Item Details

Lenovo Ideapad U-450p 14-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)

(10 Customer Reviews)

Price: not available

 

Technical Details

• 1.3GHz Intel ULV Processor
• 3GB (204-Pin) DDR3 SO-DIMM Memory
• 250GB 5400RPM Serial ATA Hard Drive, DVDRW Drive
• 14" (1366x768) 16:9 LED Display, Intel GMA 4500M Graphics
• Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit, Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life

 

Product Details

Product Weight: 4.62 pounds

Shipping Weight: 9.30 pounds

Model: 3389-2BU

Manufacturer: Lenovo

Sales Rank: 772

 

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Customer Reviews

Amazing,
by E. LeBlanc, 2010-06-06

My new lenovo was delivered two days ago and so far it has been amazing. I did a ton of research on this laptop and found little cons but many pros. I would say this laptop is for a first time user to an everyday business person. It has a little something for everyone. The six hour battery life is a major plus considering my old laptop only gave me three at most. The only only real con I believe is the screen size but thats only because I had a bigger screen before but the lightwieght design covered that. So if your thinking of getting this I would say go for it. Sure there's better laptops such as hp,dell,toshiba, etc but this so far as done everything my old toshiba has done+. Oh and windows 7 is amazing.

 

Glossy screens are horrible.,
by Mark Twain, 2010-04-10

Pro: HDMI port. General construction fine, not noisy. Power brick relatively small.
Cons: GLOSSY screen uncomfortable to read text/documents.

Wish it had a pointing stick. I don't want to pay a $1000 premium for a pointing stick. Face recognition takes too many resources to start up (say 4-5 seconds before it starts scanning). If you type over 25 WPM it's much faster to just type in your password.

Would be perfect if it was matte and had a pointing stick.

 

Great for its market,
by Leonid M, 2010-02-16

First of all, I would like to point out that the laptop is incredibly lite weight and it's quite sturdy.

-- Intel SU4100 consumes only 10 watts at its max. Fast enough for what I do on my laptop. I am student by the way, so portability what came to my mind.
-- Intel GMA4500 and GS45 are enough for me. Watch few movies here and there. GS45 consumes 12 watts at its max.
-- 250GB HDD Western Digital. Not the best, but surf its purpose. It constantly goes into power saving mode and parks the R/W heads. Creates like a whisper noise. Not audible at all.
-- Keyboard is what makes this laptop to stand out even further. Lenovo claim it's an ergonomic keyboard and lenovo were right. It is very comfortable to type and I make fewer mistakes compared to my previous 15.6" laptop.
-- The design on this laptop is absolutely stunning and is not a finger print magnet. It has this checker design on the lid of the laptop and it's beveled which means it has some sort of depth to it.
-- The speakers on this laptop are actually very loud compared to my previous 15.6" laptop

Cons
-- I would have wanted this laptop with Intel 5100 agn + BT 2.1, but I suppose I am asking too much for its price.
-- Came with Windows 7 Home Prem 32 bit, I would have preferred the 64 bit edition, but I immediately erased it and installed 64 bit edition of Win 7.
-- Comes with few bloatware which are removable.
-- The lid does have bit of flex when pressed from the top
-- DDR3 RAM is clocked @ 400mhz because RAM is ½ of FSB with GS45 chipset. Its not an issue as memory benchmarks have shown very little difference between DDR2 and DDR3 RAM, hence it will improve battery life. (Tom's HW)

[Other Thoughts]
-- I performed various tests which stress both CPU and GS45(GPU + memory controller) and I/O (ICH9-M) for certain time and surprisingly SU4100 stayed well below 60C and the total consumption of this laptop stayed below 30watts.(measured using "Kill A Watt" meter)

-- I also want to point out that this laptop is nearly silent even under full load. In fact, while surfing web, listening to music etc, the only thing I can hear is the Hard Drive spinning.

-- I found that once the CPU temp reaches 50C the fan turns ON, but it's almost non-audible. I could sleep with that kind of noise. I would compare it say someone breathing through their nose lightly that is how quiet the fan is under full load.

-- This laptop also includes DVD/CD RW which not many thin laptops have these days.

--Overall, I am very satisfied with this very thin/lite weight laptop and would recommend this laptop to students and people who adore quiet and thin laptops.

 

A Great PC with Average ULV Battery Life,
by A. Hewitt, 2010-02-04

So, I did extensive research on the ulv-class laptops from Asus, Acer, Toshiba, and Lenovo. My main goal was to buy a mid-range ($500-700) culv laptop with Windows 7 to tide me over until the release of the Asus UL80-JT (I3 CULV with automatic switchable graphic cards and 12 hours of battery life), which won't be released until later in the year.

What I got was exactly that. The reviews complained mostly about the Lenovo customer service, which I have not dealt with personally. However, I have heard that Lenovo's customer service isn't *that* bad and it is a smaller company than HP or Dell (you and your laptop will actually end up worse for the wear after dealing with their customer service). No one's customer service can ever compete with the quality Asus customer service, and I was sad that the price point on the Asus ul30 and ul80 moved back up to around $850 on Amazon and that they were sold out on most other websites, but so it goes.

So, onto the Lenovo, it has a sleek look and you will never have a fingerprint problem. The keyboard is the most ergonomically designed keyboard I have seen on a thin and light laptop and it has the greatest feel to it. The laptop does not feel flimsy at all and seems pretty sturdy all around. It comes with a CD/DVD drive, which is great, since most of the other thin and lights have eliminated an optical drive in favor of weight.

The veriface log-in is a cool added feature.

The screen has really good resolution and the laptop comes with a really decent graphics card. The one obvious drawback to this is that it takes a toll on the battery life. Now, I've moved from a normal laptop getting 2 hours of battery life at the most, so I am enjoying the added battery life. However, it is not as good as some of the other culv laptops. I get about 4 hours and 15 minutes on average depending on what I am doing. This is again, great compared to the regular lithium ion batteried-laptops, but it seems pretty average for the culv class laptops with Acer boasting 9 hours and Asus boasting 12 hours. (Asus doesn't get 12 hours but instead close to 9, but that still rates above the Lenovo). So, I ultimately find myself a bit annoyed when I have to plug the Lenovo in.

The laptop runs cool and quietly and with no real noticeable fan noise.

I think the only con on this laptop is the battery life AS COMPARED to other laptops in its class. Overall, however, I am happy with the purchase and would recommend it to people who are looking to get a less expensive culv laptop, because it ultimately has a better price point than its competitors.Lenovo Ideapad U-450p 14-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)

 

the Ideapad,
by Hannah, 2010-02-01

I really like this computer but I did have to call technical support in order to get it connected to the internet, the system came locked, so that was a bit of a pain, but its been working great since then.