovo” on the true mouse is in the color of silver gray instead of the black which is usually on the fake Lenovo mouse.

Second, the original Lenovo mouse is in better quality which can be identified easily. For example, there is little gap on the cover of Lenovo Ideapad S10 mouse, while the gap is obvious on the fake Ideapad Mouse.

Third,, the most important thing to identify the true mouse from the fake mouse is the Optical Lens. You can identify them clearly; the Optical Lens on the genuine mouse is only half length of the fake one, and the Optical Lens is in the middle of the gap, and it is tilted in the end. The Optical Lens on the fake mouse is very common.

Fourth, you can identify the USB port. There is no doubt that there is a logo “Lenovo” on the original USB port. It is easy for you to find it.

This is the basic knowledge to identify the Lenovo Ideapad mouse. I hope it will help you.

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Lenovo IdeaPad S10 is a solid netbook but it has shortcomings such as the cramped keyboard and the standard three-cell battery. To our surprise, Lenovo fixed both of those main issues in its new IdeaPad S10-2. Let us have a look of their differences.

Design
The Lenovo IdeaPad S10 comes with the matte lid. In comparison, the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 is available in the colors of black, white, pink and gray with the glossy cover. The design feels a bit lost between business and consumer. The s10-2 is lighter 0.2kg while thinner 4mm than the original IdeaPad s10.

screen
The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 features a 10.2-inch wide-screen display with the resolution of 1,024×600 pixels, the same to the original s10. Images appear bright and colorful on the glossy, but not too-glossy screen. Backlight brightness was perfect for viewing in bright office conditions, but might not have been strong enough to use outside. Viewing angles are very good.

Keyboard and touchpad
The keyboard of the s10-2 has enlarged in size. The keyboard of the s10 is in 85 percent of full size, and right Shift key is shrunk down and placed directly to the right of the up-arrow key instead next to the question mark key where it belongs. The s10-2 is with an 89% full-size keyboard which is larger than the IdeaPad s10. The distance between the keys is wider. And the right Shift key comes back to the below of the Enter key, and its size is also enlarged. The Home and End keys are moved to the top row. The Delete key is also perfect placed.

The touchpad of the s10 is 5.6mm x 2.6mm, while the touchpad of s10-2 is also enlarged to to 5.6mm x 3.4mm, making it easier and more enjoyable to use. The trackpad has average buttons beneath it, but it is still a little hard for us to scroll it with our fingers.

Speakers
The speakers is located at the bottom of the s10-2, while it has the same issue of the original s10, the sound isn’t directly to your ears, there is no doubt it will reduce the feeling of sound.

Ports

The Lenovo IdeaPad S10 has just 2 USB ports, while the Lenovo s10-2 adds one extra USB port, so the s10-2 now has a total of 3 USB ports. The s10-2 also comes with a 4-in-1 card reader, VGA and a head and mic jack. And Lenovo nixed the Expresscard/34 slot of the original S10.

left side of Lenovo IdeaPad S10:Heat vent, power jack, VGA out, 3-in-1 card reader, and USB

left side of Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2:LAN, VGA, 1 USB, Mic/Headphone

right side of Lenovo IdeaPad S10:ExpressCard slot, headphone/mic, USB, Ethernet, security lock slot

right side of Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2:Wireless On/Off, 2 USB, Kensington Lock slot, AC power

Battery life
Lenovo IdeaPad S10’s three-cell battery lasts only 2.5 hours before giving out. All versions of the S10-2 will come standard with a six-cell battery. If you browse web, type in text pad or install a few windows updates, the battery can still last 5 hours and 31 minutes.

Noise and heat
The s10-2 runs cooler than the s10. The fan of the s10 is a little bit noise, while compared to the IdeaPad S10-2, you are hare to hear the fan when it is running.

Quick Start Operating System
There’s Lenovo Quick Start and OneKey Rescue for the s10-2, two applications that you aren’t apt to use with any level of frequency, but nice inclusions nonetheless. The Quick Start is a Lenovo branded-version of the Splashtop instant-on operating system which allows you to access to Web browser, music player, photo viewer, IM client, Skype client, and flash games portal.

The OneKey Rescue button is placed above the Insert key on the keyboard. If you hit the QS button instead of the power button when the system is off, it will boot into Quick Start.

Features

One of the larger changes for the laptop is the addition of optional WWAN. The 3G data card is not the only option for people who need mobile broadband, they can select an S10-2 with built-in 3G.

The original Intel Atom N270 (1.6Ghz) CPU still remains, and the same GPU (Intel’s GMA950), along side a 160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM (1GB of DDR2), 802.11g WiFi, 1.3 megapixel webcam.

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 is another mini laptop of Lenovo . The cover of Lenovo S10 is made of ABS plastic, which makes the fingers feedback very good, but the durability is not very good, so you had better protect it from being collided.

The logo “Lenovo” is on the up left corner of Lenovo S10, the logo is electroplated, which makes Lenovo S10 looks more fashion. And Lenovo S10 is available in five colors of white, black, and pink, red and blue ( Lenovo S10 in the color of pink, red and blue is a little more expensive).

Lenovo S10 comes with a 10.2-inch screen with the resolution of 1024-by-600 pixels.  The 8.9-inch screen is no longer the standard of the mini notebooks. And horizontal viewing angle of Ideapad S10 is wide enough , so there is no trouble for you and your friend to watch movies on Lenovo S10 side by side.

