Lenovo has made its own reputation is the laptop market where ACER, ASUS,HP, DELL are dominating with launching some great laptops in the market.Today we take a look at Lenovo Idea-pad v470 laptop.Lenovo IdeaPad V470 is an ideal choice for users who want a budget-conscious notebook with both home and office features. It's equipped with a second-generation Intel dual-core processor, 4GB of RAM, Intel HD graphics, and an HDMI port.V470's modern, austere design. Its lid is brushed aluminum bordered up top by a thin strip of silver plastic. A slightly raised and textured silver Lenovo logo sits just below the strip in the top left corner. Inside, the deck is draped with the same brushed aluminum as the lid, giving it a sturdy feel. The glossy black display bezel and matte black keys help break up the aluminum, while the orange function icons.Lenovo IdeaPad V470 has a myriad of customisation options, going up to the face-melting Intel Core i7-2630QM which is code for "stupidly fast laptop" as well as other things like 8GB RAM and a 1TB hard drive. The unit we got was armed with an Intel Core i5-2540M @ 2.6Ghz, 4GB RAM, 300GB Hard Drive and NVIDIA GT525M + Intel HD 3000 graphics; It's not going to be a gaming laptop by a longshot, but it will be just fine for the run-of-the-mill user. IdeaPad V470 keeps that tradition alive and well with its Accutype chiclet-style keyboard. The slightly concave keys were responsive and provided excellent feedback, and their spacing helped reduce errors caused by accidental input. While some keys are undersized--including the Backspace and right Shift key--this didn't impact our typing experience.When we used the Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor, we managed to type an average of 73 words per minute with no errors, which is actually five more words per minute than we usually type using our desktop keyboard. The palm rest isn't terribly comfortable, but that's to be expected when the deck is covered in brushed aluminum.V470, and most importantly, it works nearly as crisply (ThinkPad fans might find an ever-so-subtle difference). Some may prefer it more, since it doesn't have the annoying red-rubber trackpoint that sits like a doorstop between the G, H and B keys on most ThinkPads. One letdown: this keyboard isn't backlit. Another: a right-side column of page up/down keys cramps access to the Enter/Shift keys.The V470's touch pad is small. Very small. Discrete buttons underneath do the job, but the whole experience is several years off-base from the trend of larger multitouch touch pads we've seen on an increasing basis. Old-laptop traditionalists will be pleased. Others, like myself, will be annoyed. Two-finger gestures are nearly impossible to pull off.A fingerprint reader comes standard, located off to the right of the touch pad. This is part of a preinstalled Lenovo security software suite. The fingerprint reader's primarily used for password protection; the other software services include hard drive encryption, although these are features you could easily acquire as software on another laptop. There's no vPro security hardware here, unlike on ThinkPads.Lenovo Ideapad V470 has a great port selection; above average for its price range. Even though it doesn't have USB 3.0, it has a total of four USB 2.0 ports, along with a 6-in-1 memory card reader, VGA, HDMI, eSATA, separate headphone and mic jacks, and an optical drive with CD-RW/DVD-RW/DVD-Multi capabilities. The memory card reader is compatible with SD, SDHC, MMC, MS, MS Pro, and xD-Picture memory cards. The V470 also has a fingerprint reader.V470 doesn't last very long on a charge. During Battery Test the IdeaPad's six-cell battery ran for 325 minutes which is a good but not as good as expected form this notebook. Overall its looking good.
Lets run some tests on it………
- Sleek Aluminium Design.
- Good Keyboard.
- Good Display at this price.
- Nice Audio Quality.
- Slow HDD.
- Low Performance.
- Limited multitouch.
- Short battery life.
- No USB 3.0.
