entranceLenovo Y570 laptop disassembly and cleaning. Lenovo Ideapad Y570 - a laptop with an interesting new design and performance configuration Lenovo laptop y570 specifications
2 years ago 0
1.SSD 32 - it really turns on and comes out of sleep very quickly, almost Apple) 2. The keyboard is very comfortable, again in the apple spirit. 3. The top processor, as well as all other hardware, provide excellent performance in operations such as editing HD video and mixing music. 4. Materials of the case are selected well - nothing gets dirty, and if it gets dirty, it is easy to clean. 5. Nice design. 6. In the sparing mode of operation (Internet, office) it heats up weakly. There is no point in painting more, everyone will find their advantages.
2 years ago 0
Design Speed
2 years ago 0
The beech is very fast, really. SSD does its job here, responsive systems are at their best. The beech is beautiful, well assembled. I didn’t get warm at the heaviest loads more than 87 degrees, while surfing the internet it was quiet and cold. Great sound from the built-in speakers. Quite decent autonomy for such iron - about 5 hours for light loads such as climbing on the Internet. Very good at toys.
2 years ago 0
Superb sound workmanship and design comfortable keyboard best price-quality ratio good performance, also in games
2 years ago 0
Powerful graphics card (nvidia 555m gddr5, stripped down true, but still :)). Very comfortable keyboard, reliable (spilled tea on the keyboard, the laptop did not even pass out). Built-in audio JBL system(In my opinion, the best for a laptop and you can not imagine).
2 years ago 0
Build quality 2 pcs USB 3.0 eSATA 2 space for hard drives (I think you can change 32SSD for something more worthwhile in the future) despite all the power of the laptop, the battery lasts for 3-4 hours, the keyboard is comfortable (someone wrote, asked - there is no backlight) there is a software ability to manually switch the cooler operating modes And in general - BEAST MACHINE !!!
2 years ago 0
Nice, nimble, comfortable keyboard, the presence of multimedia touch buttons, you can adjust the speed of the cooler, chic (for a laptop) sound of the speakers, if you do not play, it almost does not heat up, while it works quietly.
2 years ago 0
I took the option on Core i5 with 4Gb RAM, 750gb HDD without SSD drive. I bought 8 gb of RAM, bought a 120 gigabyte SSD, installed paragon migrate to ssd, transferred the system. As a result, I got a Core i5, 8Gb RAM SSD 120 Gb + 750HDD and a Nvidea 555 video card with 1gb.
2 years ago 0
Matrix from Samsung. -Large bottom hatch - access to all equipment. -Convenient touchpad -Excellent sound of JBL speakers -Excellent cooling system -Does not heat up under the palms -4USB ports -levers for video and radio models on the front end -Convenient touch buttons under the screen -Ability to manually control cooling with one button under the screen
2 years ago 0
1. Adequate price! gave only 22,528 rubles. 2. Powerful video card GeForce GT 555 with DDR 5 and 1 Gb on board. 3. USB ports are located at a normal distance from each other, you can plug in a 3G modem and it will not cover the adjacent port (which cannot be said about most other laptops) 4. The presence of two USB 3.0 ports 5. The presence of bluetooth 6. The ability to adjust the fan speed and copper cooling 7. The sound is just great for a laptop (there are speakers from JBL) 8. Nice design of the case. 9. 2 microphones (stereo) for better sound quality 10. Availability of eSATA
2 years ago 0
I could write a glossy screen here, but I have not encountered this problem yet. just adding brightness was enough.
The vertical viewing angles, as already mentioned, are really lame, but after a couple of days it is already imperceptible, and in general the screen is very good.
2 years ago 0
Incomprehensible work of disks, namely, in the disk management section one disk is not initialized. The system recognizes a 32 GB ssd disk and a normal 750 GB disk, vice versa. According to the service and lenovo service, the reason is in a special driver, which, as it were, does the merging of both disks for the system. In general, you need to understand if anyone is interested.
2 years ago 0
I must say right away that, although there are quite a few shortcomings, they are minor, and they did not particularly affect my choice.
Although the beech belongs to the top line of Lenova, some components are used here frankly cheap. First of all, the screen (LG). Small viewing angles, low resolution. He would have a high-quality matrix 1600 * 900 - there would be an almost ideal laptop. There was also castrated wifi (72mb / c maximum) - it's not at all into any gate ...
The webcam is terrible, at the level of Chinese handicrafts for 300r, it doesn't even smell of any declared 2 megapixels. In general, then hell would be with her, but in this beech there is a program for authorization on the face of the face, and with ordinary room lighting, authorization on the face does not work due to the poor quality of the webcam. The keyboard is generally cool, but the arrow block could still at least
2 years ago 0
I don't even know what to write ...
Rather a wish - more time autonomous work
2 years ago 0
It gets quite hot in the left area of the case when I run demanding applications and games (but it never turns off), so it's bearable. The matrix has a small viewing angle.
2 years ago 0
Very bad vertical viewing angles, but you can live.
Nothing else has been noticed!
2 years ago 0
The gloss near the screen, the viewing angles are small, the gamma is really shifted to blue, although this is not particularly annoying, if only when working with photography.
2 years ago 0
bad plastic, flimsy fastenings of the matrix hinges, namely, in many laptops they put a metal spacer on which the matrix is held, they immediately took it and attached it to the bottom, as a result of which the plastic breaks .. after which either go for repairs or change the bottom ...
2 years ago 0
Curve Rapiddrive System
-Heavy
-It is impossible to set the touchpad settings so that when an external mouse is connected, it is automatically deactivated. Each time the handles need Fn + F6.
-not the most convenient location of USB ports
2 years ago 0
except that a large power supply unit (but this is already nit-picking)
At the beginning of 2008, the first Lenovo IdeaPad Y-series laptops were presented at CES. These mobile PCs quickly gained recognition and authority from users due to their outstanding appearance, powerful filling, excellent build quality, availability useful functions and technology. In addition, laptops were often equipped with a speaker system with JBL speakers and a bright, colorful display. In other words, Lenovo IdeaPad Y laptops had everything to become indispensable companions in providing leisure time for the whole family. In fact, these are full-fledged multimedia centers with a fantastic appearance.
The IdeaPad Y line has been updated more than once in its three-year history. The last time it happened was at the beginning of this year. In May, two new models went on sale: the fourteen-inch IdeaPad Y470 and the fifteen-inch IdeaPad Y570. Both devices received Intel Sandy Bridge processors and video cards from NVIDIA. The display of one and the other laptop has a resolution of 1366x768 pixels, the set of ports and interfaces in the models is similar. But if you take into account that it is “tag” that is more popular, the demand for Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 is likely to be slightly higher than for Y470.
Our test lab got just a fifteen-inch device equipped with an Intel Core i5-2410M processor, NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M and Intel HD Graphics 3000 video cards, four gigabytes of RAM and a 640 GB hard drive. Agree, the package is more than decent. So, what pleased and surprised us with a multimedia laptop from Lenovo, we will tell you in this review.
Specifications
| CPU: | Intel Core i5-2410M 2300 MHz |
| RAM: | 4 GB DDR3-1333 MHz |
| Data storage: | 640 GB 5400 rpm SATA |
| Display: | 15.6 "1366 x 768 LED Glare |
| Video card: | NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (1024 MB) / Intel HD Graphics 3000 |
| Drive unit: | DVD / CD Combo burner / reader |
| Wireless connection: | Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR |
| Interfaces: | USB 2.0, USB / eSATA, 2xUSB 3.0, VGA (D-Sub), HDMI, LAN (RJ-45), card reader |
| Additionally: | 2 MP webcam, JBL 2.0 speaker system with SRS Premium Surround Sound |
| Battery: | six-cell lithium-ion 4400mAh |
| Dimensions, weight: | 385 x 255 x 22 / 35.7 mm, 2.7 kg |
| Operating system: | Windows 7 Home Basic |
Design
Lenovo IdeaPad Y Series laptops have always been creative in design. This mobile PC is no exception. IdeaPad Y570 case is completely made of metal, and the lid and topcase have completely different textures. If the under-palm area is smooth, then the lid is made of textured aluminum. It is covered with a pattern in the form of small dots. One gets the impression that the surface of the lid is perforated. This is a visual deception, a very "stylish and practical" deception, please note. By the way, the coating is matte, thanks to which fingerprints, scratches and other traces of use will not be visible on the laptop case. The sturdy black aluminum lid does not creak or bend under pressure from the hands, which indicates the highest quality materials and workmanship. The lid border is made of orange plastic. The combination of black and orange colors (Black Orange) looks very stylish, fresh and relevant.When closed, the laptop looks even more interesting and "tastier". Case thickness is 22-35.7 mm (front-back). All corners of the case are rounded, the lid is slightly beveled towards the edges. Two small hinges are made of glossy black plastic. This is not to say that this is the standard of rigidity and elasticity, because the hinges are unable to hold the lid at the end point of closing. However, this drawback cannot be called critical.
Since the lid fits tightly to the topcase, certain inconveniences may arise when opening it. Fortunately, on the edge of the front edge, you can see a special notch. Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 looks solid and monolithic, it seems that such a case is not afraid of "neither rain, nor slush", nor scratches, nor dirt, nor stains.
The interior of the laptop is no less attractive than the exterior. The topcase is made of brushed aluminum, the color gives off the smallest "redness". The palm area is very pleasant to the touch, it is comfortable and pleasant for the hands to lie on it. On opposite sides of the touchpad, you can see several shields indicating the installed processor, video card and OS, as well as those advantages that make the Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 special (AccuType keyboard, JBL acoustics, SRS Premium Sound, OneKey and more). Above the keyboard you can see two speakers hidden under a perforated grille, a power button, OneKey Rescue System key, several blue and white LEDs and five additional touch buttons.
