Lenovo IdeaPad U460 is optimized for mobile

With a luxurious design with a thickness of only 2.5 cm and 1.7kg weight, IdeaPad U460 is aimed at users who often have to move.

The latest 14-inch U-series model from Lenovo, but the U460 version sold in Vietnam does not use Core i ULV low-voltage processor, but instead is the new Pentium chip that makes the device more affordable. than. Lenovo IdeaPad U460 also features some other trendy features such as facial recognition webcam, fingerprint security, light sensor and especially ultra-light body.

Lenovo IdeaPad U460

Trial version, Lenovo U460 equipped with LED screen size WXGA 14.1 inch standard resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels with hardware configuration including Intel Pentium P6000 processor speed of 1.86 GHz memory L2 Cache 3MB cache, 2GB DDR3 RAM memory, Intel GMA HD integrated graphics chip, 320GB hard drive. The machine has no optical drive attached.

IdeaPad U460 weighs only about 1.7 kg with 8 cell battery included and preinstalled with Windows 7 Home Basic 64 bits operating system and sold at reference price VND 13,690,000 (excluding VAT).

Advantages
- Nice design with light and slim design.
- Keyboard with convenient extra number keys, large navigation key.
- Possessing fashionable features such as face detection, light sensor, fingerprint security.
- Good battery life.

Defect
- No optical drive.
- No multimedia shortcuts.
- Performance is not impressive.

Here are some summaries, detailed reviews of this model

Part 1: Design, keyboard, touchpad

Design

Small vein design with luxurious groove.

Design of the main advantage and most noticeable in IdeaPad U460. This model has an approximate thickness of 2.5 cm and weighs 1.7 kg. It even feels lighter than the original look when holding. The outer surface of the U460 is decorated with luxurious subtle patterns but there are small grooves in the groove so it does not save fingerprints.

The inside of the machine is made of a glossy aluminum case with small grooves in the groove, creating a characteristic of this model.

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U460 is fully equipped with the necessary connection ports such as HMDI and eSATA, though, to reduce the weight and increase the thinness for the machine, the manufacturer had to remove the optical drive, making the user inconvenient. In some cases.

Keyboard, touchpad

The U series has a lot of other changes in design but the keyboard has almost no change with the slightly curved keys designed below making a difference. The keys have good bounce, but the low level of settlement will make it a bit difficult for the user to get used to. Another advantage of this keyboard is the large navigation keys, with additional number keys arranged in parallel as ThinkPad, so it is easy for those who often have to do room work.

Aspire 4741G has a good keyboard.

The U460 touchpad is quite responsive, because the design with small dots makes it easy to use. However, this design has the disadvantage of being easy to get dirty and must be cleaned regularly. The touchpad of the machine supports multi-touch, the test shows that this operation is quite smooth.

The mouse key seems to be in the same situation as other IdealPad series when the settlement is slightly deep and makes it difficult to use.

Part 2: Screen , performance

Screen

Lenovo IdeaPad U460 is equipped with 14-inch LED backlight with a resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels with WXGA standard, 16: 9 ratio. Observing the test shows that the image display is quite sharp and clear, although still glossy, especially when used outdoors and when displaying images with dark colors like most other mirror screens.

The angle of view on both sides of the camera is quite good, when testing at an angle of about 50-60 degrees from the perpendicular angle, the eye can still observe the images and text on the screen with almost no color. change. Meanwhile, if you look from the bottom up, the image is often darkened quite clearly.

Performance performance

Lenovo IdeaPad U460 tested with hardware configuration including Intel Pentium P6000 processor with 1.86 GHz speed of 3MB of L2 Cache, 2GB of DDR3 RAM, Intel GMA HD integrated graphics chip with 64MB of VRAM, hard drive with 320GB capacity.

Scoring with Windows Experience Index system.

With hardware like this, this model achieved 3.9 points (get the low score clicked due to graphics capabilities for Windows Aero) when dotted with Windows Experience Index system on Windows 7 Home Basic (64bit). On a scale of detail, the processor reached 5.4 points, RAM memory was 5.5 points while the graphics capability was 3.9 points and game graphics reached 4.8 points.

The device achieved 1,256 points with 3DMark06.

Meanwhile, if using the 3DMark06 grading program to test the graphics power, U460 only achieved 1,256 points. This is understandable because it only uses Intel GMA HD integrated graphics chip and is higher than the average of 1,000 points on non-graphics card laptops. If using PCMark Vantage program (table used for 64 bits operating system) to evaluate the overall machine, the U460 achieved 3,678 points with detailed points as shown below.

Overall scoring machine with PCMark Vantage program.

When testing playing some games that required average graphics like PES2010, the machine could only play at the lowest setting "Low" and the speed was stable at 40 frames per second.

Test results of hard drive with HD Tune Pro 4.5 program.

Testing file compression with Winrar with an .exe file with 416MB capacity requires an average time of 8 minutes 2 seconds. Testing the copying of similar capacity files between different partitions this time averaged about 6 minutes 14 seconds.

Part 3: Heat dissipation, battery life, sound

Radiators

IdeaPad U460 uses radiator fan located on the left side of the machine, when running normal applications such as surfing the web or watching movies, the fan also starts to run and radiate heat to see quite clearly in this position. Meanwhile, the left areas of the keyboard and the touchpad are slightly warm, but at acceptable levels. However, heating up at the bottom will make the user experience a little difficulty in manipulating, working with the machine on the lap.

Battery life

IdeaPad U460 features an 8-cell battery with 63 Wh capacity. To fully charge this battery pack while still using the machine the user needs about 2.5 hours.

Experiment only chat, surf the web and use office applications, do not listen to music and do not open the speakerphone, turn on Wi-Fi, screen brightness at 90%, the machine for quite impressive use time, about 3 hours 40 minutes. When running the Mark Vantage PC test application, the screen brightness was around 90% and then continued to be used to surf the web and listen to music, it still gave good battery life with about 3 hours.

Sound

IdeaPad speaker system is arranged on the lower surface near the front edge of the machine. This set of speakers gives very good sound quality even though the volume is not large, just enough to hear in the room more than 20m2.

Bass and especially treble sound are clear, clear, suitable for personal entertainment.

Part 4: Compare with some other models

Compare with models of the same price range .

ModelLenovo U460Aspire Timeline X 4820THP Pavilion dv4ASUS A52JR-SX103 Screen14 inch14 inch14 inch14 inchRAM2GB DDR32GB DDR34GB DDR32GB DDR3Card Graphics Intel HD GraphicsIntel HD GraphicsIntel GMA 4500MHDATI Radeon Mobility HD 5470 Hard Drive320 GB320 GB500GB320GPort connect 3 USB 2.0 ports, card reader, eSATA, VGA, HDMI connected 3 USB 2.0 ports, card reader, eSATA, VGA, HDMI. 3 USB 2.0 ports, card reader, VGA, HDMI2 USB 2.0 port, eSATA / USB combo, card reader, VGA, HDMI3 USB port, 2.0, eSATA / USB combo card reader, VGA, HDM Heavyweight1,7 kg2,2 kg2,36 kg2,62 kg