Lenovo Ideapad Y500

omega44-xt

omega44-xt

Gear up ...
I got my laptop from Flipkart @ 64.5k . I’ve been using it since then.
Facebook discussion page for Y500 users in India
So let me start my short review……….
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Specifications
• 3rd gen Intel Core i7 3632QM(2.2GHz, turbo to 3.2GHz)
• 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM
• 1TB 5400RPM HDD
• 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GT650M
• 15.6” FullHD Display
• DVD Drive
• JBL speakers without subwoofer
• 2xUSB 3.0 ports & 1xUSB 2.0 (always on)
• Ultrabay

First Impression
The laptop looks great. When you turn it on, the red backlit keyboard is a real head turner. The top of the laptop has a good finish (prone to fingerprints though).
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The speaker grills also looks great (lighting would have made it “wow”)
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Touchpad has sufficient area considering the embedded left & right click (i.e the touch pad works even above click area)
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Bottom side of laptop has ambient cooling vents.
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Build Quality
The laptop’s build quality is great, no doubt about that. It’s rigid everywhere except the region around ultrabay, which bends a little if you pick the laptop up with two hands.

Keyboard
The keyboard is pretty comfortable for typing. It has bigger arrow keys too, not like many other laptops. The “SHIFT” & “Numpad 0” keys have been halved.

Touchpad
Touchpad was of ELAN but got it replaced with Synaptics after waiting for 2 weeks after the complaint was registered. Now no issues with it.

Display
Display is good. The colour levels & brightness are good & sufficient.

Speakers
Speakers have great sound & appreciable bass effects even without sub woofer(not as great as JBL in Samsung Series 5 but better than HP Beats audio with subwoofer)

Temperature
Highest temp achieved by my laptop:
CPU- 83 C
GPU- 78 C
Room temp. : 38 C
I was playing Ghost Recon Future Solider for 2 hours continuously

Battery Life
It doesn’t have NVIDIA Optimus, but remember that battery life is not pathetic.
Under light usage:4hrs approx.(document editing, using light apps & in flight mode)

In moderate usage:Battery Saving Mode-3hrs approx.. (Net surfing via WiFi, listening to music, watching FHD videos, etc)
(Once I watched a 2 hr movie with 50% brightness in battery saving mode. Battery was down from 100% to 38%)
High Performance Mode- 2hrs 15min (Net surfing via ethernet, watching videos, brightness 40%,flight mode off)

Under heavy load(like gaming), expected battery life is around 1hr 30min to 1hr 45 min.


Benchmarks
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3DMARK11 Basic Edition Results Here
Max. temp. 74 C till now......


Known Issues & Its Solutions
  • Touch Pad : Touchpad issues are faced by those laptops having ELAN touchpad only !! If unfortunately you got an ELAN touchpad then request Lenovo for a Synaptics touchpad.
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  • Keyboard : While typing if you have got something like this "ja1ds5kl;\" & touchpad getting hanged for few seconds or "q9ew-ruio" being entered while you type or getting ' while pressing numpad 6 or CAPSLOCK get's ON with find option is selected (Ctrl+f) and finding "8TY][" in there in Chrome, then just Turn Off "Always ON USB" from BIOS & get your ELAN touchpad replaced with Synaptics one(Ya, that one is also caused due to ELAN)(My keyboard was replaced by Lenovo but still problem exists )
 

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Gtb93

Gtb93

In the zone
No specific 'benchmark' required.
I just wanted to know how games run and on what setting, so whenever you play your collection of games, you could take a screenshot of the settings screen, with the highest config your laptop can handle.
 
OP
omega44-xt

omega44-xt

Gear up ...
Gtb93 said:
No specific 'benchmark' required.
I just wanted to know how games run and on what setting, so whenever you play your collection of games, you could take a screenshot of the settings screen, with the highest config your laptop can handle.
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OK...
 
mitraark

mitraark

Decrepit
Have you installed any of the current games ? 1 1/2 hours gaming time is really good.

Also, as Gtb93 mentioned, please post which games you played at what resolutio and what frame rates you're getting ( use FRAPS )
 
tkin

tkin

Back to school!!
Epic laptop man, if I didn't have a gaming rig, this would surely be my gaming fix :D :D
 
KyleSforza

KyleSforza

Banned
anupam_pb said:
Call of Duty Black Ops 2 runs fine in medium to high settings in 720p resolution. No heating issue like in Samsung Series 5(I played continuously for 1 hr)
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but S03 doesn't heat up, who said it does?

A gift for you, After playing Far Cry 3 for an hour and a half on Ultra on S03, no cooling pad used, just table :
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btw, it looks very bulky.

P.S. That backlit keyboard is the only advantage you got over Series 5. :p
 
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