Product Description
The Lenovo Ideapad U410. An Ultra Slim and Stylish Notebook at an Ultra Affordable Price. The stylish yet inexpensive IdeaPad U410 untra notebook combines a super-slim design with ultra responsive technologies 3rd gen Intel Core i3 processor, 500GB hard drive plus a 24GB SSD drive for faster boot up and access. Plus, the U410 has an extended battery life of up to 9hrs.
| List Price: | $729.99 |
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #933 in Personal Computers
- Color: Graphite Grey
- Brand: Lenovo
- Model: 59351634
- Released on: 2012-10-26
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .83" h x 9.20" w x 13.50" l, 4.10 pounds
- CPU: Core i3-3217U 1.8 GHz
- Memory: 8GB DIMM
- Hard Disk: 1024GB
- Processors: 2
- Display size: 14
Features
- Intel Core i3-3217U 1.8 GHz (3 MB Cache)
- 4 GB DIMM
- 500 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive, 24 GB Solid-State Drive
- 14.0-Inch Screen, NVIDIA 610M
- Windows 8, 8-hour battery life
Amazon.com
| ULTRA SMART. ULTRA AFFORDABLE. ULTRABOOKTM. Whether you're making a statement with its stylish design or making progress with its responsive technology, this Ultrabook™ from Lenovo is mobile enough to go wherever you want, powerful enough to do whatever you want, and dependable enough to use whenever you want. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
3 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
By C
I purchased this laptop as a Christmas present for one of my family members. I have always been under the impression that Lenovo made really good laptops, and I think that the hardware on this particular model lives up to that reputation. However, the software side is what really disappointed me to no end - Not just because of Lenovo, but also Microsoft.
Before I begin, be fore warned that Lenovo put a whole lot of bloat-ware on this machine. Plus there are like 6 different partitions, which is ridiculous. Just to test it out, I tried using the laptop before making any modifications, but it was really slow and clunky to use. Needless to say, it was a mess and would be a burden to use as is. It makes me wonder how many PC users out there ever experience how smooth and fast a stock Windows 8 machine really is when there is absolutely no bloat-ware getting in the way... It's my opinion that these manufacturers ruin the Windows experience and are primarily responsible for the bad rep that Windows gets...
The first thing that I always do when I buy a new laptop or desktop is to wipe the hard drive and re-install Windows (You will need Windows OEM discs to do this). Since this laptop comes with Windows 8 core installed, I had went ahead and purchased an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro because of the low price (which I had downloaded the install disc from MS). So I went ahead and wiped the HD, and proceeded to install Windows 8 pro... Only, I had encountered an error during the installation that prevented me from completing the install. And this is the part that you should pay attention to - When Windows 8 comes pre-installed on a laptop, know that THE SOFTWARE KEY IS EMBEDDED IN THE BIOS. Meaning, if you purchase a laptop with Windows 8 core edition, the only way that you can upgrade the laptop to Pro or Ultimate is through the control panel to the "get more features with a new edition of Windows...". Microsoft's reasoning behind this is to make piracy more difficult. To me, as a system builder, it just adds an annoying step. So no more of the good ole' days when you could just simply wipe out a machine and reinstall whatever version of Windows you like on it, as long as you had a valid key.
Honestly, I had to jump through a lot of hoops to get this laptop going. Since I had already wiped out everything on the hard drive, I had to purchase the factory discs from Lenovo to reinstall Windows.
And after two sets, neither worked. Lenovo's tech support is awful, and they weren't any help. Plus, they are obviously located in India (which doesn't bother me because they were nice people, but they really had a hard time with English). Despite my aching wallet at this point, I then went ahead and purchased an OEM Windows 8 core disc. With that, I was able to re-install Windows on the laptop (which, because the product key is embedded in the bios, it was never asked for during the install). Once I got a clean install of Windows 8 core up and running, I tried multiple times to use the Windows 8 Pro key that I had previously purchased, within the "add features..." in control panel. Despite my efforts, I was never able to upgrade the version of Windows 8 from core to pro. I spent may hours on the phone with Microsoft, but they were no help. So finally, I just said screw it. At least it has a clean version of Windows 8 installed...
In the end, the laptop now runs a clean, bloat-free version of Windows 8 and has turned out to be a pretty good laptop. The only problem that I have run into now is that the touchpad driver will sometimes just stop working which will require a reboot to get it working correctly again. I will also note that this laptop comes with a 24GB SSD and a standard HD. The SSD is pretty much useless. However, if you want to upgrade the standard HD to a better SSD, you can do so very easily. The bottom cover comes off pretty easily, and there is a video on youtube on how to do so. You can also upgrade the memory easily.
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