The bottom is made of matte black plastic. You can see four pyramid-shaped rubber feet on it. All replaceable components are hidden under one large removable panel. You can get to the hard drive and RAM slots in a matter of seconds.
Display and sound
The laptop received a widescreen display AU Optronics B156XW02 V2, with a diagonal of 15.6 inches. The diagnostic utility AIDA64 showed that the maximum visible area of the screen is 15.3 inches (34x19 cm). The colors on the display are realistic, juicy and colorful, the contrast of the picture is quite high. However, the color scheme is somewhat chilly, and some colors in the pictures will appear bluish. According to the passport data of the screen, the brightness level is 220 cd / m2, the response time is 8 ms, the horizontal viewing angles are in the range of 40-45 °. The vertical viewing angles are slightly smaller (the upper ones are 10-15 degrees, and the lower ones are 30-35 °).
The resolution of the matrix is 1366x768 pixels. For displays with such a diagonal, the resolution is standard. Undoubtedly, a multimedia laptop with a screen resolution of 1600x900 or 1920x1080 pixels would look much more presentable, but the developers of this model decided to focus on something else. So, a high-quality acoustic system is installed in the laptop, which even seventeen-inch mobile devices can envy. But more on that later. The cinematic 16: 9 aspect ratio allows you to watch HD video without black bars on the sides of the screen. Films are best watched in the format in which they were created.
Due to the glossy coating of the matrix, working with a laptop in bright artificial or natural light (sunlight) will be inconvenient and uncomfortable. This is a drawback of absolutely all "mirror" screens, you shouldn't blame Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 for that.
The laptop is equipped with a sound system with JBL speakers. This American company specializes in the production of audio equipment. High-quality engineers have been working to create the perfect sound for decades. The volume, clarity, depth and richness of the sound of the JBL speakers in the IdeaPad Y570 laptop will not cause questions or complaints. The loudspeakers are located above the keyboard and hidden under a perforated metal cover. You can easily watch a movie in big company without connecting additional acoustics. Fortunately, the quality of the speakers allows you to enjoy media content. In addition, the laptop is equipped with SRS Premium Sound technology, which creates a natural surround sound. The IdeaPad Y570 "sounds", in fact, not bad, and, perhaps, not every modern fifteen-inch laptop can boast of such acoustics.
The laptop also features Lenovo OneKey Theater II technology. In fact, this is special software that allows you to optimize the color gamut and volume of the laptop when watching a video. At the push of a button, the notebook is put into "entertainment" mode with optimized video and audio settings.
Keyboard and touchpad
The laptop is equipped with a proprietary island keyboard AccuType, consisting of 102 black buttons. Their shape is square, the underside of the keys is slightly curved. The buttons are small in size, the distance between them is 2 mm. Typing on a laptop with such controls is very easy, your fingers quickly find the key you need, thereby reducing the number of errors when typing blindly. The buttons are pressed softly and clearly, have a clear actuation moment. The substrate itself does not bend under pressure from the hands, which indicates the high quality of the materials used. The letters of the English and Russian alphabets are applied in white, but additional designations are "full of" red. We are talking about labeling buttons that work only in conjunction with function key Fn. Using the combination of the Fn button with several keys of the main keyboard (Esc, F1-F6, F9-F12, PrintScreen, Insert, arrow block), you can control volume, brightness, media content, etc. There was also a place for a digital panel, which will come in handy when working with big amount numerical data.
Several additional buttons are located above the main block of keys. There is a power key, OneKey Rescue System call button (system recovery system), three LEDs (CapsLock, NumLock, hard drive boot). All buttons and indicators are backlit white. Closer to the right speaker are five touch keys recessed into the body. Using the first three, you can control the sound volume ("mute", "quieter", "louder"). The penultimate key brings up the OneKey Theater II application (selection of the video and music playback mode), but the last one allows you to change the operation plan of the cooling system fan (standard, super quiet, efficient heat dissipation, dust removal).
Under the space bar is a large touchpad made by Synaptics. Its dimensions are 100x53 mm. It has a dotted surface so that the cursor can be positioned easily and clearly. There are vertical and horizontal scroll bars for scrolling. The first, by the way, is marked with small red dots, but the second is not highlighted in any way. The touchpad recognizes multi-gestures, which increases the convenience of working with the touch pad significantly. The touchpad button is double. When it is triggered, a characteristic sonorous sound is emitted. The key is pressed quite hard. When working with the touch panel buttons, you need to be extremely careful, because LMB and RMB will have to be distinguished "by eye". We advise you to press the touchpad keys along the edges, because in the center the "rocker" key will not work. By the way, the touchpad can be disabled by pressing the Fn + F6 keyboard shortcut.
Processor and performance
There are several configurations for the Lenovo IdeaPad Y570. Depending on the model, various processors Intel Core Sandy Bridge family, different RAM and hard disk sizes. All modifications of the IdeaPad Y570 are linked by one thing - the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M card. It is this graphics adapter that is installed in all configurations of the Y570 mobile PC.The laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y570-524A-1 got to us for testing. This is not the most powerful, but far from the weakest laptop in this series. It is equipped with an Intel Core i5-2410M processor with a clock frequency of 2300 MHz. This dual-core CPU is built on Sandy Bridge architecture and supports Hyper-Threading technology to process all four threads simultaneously. Moreover, the processor is equipped with Turbo Boost 2.0, thanks to which the frequency can reach 2.6 GHz (2 active cores) and 2.9 GHz (with one active core). The Intel Core i5-2410M is equipped with an integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000, which operates at frequencies from 650 to 1200 MHz (with Turbo Boost). An improved dual-channel DDR3 memory controller is also integrated into the processor die. The L3 cache is 3 MB.
The graphics performance of the laptop is provided by two graphics cards: an integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 adapter and a discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M card. The first is useful when working with undemanding applications, office programs, surfing the Internet, listening to music, etc. That is, HD Graphics 3000 is used in cases where the graphics power of the computer is not needed. This will save battery power, and therefore increase the autonomy of the laptop. Switching between integrated and discrete graphics cards can be done both automatically and manually. For this, a special rocker button is provided, which is located on the front edge of the laptop. When NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M is activated, a white LED next to the switch turns on. It is worth noting that a lit LED indicates that the discrete and integrated cards can be switched between each other using NVIDIA Optimus technology. When the LED is off, only Intel HD Graphics 3000 will be active.
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M is a fast mid-range graphics adapter built using a 40nm process technology. It is supported by DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenCL, CUDA and DirectCompute 2.1, and features PureVideo HD and 3D Vision technologies. The IdeaPad Y570 has 1,024 MB of GDDR5 video memory. With this adapter, you can play Mafia 2, Crysis 2, Risen, Need for Speed Shift and even Metro 2033 at medium and high settings. The latter, however, will noticeably slow down at high settings.
Lenovo IdeaPad Y570-524A-1 is equipped with four gigabytes of DDR3-1333 RAM. Both slots are occupied by Ramaxel RMT3020EF48E8W1333 RAM strips (2 GB each). To increase the amount of memory to the maximum (8 GB), you need to change the installed strips to 4 GB. It should be noted that the effective memory frequency is 1333 MHz, and the memory controller built into the processor, as often happens, does not limit this value to 1066 MHz.
The tested notebook is equipped with a Toshiba MK6465GSX hard drive with a capacity of 640 GB. The spindle speed of this hard drive is 5400 rpm, and the buffer is 8 MB. HD Tune Pro 4.50 helped us determine the speed characteristics of the installed hard drive. Thus, the average read speed was 64.4 MB / s (minimum - 26.3 MB / s, maximum - 88.2 MB / s). The access time, according to the results, is 17.4 ms, and the shooting speed is 121.2 Mb / s.
The benchmark system of the Windows 7 operating system gave its assessment to the laptop. The Windows Performance Index measures the hardware and software capabilities of a laptop. This displays a score - a number called the baseline performance index. So, Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 earned 5.9 points. The graphics and the hard disk showed themselves the worst of all (5.9). The memory scored 7.4 points, the processor - 6.9, and the graphics for games - 6.7. It should be noted that at the time of testing the card from Intel was active. This can be seen in the screenshot.
To test the gaming capabilities, we used the 3DMark 06 benchmark. In this package, the IdeaPad Y570 scored 10,575 points, of which the SM2.0 Score - 4606, HDR / SM3.0 Score - 4390, CPU Score - 3164.
Since the card installed in the laptop supports DirectX 11, we tested the mobile PC in the 3DMark 11 application. The results can be seen in the screenshot below.
To determine the performance of the video card and the central processor, the Cinebench R11.5 program was used. The results are as follows: OpenGL - 28.52 fps, CPU - 2.56 pts.
By using complex test With PCMark Vantage we have analyzed the performance of your computer in full. In fact, this is a benchmark designed to measure the performance of the main laptop subsystems in software scenarios that correspond to real working conditions.
Information about the processor, motherboard, and RAM can be obtained using the CPU-Z application, and the information about the graphics adapter is shown by the GPU-Z program (separately for the discrete and integrated cards). All screenshots can be seen below.
Communication ports
All modern laptops have about the same set of connectors. The difference, in fact, is only in the number of USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports, the presence of eSATA and ExpressCard. Oh yes, these interfaces can also be located in different ways. And Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 does not stand out in anything remarkable. The only thing that may catch your eye is the presence of a combined USB / eSATA port.Due to the design features, it was not possible to locate the connectors on the rear side. There was a place only for the hinge hinges and the battery. The front side is occupied by a card reader (SD / SD-Pro / MMC / MS / MS-pro / XD), a switch for discrete and integrated graphics and a lever for activating / deactivating wireless modules.
On the left side there are two audio connectors, one USB 2.0 port, combined USB / eSATA, RJ-45 for connecting to a local network, HDMI interface, VGA video output. There is also a laptop cooling system grill.
