
3 expert reviews - 0 user reviews
Follow
0
0
Want it
0
Have it
0
Had it
0
We have collected 3 reviews of the Lenovo IdeaPad U150. Experts rate Lenovo IdeaPad U150 7.3/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Lenovo IdeaPad U150 and Lenovo Netbooks.
We review Lenovo’s IdeaPad U150 and discover that it shines where many other netbooks fall short.Call it a netbook if you must, but Lenovo’s U150 shines where many that share the category name crumble and fail. With an 11.6-inch high-resolution display, dual-core processor and a keyboard fit for the novelist, Lenovo’s U150 stands as one of the most livable ultra-portables we’ve tested.One look at the Lenovo U150 and you might chalk it up to just another netbook. It has the size (about three quarters of an inch thick), and the weight (2.97 pounds) but not the specs. Inside this little guy, you’ll find an 11.6-inch LED-backlit screen with 1366 x 768 resolution, a 1.3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 320GB hard drive, and Intel’s GMA X4500 graphics.Of course, the extra hardware also prices it out of the typical $400 netbook range. As equipped, our review model runs $749, but a more basic model with 3GB RAM and a 280GB hard drive runs a more reasonable $649.Like all of Lenovo’s IdeaPad notebooks, the U150 comes dressed in bold, love-it-leave-it styling. The lid has been imprinted with a web of interconnected dots and lines – like a diagram of a mesh network torn out of a computer science textbook – that also carries over to a more subtle imprint on the inside wrist rest.
With the IdeaPad U150, Lenovo continues stepping gradually from the bookish land of ThinkPads into the world of cool ultraportables. Weighing less than 3 pounds, and stylish to boot, the U150 is an eye-catching little thing. Performance is right around the median for an ultraportable, and at $749, the pricing is a little bit higher than I'd like, but the U150 is so darned cool-looking that it just about justifies its cost with sheer style. The U150 ships with either a red or a black lid, both of which have a distinctive design laid into them. Check out the image gallery above to see how you feel about it--it's sort of an array of crystal lattice spiderwebs woven into each other. Lenovo refers to it as "Sky Star." I love it, but it's very distinct. You'll probably love it or hate it, and if you hate it, you'll be staring unhappily at it for a while. A silvery "Lenovo" label in one corner ensures that everyone knows your brand choice. On the interior, the screen's bezel is a shiny plastic setting that matches up with the top inch of the interior body. That is, the F keys and above are all a glossy black, while the rest of the keyboard area is a matte silver with the same Sky Star design as the exterior.
Lenovo's IdeaPad U150 joins a crowded market filled with low-cost, low-voltage 11.6-inch consumer notebooks and netbooks. At $749, this somewhat pricey machine stands out by virtue of its snazzy design and above-average battery life. Drawbacks like a mushy keyboard and warm temperatures keep it from leading the pack, but the U150 is one of the better ultraportables in its class. At 11.4 x 7.5 x 1.4 and 3.2 pounds, the IdeaPad U150 is larger than the 11.6-inch Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T (11.2 x 8.0 x 1.2 inches; 3.2-pounds), but lighter than both the Toshiba Satellite T115 (11.3 x 8.3 x 1.4 inches; 3.4 pounds) and the Dell Inspiron 11z (11.5 x 8.4 x 0.9 inches; 3.4 pounds). Only 0.5-inches at its thinnest point, the U150's six-cell battery juts out of the bottom, causing the chassis to stand at an angle and the thickness of the backside to balloon up to 1.4 inches. The IdeaPad U150's subtle design has some unique and attractive elements. The lid, which comes in either black or red, features a hard matte surface with subtle lines and a web pattern that reminds us of a DNA strand or series of atoms. The same pattern is etched into the plastic deck.