Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 Review (MyBroadband)

[rpm]

Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 Review

We put Lenovo’s latest bargain-level general purpose laptop through its paces

[lg127]

Have an i5 Lenovo at work and a i3 entry level Lenovo at home. Very happy with the performance and especially the performance of the battery. Will definitely recommend Lenovo.

[mercurial]

Boy, I would love that laptop. It's gorgeous. Sigh.

[NomNom]

Boy, I would love that laptop. It's gorgeous. Sigh.

And the winner is....

[X-Gamer]

Why do all laptops seem to have the touchpad increasingly offset to the left? The opposite seems more intuitive, or in the middle atleast. That way you can type and touch using both hands without interference.

[sajunky]

Why do all laptops seem to have the touchpad increasingly offset to the left? The opposite seems more intuitive, or in the middle atleast. That way you can type and touch using both hands without interference.

Actually it is symetric to the space bar. Proper layout, for typing. It looks more offset relative to the casing, due to the full numeric part.

[T-Man]

I have the i5 model.

To me it's important that a laptop be silent - very silent. I find the CPU fan disturbing. The thermal management goes a long way to achieve this.

One thing I don't like - the front edge is rather sharp. When working on it for a couple of hours my wrists start feeling it. I suppose I need to add that i use it more in the 'belly' position than the 'lap' position.

[X-Gamer]

Actually it is symetric to the space bar. Proper layout, for typing. It looks more offset relative to the casing, due to the full numeric part.

I really did not notice that! But it still makes two handed use a pain, as your left hand would always be over the touchpad. I doubt its better than a centrally placed or right offset design. Just look at the Apple Macbooks. Dead in the middle.

[Totempole]

Not sure I would class the Z570 as an entry-level notebook. It falls in more to
the midrange.

Entry-Level - Anything less than R5999
Midrange - R5999 Upwards
High-End - R9999 Upwards
Beast! - R13999 Upwards (Alienware Territory)

[sajunky]

With i5 and dedicated graphics GT525M (or 520M?) and overall quality, it is actually upper midrange. R8000 estimated, similar was R5999 on trade-in special.

[mercurial]

And the winner is....

Mike Smit

[Mike Smit]

Mike Smit

[NomNom]

Nice! Congrats!