Lenovo Z570 10243WU 15.6-Inch Laptop (Grey Metal)
The Lenovo Z570 10243WU is a good 15inch entertainment oriented laptop. It can handle all your HD content along with some moderate gaming action. Its size gives it decent portability and screen size. It has a widescreen aspect radio, which makes it perfect for watching movies. It also comes with video oriented features such as WiDi and HDMI out for enjoying your movies, videos, photos and games on a larger screen.
Powered by an Intel second-generation Core i5-240M processor coupled with 4GB of DDR3 RAM, it gives you the power to do a lot of multi-tasking. It is also powerful enough to run applications that demand a lot of processing power such as Photoshop and audio editing and creating software. If you are in to graphics design or audio processing, you will still get a good mileage out of this laptop.
Features & Specifications: -
- 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-2410M processor
- Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
- Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Windows® 7, with RapidBoot technology
- 15.6″ HD widescreen (1366×768)
- Integrated Intel® HD 3000 Graphics
- 4GB DDR3 memory, 750GB HD
- Integrated Bluetooth® & high-speed 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
- Integrated DVD reader/writer
- USB 2.0, eSATA connectors & 5-in-1 card-reader
- Integrated 0.3M webcam for clearer video chats
- 5.7 lbs
- Up to 5 hours (with 6-cell battery)
It comes with a 750GB SATA 5400 RPM HDD, which is enough space for most people to store their entire music, photo and document collections. However, if you are in the habit of collecting movies or store lots of high-resolution photos, you should invest in a large external HDD in addition to this laptop during your purchase.
The 15.6” HD display with a native resolution of 1366×768 is a widescreen display that has decent brightness and is good for movie and photo watching. It is also the perfect size for carrying around. The integrated webcam sits right on top of the screen and has a 0.3MP resolution.
The Lenovo Z570 10243WU comes with Intel Wireless Display or WiDi technology, reiterating its role as a mobile computer entertainment solution. This feature allows the laptop to wireless broadcast HD video and audio signals over to any devices that accepts HDMI input. To complete the setup, you will need to use Netgear’s Push2TV Dongle that is specially made to be used with WiDi devices.
WiDi has excellent image quality and supports resolutions of up to 1080p. It has a range of about 10 meters (~32feet) and has no requirement for “line-of-sight”. This means that it can broadcast from over distance of 30feet and the laptop and the Push2TV dongle have no need to see each other. This makes for very flexible setups and screen sharing options. WiDi also has no visible lag, making it perfect for gaming (both local and online).
It comes with an integrated DVD RW drive, a USB 2.0/eSATA combo port, Wireless-N support (802.11b/g/n) and also a 5-in-1 card reader for the most common multimedia card formats.
The Lenovo Z570 10243WU has a slim-type profile with a brushed aluminum metallic dark grey finish on the lid and the top of the body has a glossy finish that mimics a brushed metallic finish. It features a full format keyboard with a numeric keypad squeezed in to it — a bonus for a lot of gamers and spreadsheet users. The keys are ergonomically designed and are chiclet style. It has dedicated buttons on top of the keyboard. The touchpad is set in a cut out pit and has a single bar type click button.
With a good price to performance ratio, most buyers are happy with their purchase. Users have put special emphasis on the good looks and the powerful processing and higher memory size.
