However, we foresee many gamers gravitating toward the notebook as a more portable solution than the massive 17-inch monsters currently on the market. It was also enough to top the UX51Vz and Inspiron 15R SE's respective times of 4:59 and 5:04.Ĭreative professionals could easily put the Lenovo IdeaPad Y500's dual Nvidia GT 650M GPUs with 2GB of VRAM each to good use for heavy-duty multimedia editing and creation. That's 1 minute and 37 seconds faster than the 5:57 average. The Inspiron 15R SE performed slightly better with 31.4MBps, but the UX51Vz decimated the competition, scoring 238MBps.ĭuring the OpenOffice Spreadsheet Macro test, the Y500 paired 20,000 names with their matching addresses in 4 minutes and 20 seconds. That's a transfer rate of 23MBps, which falls short of the 41MBps category average. On the File Transfer Test, the Y500 duplicated 4.97GB of multimedia files in 3 minutes and 46 seconds. The UX51Vz's 256GB SSD won the race, booting Windows 8 in a swift 0:13. The Inspiron 15R SE's 1TB 5,400-rpm hard drive and 32GB SSD loaded Windows Home Premium 7 in 0:41.
The Y500's 1TB 5,400-rpm hard drive and 16GB SSD booted Windows 8 in 19 seconds, much faster than the 0:44 average. The Dell Inspiron 15R SE and ASUS Zenbook UX51Vz-DH71, both of which have 2.1-GHz quad-core Intel Core i7-3612QM processors, scored 10,155 and 9,970 respectively. When we ran Geekbench, the Y500 delivered a blistering 11,508, roasting the 6,564 mainstream average. It blew through our real-world tests, easily streaming an episode of "Breaking Bad" on Netflix while running a full system scan with 12 open tabs in Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. However, the sharpness left much to be desired, as the weave pattern of our sweater was barely distinguishable.Ĭlick to EnlargeThanks to its 2.4-GHz quad-core Intel Core i7-3630QM CPU and 16GB of RAM, the Lenovo Y500 is a mobile powerhouse. The color accuracy was spot on in both natural and fluorescent light settings. The 1 megapixel camera captures stills and video in 720p with CyberLink YouCam 4. The space between the G and H keys was a hot 104 degrees with the bottom measuring 88 degrees. When we played "Batman: Arkham City" for 15 minutes, the touchpad measured 92 degrees. The space between the G and H keys was slightly warmer at 92 while the notebook's underside measured a rather cool 84 degrees. That's a few degrees shy of our 95 degree comfort threshold. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog," the touchpad measured 90 degrees Fahrenheit. We found that the Y500 ran a little hot under the collar. MORE: Laptop Buying Guide 2013: 8 Essential Tips Both corners behaved as expected, but had slightly mushy feedback. Click to EnlargeThe bottom corners of the touchpad acted as our right and left mouse buttons.
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