Sunday, January 4, 2009

3. Lenovo IdeaPad Y730 - 40523EU




This 17" (1920x1200) offering from Lenovo gives you plenty of power for gaming or multimedia. It runs Windows Vista Ultimate and wields an Intel Core 2 Extreme X9100 3.06GHz with 4GB DDR3 RAM, which means it can do almost anything you'd want it to. Given those spectacular specs it's a slight letdown to have merely a single 320GB 5400RPM HDD, but the ATI Mobility Radeon 3650 512MB GPU is fine, and the whole package together is still very impressive. It also features a Blu-ray drive as well as Bluetooth and WiFi. The weight isn't bad for such a powerful laptop at 8.05lbs, although it's still quite heavy, and while Lenovo doesn't rate the 6-cell battery we would guess it'll net you between 2-3 hours. The list price for this item is $3499, although it's currently marked down to a more affordable $3199. We're not sure if this is a selling point or not, but we felt we should mention the cover is a glossy orange.............link

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