Lenovo IdeaPad U260 08763BU 12.5-Inch Ultraportable Laptop (Mocha Brown)
- Intel Core i5 Processor 1.33GHz
- 4GB DDR3 RAM
- 320GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
- 12.5-Inch Screen
- Windows 7 Home Premium
The stunning Lenovo IdeaPad U260 notebook is the industry’s first 12.5″ ultraportable notebook. A unique blend of textures and materials, the notebook features a strong yet light one-piece magnesium-aluminum cover, smooth glass touchpad and soft, textured palm rest. Insight-driven engineering and attention to detail is evident in every feature of this stylish, Mocha Brown notebook. An island-style keyboard facilitates ease of typing, while the spill-resistant, Breathable Keyboard, an Intel Advanced Cooling technology, allows your PC to run cooler. The Lenovo IdeaPad U260delivers smart performance with the Intel CoreTM i5 ultra low voltage processor. What’s more, Lenovo Enhanced Experience for Windows 7 delivers faster boot up and shutdown, ri
List Price: $ 899.99
Price: $ 549.99
About Jhon Jabir
Nearly Perfect,
This is my first PC in almost a decade, so the fact that I even purchased it over a Mac in the first place speaks volumes about this little computer. I’ve owned it for a little over a month now, so I think it would be fair to say I can assess its tru value at this point. I was impressed by the specs, looks, and size, and for the price (including free xbox with amazon student deal) it really can’t be beat in the ultraportable market. I would recommend anyone considering a Sony, Apple, or Samsung ultraportable look into this model as well.I was looking for something this size and weight, with decent specs, but not a blazingly fast, top-of-the line performer. I’m used to the $2000 and up, upgraded Macbook Pros, so I know performance and reliability when I see it, and this thing meets my expectations and more.
Pros:
Perfect size and shape (same thickness and weight as 2010 Macbook Air)
Plenty fast and reliable (though not an i7, or 2011 MBA)
Great looks (I actually prefer the flat rounded-smooth shape and color instead of Macbook)
Very nice keys trackpad
Decent screen
Decent Webcam
Good software included (Good version of Windows 7 64-bit, Little bloatware)
Cons:
Keyboard not backlit (I still look at my keys sometimes, so typing in dark is hard)
No SD card slot (Not a dealbreaker obvuiously, but would have been nice)
Battery underwhelming (2.5 to 4 hours isn’t bad, but competitors are getting 9 from a charge)
Unless you are a superuser, and you need gaming on the go, or video and music editing, this will be more than enough for you. If you want to be doing very processor intensive tasks, then ultraportable probably isn’t your class anyway.
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|Light and good look, but a bit too slow,
Pro: Love the design, and the screen is amazing. Very light.
Con: Only two USB, intergrated battery – hope it will not die on me soon, no SD card slot, a bit slow in time even with a i5 processor
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|Great lightweight notebook BUT!!!,
got the Orange U260 …. 1st impression is that it is very lightweight, handy and the screen is very good. Speed is not exceptional but is adequate for its class. the keyboard felt really good and the system is really queit. I looked at the specs and was really good.
Here are the cons:
When I bought the system I read it could go up to 8gb! but the system I have only can stay at 4gb! it suppose to have 2 slots of memory! but after calling Lenova I found out that not all models have that! So! its a big Minus to me when I try to upgrade the memory .
Access to HD and memory is really difficult. since it is kind of a self contain unit and not able to change things out.
3rd issue is the battery cannot be easily change !have to pretty much strip the unit to get to it! if you do decide to have a spare! since the battery life on this unit is not impressive! rated at 4hr! but I am getting more like 3 hr max!
Overall! was a bit dissapointed with some of these items I mentioned! other than that! I loaded up Office 2007, Adobe Photoshop CS5, and even run some of my game well.
DaveC
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