Lenovo IdeaPad Y480: Core i5 3210M 2.50GHz, 14" LED-Backlit (1366x768), 6GB DDR3, 750GB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE, HDMI, USB 3.0, 6-Cell, Bluetooth, DVDRW, WiFi N, Webcam, Win
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Hows this compare to the Best Buy Dell deal?
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Great deal. I paid $100 more for a Dell 15R Special Edition Laptop using the 20% from this thread:
https://slickdeals.net/f/5250774-Save-up-to-25-at-Dell-Home-Outlet
I also have the E420 I...
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I'm typing this on my new thinkpad. I'm very satisfied, thanks OP!
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A backlit keyboard is a keyboard featuring LED lights underneath the keys. The benefit of them is they allow you to easily see your keys (without only relying on tactile feedback) in dark settings....
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The 640LE is definitely the better deal here, since it blows away the intel 4000
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No its not. Its chinese
Geesh get your facts straight before you post.
IBM sold their pc unit to lenovo in 2004
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going to wait for an alienware deal ;) thanks though op!
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You can also get the Y480 laptop originally posted in this thread with an i7-3610QM & 8 gigs of ram at Fry's for $699
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what is backlit and why it's so important 4 u?
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it has back lit keyboard at least the $599 one.
Keyboard AccuType Keyboard Backlit Keyboard
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This is the 640LE meaning limited edition not the 640M.
Having a dedicated video card is one more thing to go out.
They also run hotter and consume more battery.
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so the one with seemingly better specs here is really a lesser quality machine?
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can someone please translate this^ into english?? lol:confused:
and we have two machines here, please specify which we are on about...please
what if you're 40 and play games in the dark??...
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The graphics card that comes with this Y480 series of Lenovo laptops is a different/much weaker version than the 640M LE Nvidia normally makes.
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ok and I do know which we are speaking of, so please disregard my edit up there...thanks:wave:
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Good question, I don't think it does. Not sure why the Lenovo is even FP.
Ahh...the Lenovo is 14"...but still...not feeling FP here.
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Some good info on the GPU:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-640M-LE.72199.0.html
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this is more like it, almost double the CPU power of the laptop in the Op for $100 more, only drawback is if this model came with a iGPU instead of dGPU......
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This is not a Thinkpad. Ideapad construction is absolutely horrible. Just google about all the problems.
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Whenever I see no weight in the specs, it pisses me off.
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I wish it were standard that all new laptops came with Blu-ray r/Rw drive. I can't wait for Blu-ray to be as common as DVD drives
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What does that mean IBM support? from IBM? really?
My opinion, but nowaday, PC(laptop) is PC, no matter which brand/type, only the price matters... that's more of a personal use attitude, not for...
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Thanks for posting
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you forget about bloatware, thats a huge differentiater. HP and Dell (and others, these are the only two that I am familiar with) machines are so loaded with bloatware that when I get them I have to...
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Thinkpad Laptops are solid.
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I was about to pull the trigger on the same dell, but a bit hesitate just want to see if I can get even lower, or I should just go for the non-SE version with no discrete video card and no HD screen...
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Bought this a few days ago. Great specs for the price. The only thing I would do to improve it is replace the HD with an SSD.
Does anyone have info on the kind of SSD that would be compatible with...
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what is the difference between ideapad and thinkpad? Is it possible to find one with similar specs to the Y480 here but with a better battery life?
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Lenovo is IBM.
I'd say this is a warm deal, but not terribly slick. For this price, I'd like to see a 1080p screen. 1600x900 would be okay since it's 14in, but I couldn't stand a 1366x768
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I have a E420, Just be sure that you know that is isnt really a true Thinkpad if that is what you are looking for. It doesnt have a Ultrabay, or a roll cage, It has a chicklet keyboard, and some of...
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About to pull the trigger on this, just not sure if I should hold out for black Friday deals.......I love the Think Pad brand. I had one for 5 years until the outlet connection broke, then the whole...
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uhh, have you ever dealt with Lenovo's Ideapad support? You have to call at least 4 times to get someone that you can even communicate with. After 30 minutes with each, double the time b/c they...
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750GB HDD - most probably standard 2.5" 9.5mm drive.
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Much better graphic card. But the Y480 comes with Windows 7 Home, while the Thinkpad comes with Professional. So a little tit 4 tat.
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I'd be all over this if the keyboard had a numpad and yes, a slightly larger, higher resolution screen would be nice too.
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That was also a 15.6 in vs a 14 in. Thinkpad option vs Ideapad. Small things.
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lol ask someone who wants to game
Also why get i5? get i3 as i5 is an overkill for most use
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I finally created an account just to chime in on this laptop. While this laptop does have the geforce 640M LE, the Y480s have an extremely watered down version (96 shaders, 762 MHz, DDR3/GDDR5,...
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Unless you're 16 years old and play games in the dark, I don't see how a back-lit keyboard is necessary
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meh Id rather they do away with optical media in computers and give me extra space for that 2nd HDD and more USB slots, now that i have an external blu ray drive anyway......
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