On the opposite side you can find two USB 3.0 ports, optical drive(DVD / CD Combo burner / reader), power connector and Kensington Lock.
Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth adapters are responsible for access to wireless networks. For communication in video chats and Skype, a webcam (2 megapixels) is provided. A built-in microphone is located next to it. As you can see, there is nothing superfluous in the set of ports. Everything is balanced, reasonable and reasonable.
Software
Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 comes with Windows 7 Home Basic operating system preinstalled. In addition, "on a laptop" you can find a lot of useful software, which is designed to facilitate the work of a mobile PC.OneKey Rescue System is used to back up and restore the operating system. The application starts even when the laptop is turned off by pressing a single button located near the laptop power button. The OneKey Theater II system allows you to enhance the picture and sound quality when watching movies. The IdeaPad Y570 is certified by Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0. This is a new generation of a proprietary program that allows you to optimize system settings. The laptop supports Lenovo RapidBoot technology to quickly launch your PC, while applications open twice as fast as usual. The corresponding sticker can be seen on the palm area. VeriFace 3.6 software is used for face recognition. This application helps protect your computer from unauthorized access. Energy Management program is designed to manage laptop power.
This is not the whole list of preinstalled software. Be sure: all programs will be useful to you to one degree or another.
Heat
Using the CPUID HWMonitor utility, we determined the heating temperature of the Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 components. We found out that the processor heats up to 66ºC on average (min 47ºC, max 86ºC). The average heating temperature of the discrete video card was 53 degrees Celsius (min 32ºC, max 74ºC). The hard disk is heated to a lesser extent, therefore the minimum and maximum temperatures differ slightly (min 38ºC, max 45ºC, value 43ºC). This program also showed us the capacity of the installed battery. The corresponding screenshot can be seen below.
After that, we determined the heating temperature of the laptop surfaces. Readings were taken at five points work area and the bottom of the mobile PC. Subjectively, it was found that heating is felt after 32ºC. Based on these criteria, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 turns out to be a "hot" laptop. So, in idle mode, the highest value was recorded at the center point of the topcase and the bottom of the laptop.
To determine how hot the laptop is under maximum load, we alternately ran the AIDA64 stress test and the 3DMark06 benchmark. Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 got even hotter after that, the temperature in the central points of the work area and the bottom reached 40.7ºC and 43ºC, respectively.
The air temperature at the time of testing was 27 degrees Celsius. In the area of the ventilation grill (by the way, copper), the air heated up to 50 ºC.
Battery
The Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 comes with a 6-cell Li-ion battery with a capacity of 62 Wh. The battery looks pretty compact. To get it, you need to perform simple operations: move the slider and press the latch. The power supply has a power of 120 watts.
The laptop was tested for autonomy using the Battery Eater v 2.70 program. By changing the type of power supply, we tested the Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 in various BE modes. To begin with, we determined how long the device will last in idle mode. The tested laptop shut down after 9 hours and 27 minutes. After that, the laptop was charged. It took us 3 hours 55 minutes to do this.
Having set the power plan "Saving energy", we learned how much IdeaPad Y570 will work in classic and reader modes. In BE Classic, the laptop lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes, and in BE Reader - as much as 6 hours! Pretty good result, isn't it? It is worth noting that the discrete graphics card was disabled on the laptop at that time, that is, the laptop was working with Intel HD Graphics 3000.
After that, we activated the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M graphics card using the switch and set the “High Performance” power plan. In reader mode, the IdeaPad Y570 lasted exactly 5 hours, but in Classic mode, the laptop lasted only 1 hour and 31 minutes. The conclusion can be made as follows: if you decide to watch a movie or play games on the road, turn off discrete graphics and set the "Power Saving" mode. Only in this case you will be able to actively use the laptop for more than 5 hours.
Conclusion
The number and variety of laptops in the computer market in this moment allows you to choose a device that fully and fully meets the criteria of absolutely any user. With all this, most companies are trying to create something special in order to look more presentable against the background of the rest. Lenovo, for example, unveiled a laptop that combines style, power and functionality. The Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 multimedia laptop turned out to be just wonderful. It features a sturdy, attractive metal case, an ergonomic AccuType keyboard, powerful speaker system with JBL speakers, Intel Sandy Bridge processor family and discrete video NVIDIA card GeForce GT 555M, and also supports many useful features and technologies. Moreover, the IdeaPad Y570 can work in standalone mode for about 6 hours, which can not be done by every fifteen-inch laptop.However, there were some drawbacks here. The matrix installed in the IdeaPad Y570 would be more suitable for a budget laptop, but not for a multimedia laptop. The second drawback is the high heating temperature of the case. Under maximum load conditions, the mobile PC can heat up to 43 degrees Celsius, which will undoubtedly affect the comfort of work. Otherwise, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 has no shortcomings. For an amateur, except that the graphics and wireless network switches are made. In our opinion, such "sliders" are more expedient to perform in the form of buttons.
In the Lenovo blog on Habré, we pay the most attention to the ThinkPad series, which is quite logical - judging by the reviews, most of you like these models, created for work and creativity, strong and strict in appearance. But today we have a review of the IdeaPad Y570, a shining representative of Lenovo's “custom” notebook series, which is quite different from the legacy IBM business models. It is difficult to ignore such a laptop: at a cost of 30 thousand rubles, it provides you with one of the most powerful video cards, a modern Intel Core processor, as well as an incredibly fast disk system. A hybrid of a capacious hard drive and a fast SSD became standard in the "five hundred and seventieth": most modifications of the laptop are equipped with it. In this review, I will talk about what makes loading in 15 seconds good, what changes have occurred in the new Y-series model, and also why you should choose this particular model as your home entertainment center.
Appearance
We should start talking about the design of the IdeaPad Y570 with the fact that this model has become much less glossy. I know that this criterion is very important for many users. In the updated laptop of the gaming series, the glossy display and the frame around it remain. Everything else does not shine and does not collect fingerprints. Moreover, the keyboard panel is completely made of metal, which adds strength to the design of the laptop.
The lid of the display is covered with a “dotted” texture, on which slight scratches are invisible.
The original orange edging remains in place, but the keyboard panel, previously completely glossy, now looks completely different.
The keyboard and touchpad have also changed. A numeric keypad has appeared, albeit tightly "ground in" to the main keyboard, the touchpad has increased in size. It is very enjoyable to work with, although it does take some training, especially with the spaced apart mouse buttons. When typing, the touchpad is temporarily locked to avoid accidental clicks. But from the touchpad, which allows you to quickly launch desired application, they decided to abandon the new modification.
The laptop is equipped with a universal set of connectors. There are 4 USB ports, two on each side, two of them support the high-speed USB 3.0 standard, one more is combined with an eSata port. To connect an external display, you can use the analogue D-Sub interface or digital HDMI... Finally, there are separate headphone and microphone jacks, an Ethernet port, and an SDHC card reader.
The powerful audio system, developed in collaboration with JBL, should also be noted. It provides a very powerful sound for a laptop, and it shows itself perfectly in cases where it is not possible to connect external speakers to the device.
Performance
Y-series notebooks are also attractive in that their modifications usually differ only in the processor model, hard disk capacity and the number of installed RAM strips. The video card in all versions is used the same, in this case - a powerful accelerator GeForce GT 555M with a gigabyte of its own memory. This allows you to buy a cheaper model, for example with Core processor i3, but in terms of graphics, you get an equally powerful machine.
Fans of games will also like the display resolution: 1366x768 pixels. For some, such a resolution on a 15-inch matrix will seem too small, but in 3D applications it allows you to achieve better performance than, for example, FullHD displays. I tested a version of the laptop with an Intel Core i5-2410M (2.3 GHz) processor, with a price tag of about 35,000 rubles. It is noteworthy that a model with a 4-core Intel Core i7 and an otherwise identical configuration costs only 3000 rubles more.
The GeekBench benchmark scores better than the ThinkPad X220 with the more powerful Intel Core i5-2520M processor. This is due to the faster memory running in this laptop in dual channel mode(2x2 GB).
The laptop is equipped with switchable graphics, which provides both high performance and decent battery life. For switching, a special lever is provided on the leading edge: this is perhaps the most convenient solution, since you do not need to go into the video settings to determine the optimal operating mode. In the old 3DMark test with integrated Intel graphics we get the following result:
When switching to an NVIDIA video card, we get a twofold increase:
Continuous load in FurMark test temperature GPU rises no higher than 85-87 degrees. A fan in a company with a rather massive heatsink copes well with this load, but it makes a lot of noise. By the way, Lenovo's proprietary software for this laptop has a special utility for managing the cooling system, which allows you to set a "quiet" mode of operation, or vice versa - forcibly turn on the cooler at maximum speed. The latter is presented as a means for cleaning dust, which in general may not be superfluous.
Hybrid disk system
But this feature of IdeaPad Y570 is practically not covered in independent tests, but in vain. Trying to find a reasonable balance between performance and price, Lenovo engineers decided to use two drives in this laptop at once: a 32GB SSD installed in the mSata slot and a large and slow enough 750GB hard drive with a rotation speed of 5400 rpm. In the system, they are combined into one section: this technology is called RapidDrive, and in Windows it is controlled by a special driver.
The result of this approach is visible the first time you turn on the laptop: the system boots up in 10-15 seconds, and the laptop exits the sleep mode instantly. Programs also launch quickly, just like using a regular SSD. In the HDTune test, the initial area of the logical partition achieves an average linear read speed of about 140 megabytes per second.
IdeaPad Y570 owners have a lot of questions about a clean reinstallation of Windows using RapidDrive. The technical support website has a special instruction for such cases. In short, the system needs to be installed on an SSD, and then the RapidDrive driver must be installed. In this case, the "large" hard disk should not be partitioned: the program will automatically create a virtual partition with a total volume of about 730 "honest" gigabytes.
