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The sleek finish of the lid makes it looking professional but it also attracts smudges.
Come to think of it: Lenovo has now a lightweight notebook with excellent battery life. That sounds pretty convincing considering that it is favorably sold at a starting rate of $949, we better qualify it. The IdeaPad U450p is one new product of Lenovo that was released in November 2009. This 4.6 pounds PC sports a 14 – inch display screen and various hardware and software applications that make its outstanding performance. It is also equipped with a two – layer DVD drive and an HDMI dock.
The 14 – inch screen has a LED backlighting and paired with a 1,366X768 resolution, this notebook creates good quality images with crisp and clean colors. The sleek screen attracts a great amount of light which makes it almost like a mirror. There is a wide viewing angle making it ideal for sharing space while watching movies.
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The shiny screen attracts plenty of reflections, making it like a mirror.
Standard ports are positioned at the front and sides of the chassis. They are the SD card/Memory stick slit, HDMI port, DVD RW drive and three standard USB ports.
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Plenty of ports are situated at the left and front.
The keyboard is quite spacious with plenty of room for the row of Function keys at the top and a buried button at the side that activates the OneKey Recovery application. A touch pad with the two big buttons is easy to operate and quite responsive.
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The keyboard is spacious and a relaxed feeling is experienced during use.
The en suite speakers produce quality audio output when played at a minimal volume. However, it became harsh and irritable when you try to level up the volume.
A 1.3 megapixel Webcam makes use of the VeriFace software for face recognition logging in mechanism. The 6 – cell Lithium ion battery can run up to a period of 3 hours when using it in intensive video streaming. But for ordinary and basic computing tasks, the battery can last up to 5 hours, which is a plus factor for people on the go.
The IdeaPad U450p is powered by 1.3GHz Core 2 Duo SU7300 processors with 4GB of DDR3 RAM which boosts its performance in terms of speed. There is also 64 bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium configured in the unit.
This lightweight notebook is one essential for every consumer who wants quality performance with long battery life. With its 1 year of limited warranty, you will always get the technical support24/7 and selected hardware replacement.
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