Key Specs
2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P87004GB RAM
320GB hard drive
DVD+/-RW
16 inches (1,366x768)
Nvidia GeForce G 105M
5.6 pounds
1x15.4x10.2 inches
Windows Vista Home Premium
Lenovo’s consumer-oriented IdeaPad line grows more impressive with each new model. The IdeaPad Y650 shares a little DNA with the more buttoned-down ThinkPad line but turns up the volume with its style. Combine that with a gorgeous 16-inch screen, good productivity and multimedia performance, and some cool features, and the Y650’s $1,399 price looks very enticing.
In terms of mainstream notebooks, 16 is seemingly the new 15: The Y650 is the latest entry to sport a 16-inch display. As with the Dell Studio XPS 16 we recently tested, the Y650’s LCD delivers a touch more screen real estate than a 15.4-inch model but without the heft of most 17-inch desktop-replacement models. In fact, at just 5.6 pounds, the Y650 is surprisingly light. The Y650’s thin profile (just an inch thick) and rubberized matte-black finish resemble the company’s iconic ThinkPad, but the rounded edges and coppery-orange trim encircling the Y650 make it more visually appealing.