Autonomous work
The laptop is equipped with a 6-cell battery, which in the early Y-series models provided at most a couple of hours of battery life. With the advent of hybrid graphics, everything changed, and in a standard video playback test I got quite impressive 4 hours 28 minutes autonomous work. Although the size and weight of the model make the Y570 more of a home device, it can be used away from an outlet for a long time if necessary. During the test, the screen brightness was set to 70% of the maximum, the WiFi module was turned on, the sound was output to the headphones, and the Intel graphics.
Summary
The main distinguishing features of the Y570, I would call a hybrid RapidDrive system and a powerful graphics card. It is these two features that make the laptop very pleasant to work with: you just enjoy the instant response of programs and the ability of the model to effectively cope with any task, up to games and video encoding. The versatile set of connectors allows you to turn the laptop into a home entertainment center: you can connect both a large TV and a fast external drive to it, although it itself is equipped with an impressive three-quarters of a terabyte data storage. And all this - at a cost of 40,000 rubles for the most powerful configuration and from 30 - for the basic one, which is not that much inferior in performance. When buying a laptop, I recommend choosing a model with a hybrid SSD + HDD system. With little difference in cost, it delivers real performance gains in day-to-day tasks.
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In this article we will look at a laptop Lenovo Ideapad Y570. The Y series is positioned as the top-end in the Lenovo Ideapad line. It is aimed at discerning users who would like to get the most out of their laptop, including gaming.
Model Y570 belongs to the new generation with the x70 index (instead of "x" there is a figure indicating the diagonal of the screen; for example, 5 or 4 means 15 or 14 inches, respectively). The new generation predictably did new design... By the way, it is common for several rulers; Thus, the Y570 and Z570 look very similar to each other, although the Z570 has simpler body materials and configurations.
In addition, the model we are testing today has one more interesting feature: It has a powerful NVIDIA GF 555M video adapter. Note that all 15-inch notebooks of this line will be equipped with it.
Line configuration
A general description of the line can be found on the world site - or on the Russian one -. If you are looking for a certain model, then it takes some time to get to it.
Traditionally, a laptop review begins with a general description page, which indicates the main advantages of the device. First of all, the buyer should be guided by them when choosing a laptop. For the Y570 series, the manufacturer indicates a lot of significant advantages, divided into several groups. If we compare the two language versions, the translation is generally good, but it is ruined by too close adherence to the original. There are phrases like this: “Check out this great laptop with great materials and great performance. Rate and multimedia! " Still, we need to diversify the text. Not to mention, an overly optimistic description leads to skepticism about the model as a whole. So, what are the advantages of the manufacturer:
Work and performance:
- Metal case
- Comfortable keyboard
- Powerful configuration
- RapidDrive
Multimedia and entertainment:
- JBL acoustics
- NVIDIA switchable graphics
- Intel Wireless Display
- OneKey Theater Control System
Convenient control:
- Management utilities: battery, file sharing, etc. OneKey Rescue System
Lenovo accessories (for some reason, only headphones and a really interesting remote control with a keyboard were chosen from the whole variety).
The site is built on an unusual combination of elements of the sober, discreet IBM style and bright, juicy Lenovo. The various elements don't always go together and this leaves a strange impression.
At the same time, the site is also non-functional. The most unpleasant surprise was that, while on the line description page, it was impossible to find the technical specifications of the product. This page does not resemble a description at all, but rather an advertising brochure. There is only a very short, literally three lines, description of the main functions and a tempting "technical specifications" link with a PDF document icon next to it.
Persistent users who have downloaded this file will get an even bigger surprise. First, and this PDF file in fact, it turns out not to be the technical specifications of the model, but something more like a leaflet from a sale in one of the chain stores (especially one networker in the letter M sins with such purple tones). But that's not all! Both files on English language and for the American versions (which the name with the letters US honestly warns about), a link from the Russian site leads to the same file. But Lenovo decided to finish us off: the files are called differently, but their content is the same, and this is a description of the 14-inch model.
In general, the site is a complete mess, and judging by the situation with the "specifications" of the Y570 in PDF, this mess reigns not only in Russia, but all over the world. Why then be surprised that the just bought Y560 falls into blue screens and overheats?
By the way, in addition to its shortcomings, the Lenovo site also inherited the shortcomings of the IBM site. For example, through the menu, I still could not find a list of models in the line with their indices. Although the corresponding pages definitely exist: in the special offers section they give discounts on models with a certain index. If you enter the model index, then the corresponding page with the specifications is located, but it is impossible to access it from the page describing the line.
So, the information content of the manufacturer's website is at the level of an average retail network, no more. Clear and full information it is difficult to find on it, moreover, much is confused or missing. Which, in my opinion, is unacceptable.
Therefore, for this review, we are forced to independently draw up the specification of the laptop participating in the testing. I draw the attention of readers that theoretically it can be wrong or inaccurate somewhere.
| Lenovo Y570 | ||
|---|---|---|
| CPU | QuadCore Intel Core i7-2630QM, 2600 MHz (26 × 100) | |
| Chipset | Intel Cougar Point HM65, Intel Sandy Bridge | |
| RAM | 4039 MB (DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM) 2 modules Samsung M471B5773CHS-CH9 |
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| Video subsystem | Intel HD Graphics 3000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (1024 MB) |
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| Screen | Samsung LTN156AT16L01 34 × 19 cm (15.3 ″) 1366 × 768 | |
| Sound subsystem | Intel HDMI @ Intel Cougar Point PCH Realtek ALC272 @ Intel Cougar Point PCH |
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| HDD | Toshiba MK6465GSX (640 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II) | |
| Optical drive | HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW CT30N | |
| Network interfaces | Wired network | Broadcom NetLink Gigabit Ethernet |
| Wireless network | Intel WiFi Link 1000 BGN | |
| Bluetooth | Optional | |
| Additionally | No | |
| Card reader | Built-in multi-format card reader | |
| Interfaces and ports | USB | 2 × USB 3.0, 2 × USB 2.0 (one compatible with eSATA) |
| VGA Out | There is | |
| HDMI | There is | |
| DisplayPort | No | |
| eSATA | Yes, cum. from USB | |
| RJ45 | There is | |
| Expresscard | No | |
| Headphone out | There is | |
| Microphone input | There is | |
| Line out | Yes (combined) | |
| Additionally | No | |
| Input Devices | Keyboard | With dedicated number pad |
| Touchpad | Standard, two-button | |
| Additionally | No | |
| Battery | n / a | |
| Power Supply | Parameters: 19 V, 4.25 A | |
| IP telephony | Webcam | There is |
| Microphone | There is | |
| Additionally | Uses RapidDrive technology | |
| Operating system | Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | |
| Dimensions (edit) | n / a | |
| Weight | n / a | |
| Guarantee period | 2 years | |
The tested model has a pretty good configuration, it differs from its competitors primarily in the video adapter. It is worth noting the set of ports - there are four USB ports.
I would also highlight the RapiDrive technology, in theory it significantly improves the speed of the disk subsystem. However, we will talk about this below.
Appearance and ergonomics of the case
Lenovo, apparently, is gradually coming to a single design style for the top cover, now the changes between generations are no longer so radical. The lid is black, matte, textured in the form of an abstract technological pattern of dots. Traditionally for the latest series, there is an orange border along the edge of the lid.
Despite the original texture and orange border, the lid makes a calm impression and shouldn't bother with prolonged use of the laptop. Well, we'll see what the Lenovo Ideapad Y570 has inside.
First of all, the glossy matrix and a very glossy black frame around it are striking. The frame is quite thick, about one and a half centimeters on the sides of the screen and more than two centimeters above and below the matrix. A glossy surface not only actively catches glare and reflections of any light sources, any irregularities and curvatures of the surface are very clearly visible on such a surface. Finally, this surface is very easily smeared with fingerprints. As a result, the frame creates an unpleasant impression of inaccuracy. Although with a working screen, the flaws are not so noticeable.
Below on the frame is the manufacturer's logo and model name. By the way, pay attention - most of the laptop manufacturers put the name of the model on the right side of the lid (the same tradition has been preserved in the corporate line of Lenovo, inherited from IBM), this is apparently a feature of Western thinking. And for the Chinese, Koreans and Japanese, they are often located on the left side. And this applies not only to the name of the model, in the same way the launch buttons wander from right to left.
However, the keypad is undoubtedly the central and most interesting design element. In Y570 it is made in a very interesting and unusual shade, a little like brass. I got the impression that the palm rest is made of metal, and the panel above the keyboard is plastic. As noted, the keyboard bar style is common across several rulers. For example, in the Z570 it is almost the same, only there the entire panel is plastic, as far as I know.
As for the panel design itself, it is simple: one color, simple lines, a modest cup-shaped recess for the keyboard. Speaker grilles and additional keys are also almost not highlighted. On the other side, appearance the laptop did not become "primitive".
By the way, it should be noted that the front edge of the keyboard panel is made sharp, and sometimes it cuts the wrists when typing, especially if the laptop is located high in relation to the hands.
Expansion ports
Continuing the conversation about convenience, let's talk about the number and location of expansion connectors on the case.
Traditionally, there is nothing on the rear panel, because. open lid stands on top of it. There is a card reader on the front panel. It is covered with a plastic dummy card, it must be removed every time you insert a memory card, and it can easily get lost.
In addition, there are two interesting switches located here.
The right switch is to disable wireless network interfaces. Now, most manufacturers have already ditched hardware switches, instead using software... However, a hardware switch can be very convenient in certain situations. It is not always comfortable to use it here: it is too small and tough, but you should not be afraid of accidental switching.
Much more interesting is the left switch. In this model, the manufacturer made manual control over the operating modes of NVIDIA Optimus video cards. You can either leave it in automatic mode, then the external video card will turn on in accordance with the driver settings (in this case, the diode is white). Or, you can block the inclusion of an external video adapter, that is, only the built-in video core will always work (the diode will glow blue). In the photo, the switch is in this position.
