4.3lbs w/battery

Product Description


Time for a new notebook? Jealous of your friends enjoying the freedom only a portable, wireless notebook can provide? We've been working overtime to create our latest line of IdeaPad notebooks so you can turn those wishes into reality. A good balance of strong performance and a lighter form factor and optimized for HD. Elegant styling paired with sensible features and energy efficient graphics technology so you can look and work like a pro.

The IdeaPad U330 is the perfect stylish, sleek, lightweight notebook with the performance of a full sized notebook for students, travelers and everyone else who only wants to carry a notebook less than 4.5 pounds. You get a Core 2 Duo processor with 3GB of RAM with an impressive 250GB hard drive that only weighs only 4.3 pounds and is 1.1 inches high. The IdeaPad U330, an ultraportable 13.3-inch widescreen "frameless" glossy display with LED backlighting provides colorful images and a bright screen for making on the go presentations or just viewing precious family photos. Ideal for highly mobile users, the powerful notebook provides extensive computing time for up to 5.5 hours with the standard battery. Lenovo has equipped the U330 with a Shuttle Key, touch-sensitive media controls, Dolby® Home Theater sound and Active Protection System, an air bag-like device that parks the hard drive to help protect data during a fall. The IdeaPad U330 notebook also includes switchable graphics, which enables you to use the energy efficient Intel graphics while on battery power and then switch to ATI graphics for more powerful performance when you need extra graphics power.

Specifications
13.3 WXGA (1280 x 800) LED backlit VibrantView Display. Built-in 1.3 Megapixel Webcamera with Microphone. DVD+-R/RW Drive with Dual Layer. Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500MHD Graphics. ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 with 256MB Dedicated Graphics Memory. Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN. 802.11a/b/g/n. Integrated Bluetooth. Intel 10/100 Ethernet LAN. ExpressCard 34 Slot. 6-in-1 Memory Card Adaptor. (MS, MS Pro, SD, SD Elite Pro, xD, MMC) Ports - 2 x USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, Headphone out; Microphone-in, VGA, HDMI, RJ-45 Approximate Unit Dimensions - 12.5 (W) x 9.4 (D) x 1.1 (H) Approximate Unit Weight - 4.3 Pounds

Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology


Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology is Intel’s best performing-notebook technology. It provides breakthrough mobile computing performance with advanced wireless connectivity and exclusive power management features designed for longer battery life.
Intel Centrino 2 processor technology features include:

• Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo processor with advanced dual-core responsiveness for multi-program multitasking
  
• Exclusive energy efficiency features to keep you unplugged longer
• Optimized wireless capabilities that provide up to 2X greater range and up to 5X better Wi-Fi performance. [Up to 2x greater range and up to 5x better performance (compared to 802.11a/g) with Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology-enabled notebooks. Actual results may vary based on your specific hardware, connection rate, site conditions, and software configurations. See www.intel.com/performance/mobile/wireless/index.htm for more information. Wireless N standard currently not available in all countries. Check with your PC and access point manufacturer for details.]
  

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Product Description
C2DS-P7350/3G/250GB

Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
Some of the previous reviews are frankly asinine. Any objective evaluation of this notebook will show you that this is a state-of-the-art 13.3 inch notebook. It has SWITCHABLE graphics, an LED screen DDR 3 ram, and the latest Centrino 2 processor. On top of that, it weighs under 4.5 pounds, which makes it both lighter AND more powerful (when using ATI graphics instead of the integrated) than the 13.3 inch aluminum Macbooks. Best of all, because of the switchable GPU, you don't sacrifice battery life to get performance. When you're on the road, use the Intel chipset and you'll get a realistic 4+ hours of wireless usage. This is without a doubt, the best value proposition in 13.3 inch laptop market. This isn't to say this notebook is without it's flaws. Ergonomically, this laptop is top-notch quality. The typing experience is far more comfortable than the keyboard on the Macbook and Vaio's. But design wise, this computer is a lot like a business laptop than a sleek sexy consumer laptop. It's black all-around, very professional but not exactly an eye catcher like the aluminum Macbook or the Dell XPS m1330 and the carbon fiber Vaio's. In my opinion, that's the biggest negative on this notebook, it's design simply isn't as good as other 13.3 inch consumer laptops like the aforementioned Macbook and XPS m1330. (Of course, those are considerably more expensive as well.) I realize that design is often subjective and some people like this business look more than flashy aesthetics, but again, this is a CONSUMER notebook not a business oriented ThinkPad. As for customer service, I won't lie, Lenovo's 1-800 tech support is really really really terrible. Just atrocious. But if you skip those guys and go through Mark Hopkins at the Lenovo forum he'll really help you out. That guy is the best. If you notebook is somehow not perfect on arrival he's arranged to have a Lenovo ship you a new one BEFORE you send yours back so there's no downtime for warranty repair. Keep these things in mind if you're looking for a 13.3 inch portable notebook without sacrificing battery life or performance.

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