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Lenovo Y300 (Core 2 Duo T5500 processor 1.66GHz; 1GB RAM)

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Feb 25, 2008

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: light weight, screen clarity, battery life, ruggedness
Cons: mousepad, gets very hot, fan-noise, lousy speakers
Opinion:
I was looking for the lightest "complete" laptop I could afford. Removable drives etc were not an option for me because I'd still have to lug them around in the bag. For this same reason, I actually took in to consideration the weight of the power supply and cables for each laptop I considered. The Y300 was by far the best value for money on that account. The next step up would have been at least US$500 more.

I've now been using this quite intensively for the last 11 months and its stood up to quite a lot of rough treatment. I don't toss it like a frisbee but neither am I overtly delicate in my handling, shoving it in and out of various bags, jogging it around in my backpack, using it everywhere from the beach to street cafes, to all over my house and office. Its been in very high ... Read more

leegc

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Good for the Price

Feb 5, 2008

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: Weight, size, battery life, noise control, price
Cons: Tacky plastic design, bundled sotware
Opinion:
While it's nowhere near as light and compact as a MacBook Air, the Y300/310 is nonetheless quite trim for a 13" notebook. Made entirely of tacky plastic, the Y300/310 looks and feels like a toy. It's many chrome buttons and those huge orange mulitimedia buttons hack right back to the 1960s and 70s. Sony VAIO this Lenovo is certainly NOT!

Despite it's aesthetics the Y300/310 is still very well assembled together. You won't find any panels that squeak or give way when pressed. The slot-in DVD writer does away the traditional CD trays and would probably last a bit longer. Don't expect it to survive a fall though as the Y300/310 would quite possibly shatter like glass! There's no rollcage like the Thinkpads do and the lack of water spillways means you'll have to be extra cautious when drinking liquids around the notebook.

The few bundled Lenovo software like the Shuttle is a poor copy of the ... Read more

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small and light

Jun 30, 2007

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: 13.1 inch, dvd-rw, bluetooth, webcam, infrared and all the powerful features needed today.
Cons: if only it was window vista home premium.
Opinion:
a happy user of the lenovo y300. all the features that i need are all built in it. =D

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