Let's take a look at the side faces of the case. Let's start traditionally from the left side.
Closer to the back of the laptop are the video connectors: analog VGA and digital HDMI. Closer to the front: a wired network connector, eSATA combined with USB, another USB port and audio connectors in iron cases. An impressive ventilation grill is traditionally located on the left side. Hopefully the cooling with such a large grate will be good.
On the right side are two USB 3.0 ports located close to the front of the laptop. Next up is the Blu-ray optical drive, power plug connector and Kensington lock port.
Based on the results of using it, I had no complaints about the location of the ports. The ports are conveniently organized: on the left side there are ports to which thick cables fit (they can interfere with work if they are located in the path of a hand with a mouse), and to which equipment is connected more or less rarely. On the starboard side there are only USB connectors, after all, such equipment is often connected (for example, flash drives). Probably, it would be more convenient to have one USB 3.0 connector on the left side, but this is very difficult to implement (including in terms of wiring). There are no inconveniences in the location of ports.
Well, let's take a look at the bottom of the laptop.
As you can see, there are two access doors on the bottom of the laptop, one of which is very large. Ventilation holes with a typical Lenovo pattern are located, obviously, above the RAM and the main fan. Judging by the configuration of the cooling system, it is critical for a laptop that it does not stand on a soft surface overlapping the grilles.
Let's open the hatches on the bottom of the laptop.
As you can see, a small hatch covers the compartment for an additional card (for example, WiMax), everything else is covered by a large hatch. In the upper left corner there are two memory slots (in our model, both are occupied), under them is a WiFi card (antenna wires go to it). To the right is the cooling system. As you can see, this model has two heat pipes one for the processor, one for the graphics adapter. The tubes are copper in color, but the pads above the chips are similar in color to aluminum.
In the lower left corner there is an SSD disk, the function of which we will talk about below, in the lower right corner there is an HDD container.
Keyboard
The keyboard has a number of interesting, let's say, innovative features, but by no means all of them I am ready to welcome.
Firstly, although the keyboard is of the island type, it also has a very unusual key shape. The bottom edge of the key is made not flat, but semicircular (you can see it in the photo). At the same time, the side edges of the upper surface of the key are bent, like a cowboy hat. In theory, the finger should fit comfortably into the groove of the key, so there will be no typos. However, in reality, the number of typos decreases insignificantly, but the finger all the time falls on the edge of the key, on the sharp edge, and if you type for a long time, the pads begin to hurt.
With the layout, too, not everything is smooth. Almost all 15-inch laptops now have a numeric keypad. Although even among our specialists there are still disputes whether it is needed at all or not. I personally think that it is necessary, because it is convenient to use it for entering numbers, and sometimes when editing text, because it is an additional cursor block. And in any case, the pocket does not pull the stock. At the same time, it is not always possible to fit a keyboard with a digital block into a 15-inch laptop case without alterations, you have to invent something. And I can't say that Lenovo has found a better solution.
Although there is still space on the sides of the keyboard, the digital block has been moved close to the main one. When you're looking for a key by touch, the wider spacing between the rows of keys serves as the only indicator that the main block is out, and here everything is the same. Therefore, very often you make a mistake when pressing, pressing a key to the right or left of the desired one.
The worst situation is with the main cursor block: its keys are completely pushed into the keyboard without any gap, in the middle between the main and the digital block, and do not differ in shape from the neighboring ones, so in 90% of cases you press the wrong place. It seems that the creators of the keyboard showed similar problems, because all the cursor keys have plastic beads in the upper part, but this does not help much, since they are rarely found, even if you are looking specifically for them. In addition, you constantly confuse "down" and "right", both of these keys have nodules.
The Del key is larger than the others, but it is located in the middle of the row, so it is also difficult to find it blindly.
By tradition, the Home / End / PgUp / PgDn keys are located above the digital block. This arrangement is from the series "it seems there is on the keyboard, but it is impossible to use". It is impossible to work with the keys together with the cursor, because they are too far away, and on the digital block there are the same keys. In addition, it is inconvenient even to flip through the document, because you have to keep your hand on the weight, above the digital block, with the constant risk of accidentally pressing any key.
Also on this keyboard I had a specific error, the keys "u" and "." Were confused.
Finally, let's talk about the feel of typing. When typing blindly, at a high rate, the typing feel is average. The keys are very hard pressed and they don't have very good feedback. While in theory the shape of the keys should help when typing, here it is too extreme, so it interferes rather than helps. Every now and then you find yourself on the sharp edges of the keys, and the pads of your fingers begin to ache. Finally, the keyboard is not quiet, it clicks specifically. It is not the keys that hit the substrate, but the mechanism itself clicks. Therefore, the seal is accompanied by constant clicking.
However, looking at the keyboard while typing, the accuracy of hitting the keys is quite acceptable. Although, in my opinion, the unusual shape of the keys gets in the way here too.
Additional keys and indicators
The main operating indicators are located on the front panel and look forward.
The indicators are just round light guides, they glow with a bluish-white light. They go out to the front panel and look forward, so it is inconvenient to look at them, although the icons are displayed on the keyboard panel. The icon for disabling the touchpad looks especially mocking. By the way, do not pay attention to the blue tint of the keyboard panel, it is a reflection of the working screen. And we move on to the additional buttons of the laptop.
Let's start with the keys on the top row. To the left is the power key. The key is mechanical and quite large, it is convenient to work with it. The work indicator here is made of small dots, which makes it more original.
Next to the power button is a small hardware button that launches the OneKey Recovery 7.0 utility. This program can create a backup of the system or user files (including saving an image of the entire system to disk), restore this image, and create a set of system recovery DVDs. For some reason, the utility is launched in the background, that is, its window does not pop up on top of the active one, but remains under it. Therefore, you do not always notice that something has started at all. And in general, in my opinion, this function (especially not creating a quick backup, namely launching the utility) is not so in demand as to allocate a separate hardware button for it.
To the right of these buttons are three indicators: Caps Lock, Num Lock, and a hard drive access indicator. The backlight diodes are tinted to match the color of the keypad. At the same time, it seemed to me that the diodes are unevenly located under the panel, that is, half of the icon is illuminated.
On the right side of the panel there are touch buttons. There are five of them: three buttons on the left control the sound, two on the right - system functions.
Sound control is quite familiar: you can increase the volume, lower the volume, mute the sound. Sound control is done conveniently. First, there are only eight steps of adjustment, so you can quickly add or subtract sound. Secondly, if you turn off the sound, and then press the volume up or down button, it will turn on again (not all manufacturers have it this way). Thirdly, even if the active application is a media player, the sound buttons still adjust the system level. For other manufacturers, the driver often works in such a way that if in this situation, for example, you press the "mute" button, then the sound of the media player is muted, but the system sound remains on and can give an unexpected surprise.
To the right are two buttons with specific system functions. Left button toggles the screen operation modes: working mode, movie viewing mode and auto mode(i.e. a choice from the two previous ones). As far as I understand, in the movie viewing mode, the saturation and gamma settings are slightly tweaked. The second button controls the operating modes of the ventilation system. In total, it has four modes: "standard", "super quiet", "effective heat dissipation" and "dust collector". When switching in a different way, the fan starts to work. However, it seemed to me that there is little practical sense in using the various modes.
In addition, the laptop can be controlled using traditional combinations with the Fn button. Esc - turns off the webcam, F1 - sends the laptop to sleep (the combination is very convenient to perform with one hand), F2 - turns off the screen backlight (the image on the screen remains; to turn on the backlight, you need to press the same combination again, when movement of the mouse or pressing a key, it does not turn on), F3 - modes of operation with an external monitor - either only on the screen, or on the screen and on external monitor(duplication or expansion), or only to an external monitor or projector. The keys of the media player are also implemented in the form of combinations, as well as some keys that did not fit on the laptop keyboard.
The most commonly used screen brightness and audio volume controls are also located on the arrow keys.
Touchpad
The touchpad is large in size. Even with the usual speed and acceleration settings in the driver, it is quite enough for comfortable cursor control. The touchpad has a dedicated vertical scroll bar along the right edge. The surface of the touchpad is rough and gives a feedback feel, but overall I didn't really enjoy using it anyway.
The touchpad in Lenovo Y570 has the traditional two buttons, made in the form of a single rocker. Closer to the center, they are not pressed, only at the edges.
The touchpad has a very large and already familiar drawback: the left edge of the touchpad constantly falls under the left palm. Because of this, the cursor rushes around the screen like crazy, and is often pressed, which makes it extremely difficult to enter text (either it jumps to the input place and adds a word not at all where expected, or something turns on or off). This is a huge drawback, it is extremely inconvenient to work, and at any opportunity you are looking for an opportunity to turn off the touchpad and connect an external mouse.
Screen
In this model, despite the powerful configuration, a quite standard matrix with an aspect ratio of 16: 9, 15.6-inch diagonal and a resolution of 1366 × 768 pixels is installed.
Once again, I emphasize that the combination of a large laptop screen and low resolution has both pros and cons. The pluses include the fact that even system fonts (which are small by definition) look large and perfectly readable. You can watch videos from the Internet at low resolution in full screen, with large pixels, scaling defects are less noticeable. Finally, in games, you can set a lower resolution as "native" and get a clear picture (although not everyone agrees with this, many would prefer a higher resolution). The main disadvantage is that there is very little information on the screen, so in most cases it is inconvenient to work, often there is not enough space on the screen even for surfing the Internet. Moreover, it is inconvenient to work with texts and Internet pages on large-format screens: most of the materials are oriented vertically, so it turns out that half of the screen is occupied by text (at the same time, there is not enough space for it vertically), and half of the screen is empty.
