Lenovo Corporation is actively working on laptops, entry-level segment. At this, the most massive and therefore the most competitive segment, Lenovo is for two families in the line of IdeaPad – B and G – with lots of configuration options from simple to quite advanced in two varieties of shells, respectively. By the way, the family G is positioned as a more affordable and universal. The latest addition to the family – Lenovo IdeaPad G565A1 model has a maximum equipment (some of the basic details of which have a manufacturer directly in the title). In deliberately utilitarian, plain, black plastic casing with a minimum of decorative trim system is hidden from the quad-core AMD Phenom II N930 and video of the mean potential of ATI, as well as a capacious hard drive to 500 GB.

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad G565A1-N933G500B

Technology develops rapidly, making high-performance components more accessible. As a result, a configuration that even a year ago would fall to the media class, now occupies a stable place among entry-level solutions. Budget laptops are now becoming more and more versatile in the various tasks, and only a simple design but the price tag to show us their positioning. But do not stand still and vendor whose system requirements is also steadily rising. In this review we will see how adequate Lenovo IdeaPad G565A1-N933G500B problems of the moment, and what its real purpose.
Review and test Lenovo IdeaPad G565A1-N933G500B. Specifications and equipment
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The notebook is packed into the narrow box of conventional gray cardboard with a proprietary pattern-style series IdeaPad. Its design is unusual for a 15-inch laptop – side, and, in our opinion, fairly comfortable and safe. Adapter and power cord inserted without packages, placed at the top of the box. Well, if the economy – as in all things.

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As for the kit, it can hardly be called poor, but rather the opposite. In the usual spirit, Lenovo has accompanied its creation IdeaPad G565A1-N933G500B a wide range of publications, including the warranty card (on plain white paper), a memo by setting (visual, well-illustrated booklet tricolor), User Manual v1.0 (for models with 14 ” and 15 “screens), Recommendations for safety, and general information v1.0. Also, there are three drive-one with your Windows 7 Home Basic, a driver disk, and another – with the distributions pre-installed software. In general, the traditional Lenovo for a rich, comprehensive equipment in a modest way.

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AC adapter is a compact, narrow, nearly square in cross section of the box, the usual series G565, with duct tape to bind the cable. On the outside there is light and logo. Battery subjectively lightweight, and has, in general, a standard capacity of 48 Wh.

Specifications IdeaPad G565A1 listed in the table below:

Processor: AMD Phenom II Quad-Core N930, Champlain (2000 MHz)
Bus: 3600 MT / s 2MB cache Level 2
Memory: 3072 MB DDR3-1066MHz
Display: 15.6 “, Mirror (Glare), LED backlit
Resolution: 1366×768 (HD)
Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470, 1024 1277 MB
Sound Card: Intel High-Definition Audio
Hard Drive: 500GB (5400 rpm), SATA
CD drive: DVD ± RW (DL)
Communication: LAN 10/100
Wireless communication: Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
Ports: 3xUSB 2.0 (including a combined USB 2.0 + eSATA), Kensington security, Line-out, Mic-in, VGA
Expansion Slots: Card Reader (SD / MMC / MS / Pro / xD)
Additional devices: Camera (0.3 MP)
Input Devices: Keyboard Windows, Touch tablet Touch Pad
Battery: Lithium-Ion, 4400 mAh (up to 3.0 hours)
Weight: 2.48 kg
Color: Black
Keyboard color: Black
Case (L x W x H): 377x252x38 mm
Software: MS Windows 7 Home Basic (64-bit)
Warranty: 1 year manufacturer’s warranty
The computing subsystem built on laptop CPU AMD Phenom II Quad-Core N930. Despite the presence of four physical cores, it is one of the most powerful mobile AMD made on an outdated, 45-nm process technology, has no comparable technology Intel’ovskimi automatic overclocking the clock speed and multithreading, which is why it can be attributed only to the middle class . In support processor 3 GB of memory standard, modern DDDR3, which can be considered optimal for the disclosure of high-speed abilities CPU. The board has only 2 slots for memory modules, and they’re both busy bars from Samsung, at 1 and 2 GB respectively.

Working with graphics takes a discrete graphics card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470. This is a modern product of Canadian vendor, recently passed under the control of AMD, is middle-class and widely used in multimedia and gaming notebooks, entry-level stations. Technologically, this card supports DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 and OpenGL 3.2.

Video card is perfect for multimedia. The use of video technology Avivo HD and UVD (Unified Video Decoder) opens up the possibility of the second generation full bit-stream decoding formats H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and VC-1. In addition, card processing allows the video card directly in the nucleus, thereby relieving the CPU, with a “picture-in-picture.”

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad G565A1-N933G500B open optical drive tray

Performs the function of storage bulky hard drive to 500 GB of Western Digital (model WDC WD5000BEVT-24A0RT0). That’s a lot for a budget laptop, even by the standards of 2011, but it is the flagship series of G. Instead, the rotation speed lags behind the peak, making 5400 revolutions per minute. Optical disk drive production LG Electronics – the standard multiprivod that can read and write CD and DVD, including double-layer DVD.

A set of ports and expansion slots corresponds to the initial class, there is a port-speed data transfer eSATA (concurrently acting as one of the three USB). Supports wireless networks in conventional notebook Bluetooth protocols and Wi-Fi. Built-in camera has only a basic 0.3 megapixel resolution.

In the analysis of the configuration can be concluded that the system focuses on performance: the CPU and graphics accelerator correspond to the middle class of mobile computers, provide a wide range of multimedia and gaming have a certain potential. Selects the laptop in its class and a capacious hard drive. On the other hand, fitting a laptop, communications capabilities, remain within the initial segment.

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