Lenovo IdeaPad Y510p 59390909 15.6-Inch Laptop (Dusk Black) Review

Customer Ratings:

This thing is a beast! It will play all the latest games and do daily task without breaking a sweat! If you are looking at getting the Y510p make sure you get this model, it has everything you need.

Pros:

Fast!

I7 processor

Sleek metal design

Matte 1080p screen

Decent webcam

Backlit keyboard with 2 different levels.

Stylish

Cons:

Runs a bit hot

Touchpad is a disaster

Fingerprint magnet(impossible to remove them too)

The ultrabay GPU's are still not on the market.

Slow 5400 rpm hdd(really is the only cause for slowdown on this laptop)

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Good Stuff:

Fast

Renders games at full settings on full HD surprisingly well

Keyboard

Bad stuff:

Frequent wi-fi disconnections with any router/card configuration. Deal breaker.

Video playback is disappointing

Cranky trackpad

Actual battery life is around 2 hours

In summary a good high performance laptop for the price, if mobility is not a requirement and LAN is acceptable.

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The laptop is utter crap when it comes to usability, you may stop researching this model now and concentrate on some other make/model. Major issues are: Horrible wireless, Heavy, thick, susceptible to scratches and it runs hot.

The BIGGEST issue is the utterly craptastic Intel N-2230 wireless card and a bios which whitelists hardware so you can't just go out, buy a better wifi card and replace it on your own. Crap hardware AND a whitelist, what could possibly go right? The card WILL NOT connect to the 3 different wireless routers after it wakes up from sleep or hibernation the Linksys E4500, the Verizon FIOS router or an old Belkin. Our 2 iphones, 2 ipads, a PS3, Roku, Apple TV, 1 Dell Laptop, 1 Macbook Pro and the original Wii have zero issues connecting to our wireless network. Without wireless connectivity this laptop is just useless for work which we try to do on this machine.

The heft is enormous and, in my mind, unforgivable in current technological environment where everything is slimmer, faster, cooler. This is easily twice as thick as my 2013 macbook pro from work. This laptop could also be easily used as a room heater in colder regions and a food fryer in warmer ones it actually has a giant side vent through which copper fins, the size of mini skyscrapers, are visible.

The outer skin is very prone to scuffs, is a fingerprint magnet and scratches easily. We had quite a few scratches after a few days of light careful use I cannot explain how light and careful use can scratch the outer surface but one way to find out is buy this beast and find out for yourself.

All in all an expensive chunk of nothing. There should be wayy better machines available at this price point including the much more stable Yoga which our 10 year old has.