The brightness controls are more or less sufficient, but nothing more. It seemed to me that even in a room with bright lighting (not to mention sunlight) the picture fades, that is, the matrix may not be enough for pictures and films. At minimum, you can work in very dim ambient light, but for complete darkness, the picture is bright.
A problem with a laptop can be a glossy matrix, which is very willing to catch glare, especially from light sources. In a brightly lit room (for example, in an office), lamps may reflect on the ceiling, in the room - local lighting.
Sound
Many expensive Lenovo models are equipped with JBL speakers. Moreover, this acoustics, even in spite of the small size of the speakers, is capable of providing a very good sound quality (for a laptop, of course). The Y570 series is no exception, and I must say the laptop has met the high expectations.
Firstly, I just subjectively liked the way it sounds. If you have to listen to music or watch a movie through the built-in speakers, there is no desire to postpone listening until the moment when you can connect external speakers.
Secondly, even by objective criteria, the sound is very good for a mobile system. For example, movies can be watched without problems: and special effects are more or less transmitted (except for bass, that is, explosions, for example, will sound faded here, but bullets and shots are quite decent).
Undemanding users can quite listen to music from this laptop. However, far from our workplace, especially if we are too lazy to carry large acoustics with us, we all become undemanding. And in this case, the U570 acoustics presents a pleasant surprise.
Testing
We will not repeat the configuration of the model that took part in testing, it is indicated in the main table. I would only like to emphasize that the configuration is powerful, and this model (with this video adapter) will not be presented in Russia.
Before moving on to the actual test results, you need to decide on two things that directly affect the performance of a particular model. First, this is the hardware configuration of the model.
In general, nothing new, the usual Intel Core i7-2630QM, the youngest in the line of Intel quad-core eight-thread processors.
The speed of caches and interaction with memory in the new Intel processors is high.
Well, graphics adapters. There are two of them, Intel HD Graphics 3000 series (the core is built into the processor)
and NVIDIA GeForce GT555M.
I draw your attention to the fact that in our laptop the video adapter works in tandem with the GDDR5 memory. In theory, this should help to unleash its full potential and increase the overall speed in games.
And now let's deal with the most important and interesting point: the clock frequency at which the processor operates and on which its performance level depends.
At rest, the processor runs at a reduced frequency of 800 MHz.
However, when the processor is loaded, the clock speed, thanks to Intel Turbo Boost Technology, does not increase to the nominal 2 GHz specified in the specification, but rather higher.
Let us recall the features of Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 technology. The manufacturer guarantees that the processor will operate at the nominal frequency of 2 GHz. However, under certain conditions, if the processor is still cold, the heatsink is good and the external conditions are favorable, then for some time it can operate at a frequency that is significantly higher than the nominal one. Thus, if a strong but short-term load occurs, the processor can instantly overclock to a much higher frequency than the standard one. If he manages to complete the task before it heats up to a critical point, great, the user will be pleased with the speed with which the task was completed. And if he doesn't have time, it's okay, he will return to the standard frequency and perform the task on it. More details can be found in the reviews of Sandy Bridge technology (s).
Thus, the frequency of the Intel processor depends not only on its specification, but also on the efficiency of the cooling system. Therefore, we can no longer say that two laptops with an identical configuration in normal operation will show the same result: depending on whether the manufacturer has taken care of an effective cooling system or not, the system speed will be different. External parameters should also affect the level of performance, that is, the same laptop should be faster in winter than in summer. Finally, the condition of the cooling system is also important, in other words, how much the radiators are clogged with dust. By the way, Lenovo Y570 can be cleaned quite simply, because you don't need to disassemble the entire laptop for this. In my opinion, this is a plus of the model.
Before moving on to the test results, let's see how this laptop is capable of overclocking. Moreover, it was tested in the summer (although not in the "hottest" period), so it will be more difficult for it to maintain an acceptable temperature regime.
So, before the start of the test, the core temperature is 46 degrees.
As expected, in this case the processor frequency and supply voltage are at the minimum, economical values:
We start the load test. All system components are loaded, including the hard drive.
As you can see, within four seconds the temperature reached a dangerous limit. And the temperature rise graph is very steep. You can compare it with the graphs in previous tests, usually the temperature rise is smoother. It seems to me that this indicates not very good heat exchange with the cooling system, or that the heat exchanger itself is weak. Let's look at the parameters of the processor.
Interestingly, already now the overclocking controls are starting to get nervous, lowering the frequency - in the screenshot it is not 2.6, but 2.4 GHz.
After another three seconds, the temperature continues to rise steadily, approaching the limit values.
The frequency continues to switch between 2.4 and 2.6 GHz (jumps occur somewhere around once a second or two).
Somewhere by the 35-40th second of the test, the temperature reached a dangerous limit. As you can see, around 85 degrees, the temperature rise began to slow down rapidly. However, at this moment, the processor frequency has not yet been reset to nominal:
... and remains at 2.4-2.6 GHz.
But after about a minute, the control resets the operating parameters to the nominal value.
The temperature drops rather quickly to more or less normal values below 80 degrees. In other words, the fan and heatsink work well (plus, don't forget that there are different heat pipes for the processor and graphics). However, the system has almost no stock.
Frequency and voltage are reset to nominal values as expected.
Nothing interesting happens afterwards:
All 10 minutes the system operates with stable, albeit rather high, temperature indicators. At the same time, the temperature is 81 degrees - at the nominal frequency of the processor:
Well, after 15 minutes of load testing, we turn it off, since it is already clear that nothing interesting will happen.
The temperature immediately begins to drop, and the processor's performance instantly returns to its original state.
As you can see, the temperature also goes down quickly.
In total, in the summer, the processor cooling system in the Lenovo Y570 laptop copes with its duties, but only at the nominal frequency. At an increased frequency, the processor does not work for a very long time. It seems to me that due to the design features, it will not hold even at 2.6 GHz in winter and will switch to the nominal frequency in about a minute and a half.
Basically, this is the standard behavior, most laptops with Intel Turbo Boost will work this way. However, at least one laptop under testing, a Hewlett-Packard DV7, was able to operate at an overclocked frequency (however, we have to see if it can do this in the summer) for an unlimited time. Therefore, when testing performance, we will see if this gives some kind of gain or not.
Since we have taken up the consideration of the processor heating parameters, we will also evaluate the subjective heating of the laptop case, since it is he who affects the usability.
Heat and noise
To determine the heating level of the components, the load test of the Everest program is used. The heating of the internal components is measured according to the data from the sensors in the Everest software, the heating of the case is measured by a multimeter with a thermocouple.
During the test, a cold laptop turns on and boots. The Everest program starts up. After 40 minutes of idle operation, the temperature of the internal components and the outer surface of the case is measured. This temperature shows how much the laptop heats up with minimum load. Then the stress test is turned on, the data is measured again 45 minutes after the start of the test.
The case temperature may vary slightly due to the different ambient temperatures. All laptops get significantly hotter in summer than in winter. Ambient temperature data are listed separately.
Temperature data of internal components obtained from the Everest test utility. If core temperatures differ significantly from the processor temperature as a whole, they are given in brackets.
It seems to me that even for the summer, the internal components have a high temperature, this is especially noticeable in idle mode. The heating of the hard drive can be described as high. Under load, its temperature comes close to 50 degrees, which is considered the maximum permissible "normal" temperature.
Let's take a look at the case temperature (measured with a thermocouple thermometer).
In general, the case feels a little warm, but does not cause any inconvenience in the work (if the laptop is on the table). But the maximum temperature of the bottom of the laptop is very high, 37 degrees. The exhaust is relatively cold, which hints at not very good heat dissipation.
A laptop is also not a quiet one. Under load, the fan whistles strongly, and this is precisely a high-frequency whistle and howl, like a turbine. It is not very pleasant to listen to this whistle. Even if you wear headphones while playing, others will have to endure it. In addition, the fan changes its rotation speed quite often. If you can still get used to the constant sound and noise level, then when the tone changes, you are constantly distracted.
The system has four profiles for the cooling system. Standard - the standard is, we will build on it. In super quiet mode, the laptop simply keeps the fan at low speeds longer, but the laptop itself gets hotter. In the third mode, called "efficient heat dissipation", on the contrary, high speed is immediately turned on and the fan is always humming. In the "dust collector" mode, the fan simply runs at maximum. What the creators of this profile had in mind remains a mystery, but the result is really quite similar to a vacuum cleaner.
Testing in synthetic packages
First, let's look at the performance of the system in synthetic tests. At the present stage, synthetic tests provide very little information about the performance and functionality of the platform. You can read more about why this is so in the presentation of the methodology. At most, they can show the approximate place of the system in comparison with other systems, but very roughly: you can determine which system is faster, but how much faster - there will be no answer to this question. Moreover, it strongly depends on the types of tasks used. The main advantage of synthetic tests: they are very easy to run, that is, any user can compare any selected system with his own, or two systems with each other. Therefore on this stage we leave synthetic tests in the testing program.
For comparison, we took a Hewlett Packard DV7 laptop. Let me remind you that this notebook is built on the same Intel Core i7-2360QM processor and at the same time is equipped with an ATI 6570 gaming video card.
To start - Windows 7 operating system rating... This is the simplest test, in addition, the rating is compiled for any computer and laptop with the Windows operating system, so you can compare the results of the two systems instantly.
Cinebench benchmark. Test by MAXON company, which develops 3D control packages, i.e. the test is an adapted version of a real engine. Both the old Cinebench R10 and the more modern Cinebench 11.5 are used.
Unfortunately, for version 10, the official description is no longer available. The package renders three scenes. The results give a rendering score: the performance of one processor core, the performance of the entire processor (calculations are parallelized to all available cores), the performance of the graphics subsystem in OpenGL.
| Running | Cinebench 10.0 | Cinebench 11.5 | |||
| 1 CPU | All CPU | Opengl | Opengl | Cpu | |
| Lenovo Y570 | 4856 | 16196 | 5514 | 9,67 | 4,71 |
| HP DV7 | 4567 | 17284 | 7823 | 40,96 | 4,83 |
There is a slight difference in the processor test, but it should rather be attributed to the measurement error. In tests using OpenGL, DV7 is significantly ahead, even, in my opinion, too much.
