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Lenovo IdeaPad U350 - Sexy, Sleek Ideas

By Aloysius Low - 20 Aug 2009

Not So Ideal?

Not So Ideal?

In all honesty, the Lenovo IdeaPad U350 impressed us with its beautiful design, form factor and appeal. It certainly serves as a notice to other manufacturers that there's really no need to imitate Apple in order to succeed. The U350 also does well to stay away from the overly used glossy exterior design seen on other laptops, while the interior finish stayed classic and chic.

We do however wish Lenovo paid more attention to the keyboard which looked slightly out of place in terms of design. While there was quite a bit of flex upon using the keyboard, the typing feedback was a good one. The trackpad also needs some work as both its surface and the responsiveness which was lackluster and not up to Lenovo's usual standards. Battery life too wasn't up to our expectations, which we pinned the reason down to its less than optimal power optimization. Given a bigger battery, we're guessing the notebook will last much longer but that would add considerably to the bulk of the unit. Performance on the whole was satisfactory, matching up to what we can infer based on a similarly configured notebook.

Lastly, the Lenovo IdeaPad U350 does have an advantage of being extremely affordable with a starting retail price of US$699 (roughly S$1015) for the base model that's outfitted similar to our review unit. Note however, that this configuration is being sold in the US and might not be available locally. If you're lusting to get a Lenovo U350 in Singapore however, there are two configurations to choose from, one using an Intel Core 2 Solo SU3500 (1.4GHz) processor and another using an Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 (1.4GHz). The Core 2 Solo model should retail from a starting price of just $1199 and sounds competitive to our ears.

Overall, the IdeaPad U350 is a good notebook which could have been a great one had Lenovo paid more attention to details apart from design and performance.

The Lenovo IdeaPad U350, a sexy and slim notebook whose design hits just the right chords in our hearts.

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