Lenovo Ideapad Z510 - a 15-inch laptop from the middle price segment, which is positioned as a model "for daily recreation", "mobile entertainment center."Price of the device is really a pleasant feeling and an average of 30 000 (20 000 to 40 000 depending on the configuration).Let's see whether the model is so good in fact, as promised by marketers.
Appearance: Disguise ultrabook
Ultrabooks successfully win back positions in other species of laptops since 2011.Light and thin, stylish - they are popular with users at a glance.Of course, a powerful gaming station in the 1.1-1.8 kg is not appropriate, but the general direction of the designers have tried to keep in the design of Lenovo Ideapad Z510.And they succeeded.
Yes, the model is no different, "harmony": shell thickness reaches 27 mm without feet, but it looks quite elegant at the same time, something resembling a book closed because of the peculiarities of design edge.Weight "booklets" is 2.2 kg - not so much, but in the bag and backpack will definitely be felt as fragile girl and does can be hard.
design can be called practical matt surface of the body does not collect fingerprints and traces of other contaminants, though not spectacular detail is amazing - a whole leaves a pleasant impression of a good device.
few words about the assembly: squeaks and there is no backlash, but in the area of the screen housing a little flex when pressed and cause distortions in the image that some owners do not like and caused negative reviews.Lenovo Ideapad Z510 deserved a firm "Quartet" for the design and quality of workmanship.
game?Screen and sound performance
model found in different versions, there are more low cost options with a resolution of 1366x768, there are more expensive to Full HD, 1920x1080.TN-matrix slightly distorts the color reproduction and has high contrast.Matte finish allows you to comfortably work at a laptop and on a sunny day.
But the sound of Lenovo Ideapad Z510 proved to be really good: speakers by JBL is comparable in quality with inexpensive speakers costing up to 2,000 rubles.It's a pleasure: an extra equipment you can save.
Now comes the most interesting part - filling.This Lenovo laptop comes with Intel's fourth-generation Haswell, made by HM 22 process technology, - Core i3, i5 or i7, which provides performance sufficient for most purposes.The amount of RAM is 4, 6 or 8 GB;Hard drive - 500 GB or 1 TB, in some configurations, there are models with SSD-cache.But most importantly for the "game" models - the presence of a discrete graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M (2GB): its performance is enough to run the latest games at medium settings.
Well, with the entertainment features of the laptop all in order and watch a movie and listen to music in comfort, and play product - with all the tasks laptop will cope without any problems.
Ease of use: interfaces, keyboard, touchpad
notebook is equipped with three connectors USB: 2 ports 3.0 and 1 port version 2.0 - a reasonable compromise, allowing the user to provide a comfortable working without an overpayment for unnecessary functions.Recall that USB 3.0 is 10 times faster than 2.0, and, in addition, these ports can feed the devices due to the increased current strength (900 mA, compared with 500 mA) so that when dealing with external drives the difference is quite noticeable and the possibilityto charge, say, a smartphone when connected to a laptop, too, will not be superfluous.At the same time, for an old stick or bluetooth-mouse with the receiver would be enough and USB 2.0.
two video outputs: one standard and already ubiquitous HDMI and outdated VGA.Yet hardly a complete set of such excess, because the laptop is rarely used solely for games and for work or learning tasks VGA-out periodically is needed - for example, for a presentation.
Network RJ-45 connector provides an information transfer 100 Mbit / s.Its presence is almost does not cause problems ... Well, except one: why not gigabit?
Built-reader does not possess the versatility and able to read two formats of memory cards: SD and MMC.However, for the majority of digital cameras that will be enough, but there are a microSD adapter.
DVD-drive is available, read the BluRay-discs have a recording function - all as it should be, no complaints.
Audio combined headphone and microphone.
touchpad is standard, it can often be found on modern notebook models: pleasant to the touch, multi-touch and gesture support.
Chiclet keyboard is convenient: a small keystroke allows you to comfortably typing large amounts of text, and a separate numeric keypad will delight people, often working with numbers.The presence of the backlight depending on the model, is determined from the icon on the Space key.
Mobile entertainment?Battery life
Yes, Lenovo Ideapad Z510 certainly fits the definition of "entertainment center", but with no luck mobility: about 4 hours at light load (reading books, surfing the internet) and 1-1.5 hours at maximum (inmodern games) astounding result can not be called.
Well, to paraphrase a well-known principle, we can say this: "Performance, autonomy, the price - choose 2 of 3".Sufficient performance + low price = modest autonomy.
Conclusions
| Arguments "FOR" | Arguments "AGAINST" |
| + discrete graphics + nice design + excellent sound + VGA-port | - modest autonomy - no support for Gigabit Ethernet |
model from Lenovo turned out quite interesting and balanced, a niche market Ideapad Z510 exactly takes, and perhaps could even oust other Lenovo laptops, the prices of which are in the same range.
As you can see, the pros still more than the minuses.Solve consumer.