PCMark Vantage Version 1.02... You can get acquainted with the description of the test on the manufacturer's website. The test results are provided for informational purposes only, since very often the test gives strange and inexplicable results that are difficult to comment on. In addition, there is information about incorrect optimizations by manufacturers.
| PCMark Vantage | Lenovo Y570 | HP DV7 |
| PCMark Score | 7481 (7855) | 7304 |
|---|---|---|
| Memories score | 4256 (4738) | 5056 |
| TV and Movies Score | 5468 (4047) | 5373 |
| Gaming Score | 4956 (6506) | 7181 |
| Music score | 6858 (6740) | 6841 |
| Communications Score | 6761 (6697) | 6288 |
| Productivity Score | 6617 (6693) | 6750 |
| HDD Score | 3662 (3689) | 3784 |
PCMark, as usual, pleases us with unexpected plot twists. In his opinion, Lenovo is a little faster, although it won only in the Comm score, but lost a lot in the game test at the first launch (apparently, it worked on the integrated graphics).
Traditionally, synthetic tests fail in difficult situations. And we are moving on to testing in real applications.
Performance in real applications
In November, we began testing notebook performance using a new methodology, which includes evaluating system performance in real applications. Detailed information about this part of the study, the software used and its settings can be found in the corresponding material on our website.
The techniques used are generally similar to the desktop technique, so the obtained measurement results (but not ratings (!), They will always be different due to a different set of applications) can be compared with desktop systems. The exception is the "Games" section, new simplified settings and a lower resolution have been introduced for games, which allows them to be guaranteed to run on system systems with any resolution. Also, the size of the test file in Photoshop has been reduced, so the results of this application cannot be compared directly either.
Difference in test results
In this article, we will look at such a feature of our testing method as the variation in test results.
For Lenovo Y570 it so happened that the tests were carried out twice, with a slightly different set of drivers. The system was installed anew each time, that is, the tests were not carried out on the same test system... As a result, there was a difference in the results, which we will discuss in detail at the end.
And for Hewlett-Packard DV7, we will compare the results that this laptop showed when tested using the method for laptops and for desktop systems... Let me remind you that the size of the Photoshop test file and the settings of game applications differ in the desktop method. Otherwise, the results should be the same.
Archiving
Before moving on to the tests, I will say that after analyzing the TurboBoost operation on this laptop, we can assume that in relatively short tests Lenovo Y570 should produce results very close to DV7, and slightly lag behind in long tests. So the first test. Let me remind you that unpacking is a single-threaded process, it depends only on the clock frequency and core architecture, the packaging is optimized for two (Winrar) or all (7-Zip) cores.
| Archiving | Lenovo Y570 | Lenovo Y570 2 | HP DV7 | HP DV7 (desktop) |
| 7-Zip | 1:24 | 1:31 | 1:27 | 1:38 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WinRAR | 1:25 | 1:25 | 1:25 | 1:26 |
| Unpacking | 0:42 | 0:43 | 0:41 | 0:42 |
Contrary to what was expected, the archiving test results are almost identical, and the 7-Zip Lenovo performed even faster for the first time. Although, when rechecking, he gave out a bit lagged behind. In 7-Zip, there is a large discrepancy in DV7 results. So, in terms of the pure performance of the kernel, the results are almost the same, in 7-Zip there is a variation, which is still difficult to explain.
Browser performance
We use two benchmarks to evaluate browser performance: Google V8 and SunSpider. Both tests measure, by and large, the same thing: the speed of Javascript. However, this is the most demanding component of the browser engine in terms of performance, so its research is quite justified. Let me remind you that in our method it is impossible to obtain chrome data in the SunSpider test due to an internal error.
Google test V8 displays the test in points.
| Google v8 | Lenovo Y570 | Lenovo Y570 2 | HP DV7 | HP DV7 (desktop) |
| Chrome | 7368 | n / a | 7366 | 4908 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firefox | 653 | n / a | 654 | 655 |
| Internet Explorer | 149 | n / a | 147 | 149 |
| Opera | 4678 | n / a | 4552 | 4561 |
| Safari | 3081 | n / a | 3103 | 3096 |
The Sunspider test outputs the result in milliseconds, and unlike the previous test, the lower the result, the better.
| SunSpider | Lenovo Y570 | Lenovo Y570 2 | HP DV7 | HP DV7 (desktop) |
| Firefox | 628 | 628 | 646 | 648 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Explorer | 4157 | 4292 | 4087 | 4094 |
| Opera | 280 | 287 | 275 | 273 |
| Safari | 352 | 365 | 354 | 353 |
The scatter of results is minimal, although you will notice that the second measurement results in results.
Viewing high-definition video
The test shows how the laptop copes with video playback high resolution... The evaluation uses a FullHD 1080P video encoded in H.264 and a Media Player Classic Home Cinema. The video is played in program mode, when the image is processed only by CPU, and with hardware acceleration enabled. The test measures the processor load in both cases.
| HD video | Lenovo Y570 | Lenovo Y570 2 | HP DV7 | HP DV7 (desktop) |
| Hardware | 2,4 | 1,9 | 1,2 | 5,5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software | 13,5 | 14,5 | 14 | 14,4 |
In principle, the difference between the test participants is minimal if we take the program mode. Yes, again the second run of the Y570 gives a slightly worse result, but the difference is minimal and, in principle, can be attributed to the measurement error.
As for the mode when hardware acceleration is involved, then the numbers there will always be low, and some other processes in the operating system can noticeably affect them.
In general, it is worth noting that even software decoding of high-definition video does not present any problem for these processors.
Working with photos
To test the performance of the laptop when working with digital photos, two test packages were left: ACDSee and Adobe Photoshop. For ACDsee, the test is to convert a large number of photos from RAW format to JPEG. Photoshop measures the time it takes to process photos, including blurring, sharpening, resizing and rotating an image, etc. The test measures the time taken to perform these operations.
| Working with photos | Lenovo Y570 | Lenovo Y570 2 | HP DV7 | HP DV7 (desktop) |
| ACDSee | 5:07 | 6:16 | 4:52 | 4:57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photoshop | 0:49 | 0:49 | 0:51 | n / a |
As you can see, there is a very big difference in the results of the ACDSee package for Lenovo Y570. Besides, in both cases this notebook lags far behind the HP DV7, which has no scatter in the results. When checked, the test gave unstable results (a very large scatter of results, about 20%), so you should treat them with great caution.
After some thought, I will suggest possible reason such behavior. As you know, the ACDSee test is rather poorly optimized and actually works almost in one thread. At the same time, seriously loading the processor with calculations. In this situation, the processor gets very hot, and the heating is local. During the first test, the laptop stood on a hard surface (a table without a tablecloth), during the second - on a cloth (on the sofa), that is, it was difficult for air to enter through the bottom panel. Accordingly, the cooling system could not cope with the load, so the processor worked at the nominal frequency for more time or even dropped it further. At the moment, this explanation seems to me the most plausible.
In Photoshop, both laptops ran in less than a minute, so the difference between them is minimal, and the Y570 did even a little faster. In addition, this test passes very quickly, during this time the processor temperature will not have time to reach critical values.
Audio encoding
This test measures the encoding time of an audio recording in one of the popular formats. The dBPowerAmp wrapper is used for encoding. Test Result: The score given by the shell. The score depends on the encoding time. The higher the score, the better.
| Audio encoding | Lenovo Y570 | Lenovo Y570 2 | HP DV7 | HP DV7 (desktop) |
| Apple | 243 | 216 | 238 | 206 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flac | 338 | 298 | 343 | 289 |
| Monkey audio | 240 | 210 | 235 | 204 |
| MP3 | 160 | 131 | 152 | 131 |
| Nero | 146 | 119 | 142 | 121 |
| OGG | 103 | 84 | 90 | 85 |
Simple, fast, well-parallelizable test that uses all cores. The difference is small, but it should be noted that the first time Lenovo Y570 performed slightly better than the DV7, and the second time it was slightly worse. A funny correlation is observed: the first and second launches are similar to each other. But in both cases, the systems were reinstalled again between launches, so that aspects of the influence of the OS can be excluded. In any case, the difference is not very big.
Video encoding
In this test, we look at how quickly the laptop encodes a test video using DivX, XviD, x.264 formats.
For me, the video processing tests are very interesting for two reasons. This task puts a rather serious load on the platform, so there are real benefits of more powerful processor... In addition, the user clearly and visually sees this benefit, expressed in the time spent on coding.
| Video encoding | Lenovo Y570 | Lenovo Y570 2 | HP DV7 | HP DV7 (desktop) |
| DivX | 3:47 | 4:42 | 4:18 | 4:32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| x264 | 6:49 | 7:44 | 7:35 | 7:41 |
| XviD | 2:15 | 2:50 | 2:30 | 2:18 |
On first launch, the Lenovo Y570 unexpectedly gains quite a significant advantage, and in all tests. However, on the second run, the results were exactly what I expected to see the first time.
Here, to be honest, it is difficult to explain why the Y570 performed so well for the first time. Moreover, this difference is also present in the DV7 results, albeit not so pronounced. And even on RAM the difference cannot be dumped, it works with the same parameters. Yes and temperature regime it cannot be explained: DV7 was tested under the same conditions. Moreover, if we take it as a reference, then the first time the Y570 turns out to be faster, which should not happen, since when testing Turbo Boost it shows the worst results.
In general, depending on the launch, it was in video encoding that the Y570 for the first test run for some reason worked much faster than the second time, and even managed to significantly outperform another laptop on the same platform and with a better cooling system.
