Lenovo G550 laptop budget laptop designed for multimedia and entertainment needs. It seems like a solid and powerful laptop will result in significant power. The keyboard is a large, well-placed buttons. He is part of the number keys on the right too. The whole thing looks like this track too.
The lid is closed, the Lenovo is almost good enough. The fine-grain helps
ensure that the G550 in silver plastic looks a bit like the polished metal and curved edges initially not leave the square jawed Compare ThinkPad range. Tilting back the lid, however, and the thick and lump basic design to make the best ThinkPad look really slim.
The chassis design of the Lenovo IdeaPad range indication and flexible matte-black plastic used. Scratches and scuffs probably not an issue with this machine, and it will be more than strong enough for the whole family use, or life on the move.
Updated components of the G550 with easy access to panels, memory and CPU, the wireless card and hard drive at the bottom of the notebook. No component, such as the processor, the warranty is void if removed stickers, so it is very easy to use updates or revisions in the future.
The screen on this workhorse measures 15.6 ‘across. Presents resolution 1366 x 768 pixels. The graphics processor is working on the cheap laptop with Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD. High Definition Audio is also offered.
Always a big fan of Lenovo’s laptop keyboards are the durability and smoothness. This keyboard is no exception to the rule. The buttons are a good smooth travel and feedback. The dull light of the buttons feel good at your fingertips. There were also numberpad under the keyboard, which is very rare that these days, the notebook keyboard.
The touchpad on the other hand was not so impressive. The touchpad sensitivity on the lower side, and it’s a bit annoying that the movement of the cursor on the screen, the finger movement is indeed behind the touchpad. However, the keys are comfortable to press there was a nice click sound. Lenovo has at least shown a more favorable light.
The 2.2GHz dual-core processor enough to push the G550 before the finish line, the general application of 1.10 in our benchmarks, and the graphics front, Nvidia’s GeForce chip G210M powers Crysis respectable 36fps in our simple benchmark.
The laptop has USB, optical drive and a network connector on the right side and a Kensington lock slot, LAN, VGA, and two additional USB ports on the left. The wireless on / off switch, and headphone and microphone jacks are front and there is no dust on the back. We do not expect HDMI or FireWire ports from budget priced laptops, but at least one USB port is also expected in the 15-inch notebook. Still no Express Card Slot, or a memory card reader slots on it. I must say that the laptop is only the bare minimum, leaving the space port that is missing more.
All this power comes at a price, though. While the previous G550 has been little more than four hours in our battery test, this model only lasted for three hours and 20 minutes. It’s okay to use around the home, but a bit short of the journey and the poor, like other budget laptops.
Lenovo G550 Value Line data:
- Intel Pentium Dual-Core T4200 (2.00 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB) - Genuine Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (without SP1) – A brilliant 15.6 ‘16:9 (1366×768) – Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD – 3 GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM – 250GB Western Digital 5400rpm Hard Drive - SuperMulti DVD + /-RW optical – Broadcom WiFi (802.11b / g), 10/100 Ethernet, modem – 6-Cell 48WHr Battery 11.1V – Limited 1 year parts and labor – Dimensions: LxWxH, 14.9 x 9.6 x 1.4 ‘- Weight: 5 pounds 9.0 oz
