
The IdeaPad Y450 Y650 inherits the look even more in a small form factor with a few subtle changes. As part of the new IdeaPad earlier this year, the Y450 is designed with students in mind ... the result is an affordable 14-inch laptop that weighs just over 4.5 pounds. The combination of metal and plastic compact Lenovo offers a minimal clean, sustainable and feel the flex of the chassis. I want to build quality of this machine against my laptop at home HP Pavilion dv4t. The black exterior semi-gloss and matte looks good, but the semi-gloss black lid does not seem as attractive as the cover matte black on the Y650. Inside the notebook the black exterior changes to a bright white surface surrounding the keyboard and touchpad.
When closed the Y450 feels very strong, but the top of the screen shows no signs of bending under pressure. A closer look at the cover, the black surface is a honeycomb semi-gloss thin for the style, but lacks the paint, rubber seen in Y650. The body gives the notebook a lot of support and the combination of metals and plastics used feel rugged enough to withstand the daily abuse regularly in a backpack or office without showing much wear.
The underside of the A1185 battery and includes two access panels must be removed to upgrade the RAM, hard drive, or replace components. My frustration is that you must remove the five screws to upgrade the RAM and three hard drive screws: the screws less and better.
With screen brightness set to 70%, wireless active, power and profile view "Balanced" the Y450 stayed for 4 hours and 52 minutes. For use in the classroom or on your lap to watch TV that's life of the battery was very good, but it can cut your trips throughout the day. Battery 56 WHr 6-cell 5400mAh seems to be an acceptable work for laptops 14 inches.
The cooling system has an impressive work mainly to keep the outside temperature drops. After long periods of use the touchpad and palm rest gets quite hot and the right to the bottom of the apple A1079 reaches a temperature of about 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature readings below were taken after stressing the system of performance indicators for 30 minutes and must reflect the typical temperatures in the open, after over an hour of serious purpose.
Noise levels are minimal during the operation of the battery, but when the handset is placed on the energy "high performance" in Microsoft Vista and is connected to the AC fan becomes very obvious. The fan noise was loud enough to be less distraction in a classroom or office a lot, but it was not a problem when running on battery. The hard drive on our review unit was silent, even during calibration.
Conclusion
The Lenovo IdeaPad Y450 has a lot to offer students or a family looking for a good laptop for general use. The overall price / performance ratio makes attraction Y450 laptop, if you are looking for something with a screen of 14 inches. Good design, great speakers and multi-touch touchpad should also give some reason to believe this laptop.
However, the apple a1045 has strong competition from new Dell Studio as the 14Z and the popular HP Pavilion dv4t. If you want a laptop for school attractive Y450 is an excellent choice, but if you need a laptop high end games or as light as possible, it is not.