Video creation
Unlike the previous test, in this case the test emulates a full-fledged work in a video editor for creating a video, including editing, applying special effects and final rendering. The test uses two software packages: Adobe Photoshop and Sony vegas... The result of the test is the time it took to complete the entire project.
| Video creation | Lenovo Y570 | Lenovo Y570 2 | HP DV7 | HP DV7 (desktop) |
| Premiere | 3:13 | 3:45 | 3:35 | 3:52 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegas | 5:34 | n / a | 6:28 | 6:03 |
The Sony Vegas was not tested in the validation test, but the Premiere scores a second time again slightly worse than the DV7.
Of course, you can write off too high numbers for the first time to the incorrect operation of the test, but where did they come from? Moreover, the DV7 has approximately the same picture.
Professional applications
This group includes absolutely different applications... What unites them is that they are mainly used in professional activities. This includes a test for the speed of project compilation using MS Visual Studio 2008, emulation of work in the MATLAB package of mathematical calculations and the speed of execution of applications in the Java language.
In professional applications, this advantage is less, but it is there. Again, there is a rather large difference in execution time between the two measurements on the Y570.
Professional 3D graphics
This benchmark shows the performance of the notebook in professional 3D modeling packages. Three packages were selected for the test: 3Ds MAX and LightWave (3D rendering) and SolidWorks (CAD). For each product, two tests are carried out: emulation of work and final rendering. Unfortunately, 3Ds MAX stably hung right after launch when emulating work, so for this test, only the test with the final rendering of the scene is left.
| Prof. 3D packages | Lenovo Y570 | Lenovo Y570 2 | HP DV7 | HP DV7 (desktop) |
| 3Ds MAX render | 7:11 | n / a | 7:45 | 7:14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightwave workload | 71,43 | n / a | 16,17 | 15,29 |
| Lightwave render | 84,06 | n / a | 90,22 | 82,22 |
| Solidworks CPU | 39,72 | n / a | 38,42 | 36,6 |
| Solidworks workload | 128,48 | n / a | 60,45 | 59,02 |
Note that graphics are involved in the Workload tests, and when measured, the Y570 had integrated graphics in this test, so the results there will certainly be worse than the DV7, where a fast modern Radeon is installed. Otherwise, the results are, shall we say, multidirectional. And, by the way, in the opposite direction - here the DV7, tested according to the tabletop method, does not always lag behind.
Games
This group of tests assesses the performance of the laptop in several games. Please note that the testing settings for this group have been changed compared to the settings of the platform testing methodology, so these results cannot be compared with the results of desktop systems.
For the first time, Lenovo Y570 worked on integrated graphics. This, in fact, became the reason for the re-measurement of the results, which brought us such strange final values.
| Games | Lenovo Y570 | Lenovo Y570 2 | HP DV7 |
| DiRT2 | 21 | 74 | 35 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FarCry 2 | 19 | 64 | 67 |
| Resident evil 5 | 32 | 81 | 89 |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R. | 102,8 | 226,3 | 309,6 |
| Unreal Tournament 3 | 37,2 | 121,6 | 112,7 |
Well, I think we can exclude the results of the integrated graphics from consideration. Let's just note that in most games, the results are still below the playability threshold. And it's too early to switch even in integrated games.
When it comes to comparing two powerful video cards, there is no clear winner. In DiRT2, NVIDIA is much faster, but it seems to me that there is just some kind of failure in graphics from AMD. Well, it is faster in UT3 too. In other cases, AMD graphics wins with a slight advantage.
Battery life
Testing for battery life is carried out in two modes: minimum load mode (reading text from the screen) and when watching a movie. The tests are carried out without the use of test programs. Energy saving parameters: the power scheme is set to "balanced"; if the laptop manufacturer offers its own power scheme with similar characteristics, it is set. The monitor off time is set to "never". There are no other interventions in power management (switching graphics, disconnecting components, etc.), they get tired at the default values. The screen brightness is set to maximum, the wireless interfaces are disabled. The laptop restarts, all utilities installed by the manufacturer are launched (except for the antivirus program, it is uninstalled before tests).
When testing for battery life in read mode, no programs are launched, except for the utility that measures the battery life.
When testing for playing a movie from a laptop hard drive, a movie in avi format is played. A portable device is used for playback. Media version Player Classic which contains built-in codecs.
The passport capacity has not been determined. The laptop incorrectly displays the 6264 mWh battery capacity.
* With included Wi-Fi adapter
** With included NVIDIA graphics
In terms of battery life, the laptop makes a very good impression: you can read from it for five and a half hours. For a powerful system with a quad-core processor, this is a very good result. Watching the movie is also quite good - four and a half hours. However, when using an external video adapter, the battery life drops dramatically.
In general, the laptop is more than competitive in this parameter.
Additional functions
Additionally, I would like to tell you about one technology that did not work for me, but is interesting in the future. It's about acceleration work hard disk.
This laptop has an interesting technology that allows you to assemble a small SSD-drive and hard drive into a single system. As far as I understand, the system is able to move files between drives, depending on how often they are used, without the intervention of the operating system.
Positioning and output
First, let's determine who will be primarily interested in this laptop. The Y570 is a home laptop and should spend most of its time at home. While it has an impressive battery life for such a model, it will be used to move the laptop from the table to the couch or kitchen and watch a movie rather than going to meetings - it is too large and heavy for that. For the same reason, it is hardly worth taking it with you on vacation - unless you are going to play there.
This model is focused on performing the widest range of household tasks. Moreover, this range of tasks can include both resource-intensive applications (for example, video encoding) and games.
A wide range of tasks necessarily includes multimedia capabilities. On the one hand, a home notebook can be connected to external acoustics, on the other hand, if you take it with you on the sofa, you will not drag all the speakers (especially if the system is 5.1) with you, so the built-in speakers should provide acceptable sound. The Y570 does this very well. But the screen is too ordinary and active users will often miss its capabilities. Expandability is also worth noting: a laptop must be able to work with peripherals, and the more actively it is used, the wider the list of equipment that can be connected to it. From this side, there are no special complaints about the Y570 either.
Finally, it is worth noting such important aspects as appearance and ergonomics. In terms of looks, the Y570 looks pretty good for a home laptop, with interesting details and overall calmness. There are some problems with ergonomics, I did not like the keyboard, but in fact, you should not exaggerate the problem: only those who type a lot will feel this problem.
Finally, in subjective testing, Lenovo Y570 left a very pleasant impression after testing. The laptop does not become annoying with prolonged use, it has an attractive and calm appearance. It is convenient to work with it, there are no frank flaws in ergonomics. There are minor flaws, but you hardly notice these flaws.
Thus, Lenovo Ideapad Y570 is a versatile home laptop with high performance, good functionality and good quality. This briefly summarizes the pros and cons of the model.
Pros of a laptop:
- Interesting fast configuration
- Attractive appearance
- Good functionality
- Good acoustics
Cons of a laptop
- Too innovative keyboard
- Noisy cooling system
However, all this should cost a lot. Surprisingly, the prices for the model start at 30,000 rubles, while in the range of 30-32 thousand models on Core i3 and Core i5 (2310 and 2410, respectively) are mixed, and somewhere starting from 35 thousand rubles you can already buy a model with Core i7-2360QM. All models are equipped with the same NVIDIA GT555M video adapter. With such a small difference in price, I think you should prefer the more powerful version, so as not to regret it later.
Average current prices (number of offers) for a laptop in the tested configuration in Moscow retail: N / A (0)
Laptop advantages:
Good quality assemblies, good heat dissipation (in case of replacement of thermal paste), slot for ssd, good block power supply, easy to maintain.
The power is at a decent level - GTA4 plays without lags at medium settings, at maximum it sometimes jams, work tasks are also great.
The set comes with office start, which is enough for home tasks behind the eyes.
Disadvantages of a laptop:
the screen matrix is not a fountain, Thermal paste replacement is still a gemmorrhoid with almost complete analysis of the laptop, and without replacement in a year it starts to warm up, poor service (they do not say the repair time in advance, they are not able to order the missing component), the absence of a disk with Windows, only through the section recovery.
Note about laptop:
A year later, it started to warm up, more and more, as a result, ignoring overheating, the fan began to strum - then I shook around the service centers, nowhere did they undertake to replace the fan, or at least clearly indicate the timing - everywhere the standard answer, bring, leave there are no such fans, We will see. This categorically did not suit me (the laptop was then under warranty). This continued until the end of the warranty, after which - armed with a video from YouTube about disassembly at 2 o'clock, we changed the thermal paste ourselves, since then the laptop is as cold as a snow queen. The fan continued to strum during rare starts, official services were still stupid (none of them even called back), they did not answer me in the official lenovo group either, I ordered it from the Chinese. Upon arrival, one more bug was found - the holes for the fan screws are so frail (thin radiator plate) - that a dozen unscrews simply could not withstand - there was almost no thread left and there was nowhere to twist, it was necessary to simply glue the fan on hot melt glue. Everything became perfect again.
In the third year, the screw began to be very blunt, I decided to change it and put more ssd up to the heap - then the jamb with the recovery partition got out, even saving it to the dvd-rw disc, I could not reinstall Windows due to the "incorrectly marked disk", although it was actually The new one without markup was - apparently 1.5TB instead of 750GB something did not fit onekey lenovo restorer. The sticker faded but there was a photo with a serial taken when buying. I took a disk with msdn and software serial number I installed it, at the same time I already installed the system purely on ssd - the rapid drive is still not quite right. All the drivers were downloaded from the site, although, to put it mildly, I was slightly surprised by the approach (the names of the downloaded files are ciphers, the drivers are unpacked in C: \ Drive and there you can already understand what's what, already during the installation process you understand what exactly you are installing) - given their number more than a dozen Lenovo could also think of a bag.
Since then I'm happy again, I think it should still be enough for a couple of years