The weight of IdeaPad S10 is light; it just weighs 1.05kg without the battery in it, and weighs 1.22kg with three-cell standard battery. If you add the Power Adapter, Lenovo S10 is just at the weight of 1.57kg. so it is very convenient for you to carry Lenovo S10 laptop everywhere.

Lenovo IdeaPad S10’s three-cell battery lasts only 2.5 hours. If you lower the  brightness of the Ideapad S10′s screen and without turning on the wireless card, the 3-cell battery will provide a longer use. With a three-cell battery, the weight of  Lenovo IdeaPad S10 is just 2.6 pounds. While S10 is now available with a six-cell battery, which offers an all-day use to satisfied the customers.

The keyboard of Lenovo  S10 is one of the best netbook keyboards. The keyboard is in 85 percent of  full size,which is larger than other laptops and the space between the keys is wider too, so the keys of Ideapad S10 are highly responsive and you can type at a very fast speed.

The layout of Lenovo S10‘s keyboard has changed much. The right Shift key of Ideapad S10 is shrunk down and placed directly to the right of the up-arrow key instead next to the question mark key where it belongs. And the F11 and F12 of Ideapad S10 share the same key. F12 is accessed with the Function key. What’s more, the numbers have been pushed too far to the left, so you have to hit the numbers in a higher place on IdeaPad S10 than that of average laptop.

When you watch movies for quite long time, you will feel tired; change the brightness of the screen will be good for you. You can higher the brightness with Lenovo S10 screen brightness key, use “Fn+↑” key, hold down “Fn” and press on “↑”.  If you want to lower the brightness of Lenovo s10, you can use lenovo s10 screen brightness key with “Fn+↓”, hold down “Fn” and press on “↓”.

Every coin has two sides, the expansion of the keyboard space makes the touchpad of Lenovo  S10 become smaller than average touchpad, so it is a little difficult for users to use it. The touchpad of Ideapad S10 measures a small 2.3 x 1.5 inches. And the trackpad is placed at the right bottom of the Lenovo S10′s keyboard. And it has two discrete buttons directly below s10′s touchpad. In addition, the Ideapad S10′s touchpad supports for Synaptics multi-touch gestures which allows you to do things such as zoom in or zoom out simply.

IdeaPad S10 is an early laptop which supports the standard hard-disk drives instead of small solid-state drives. Lenovo S10 houses the largest hard drive we’ve seen on a mini-notebook to date: Our model came with a 5400-rpm, 160GB platter-based hard disk. IdeaPad S10′s hard drive, though, is the most likely reason why S10 weighs a somewhat hefty 3.6 pounds–almost as much as a ThinkPad X200.

On Lenovo S10, you will get Windows XP instead of Linux or Vista. Lenovo  S10 has 1.6-GHz Intel Atom CPU and 1GB of RAM, it earns a score of 41 on the PC World Test Center’s WorldBench 6 suite; it’s hardly a speed demon, but it’s fairly fast when you consider that the nearest competitor, with the same guts, received only a 37. S10 keeps a fast speed for you to Web surfing, e-mail, and working on office documents.

IdeaPad S10 comes with 2 USB ports, Ethernet, VGA out, microphone, headphone, and 4-in-1 memory card reader, 1GB of RAM, Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and160 GB hard drive.

left side of Lenovo IdeaPad S10:Heat vent, power jack, VGA out, 3-in-1 card reader, and USB

right side of Lenovo IdeaPad S10zzz:ExpressCard slot, headphone/mic, USB, Ethernet, security lock slot

The most significant feature to the interface of  Lenovo S10 is that there is a ExpressCard slot on the right side of the laptopo.  So you can surf the web wherever you are , while the ExpressCard of Ideapad S10 just supports 34mm card.

Lenovo S10 comes with a standard memory of 1GB, 512MB is on-board memory which you can not change it, another 512MB memory module is inserted in the Lenovo S10′s memory slot, you can add more RAM memory by replacing this memory module. Further more, Ideapad S10 can be added to 2GB memory in total.

Lenovo Ideapad S10‘s speaker, located on the front edge of the notebook, offers just substandard sound that’s barely audible since the maximum audio setting is fairly low. As the speakers are located on the front edge of the Ideapad S10 laptop, so the sound isn’t directly to your ears, there is no doubt it will reduce the quality of sound.

Lenovo S10 was a bit warmer than other mini-notebooks, if you are surfing the web, typing documents, or downloading email attachments, exterior temperatures peaks above 100 degrees Fahrenheit after more than 25 minutes of use.

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 has a nice feature which is the Splashtop-powered quick-start environment. With it, you can access to a Web browser, media files, and other applications before you boot into Windows. And it will help you to save your battery life too.

Specs of Lenovo IdeaPad S10:

•    Intel Atom N270 Processor (1.6GHz, 533MHz FSB)
•    1GB RAM (DDR2 PC5300, Expandable to 2GB)
•    Intel GMA 950 Integrated Graphics
•    10.2″ LCD (1024×600)
•    160GB 5400rpm HDD
•    1GB of RAM
•    ExpressCard/34 slot
•    Broadcom 11b/g Wi-Fi wireless and Bluetooth
•    3-Cell Li-ion battery

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