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Lenovo G570 M51BPUK review

Our Rating :
Price when reviewed : £499
inc VAT

A Blu-ray drive and tons of RAM makes this £500 laptop a good buy, but there are better deals if you don’t need to play HD movies

Specifications

15.6 in 1,366×768 display, 2.4kg, 2.5GHz Intel Core i5-2450M, 6.00GB RAM, 750GB disk, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

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The G570 M51BPUK is extremely well made and looks classy, too, having a rich brown-black colour scheme, a glossy lid and a brushed metal interior. The keyboard’s slightly indented keys make touch-typing easy, although their widely spaced layout may take some getting used to. There’s a full numeric keypad on the right, too. The touchpad is positioned below the spacebar, which means that it’s off-set. We caught it with the edge of our hands a couple of times at first, but the large wrist rest gives you plenty of space for your hands, which means it’s harder to move the cursor accidentally.

Lenovo G570 M51BPUK

With a battery life of over five hours, the M51BPUK is neither conspicuously good nor particularly poor in that respect, but Acer’s award-winning Aspire V3- 571 is similarly specified and has a long lasting battery. Unless you need a Blu-ray drive, the Acer Aspire V3-571 is a better buy.

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Basic Specifications

Rating ***
Processor Intel Core i5-2450M
Processor clock speed 2.5GHz
Memory 6.00GB
Memory slots 2
Memory slots free 0
Maximum memory 16GB
Size 34x376x346mm
Weight 2.4kg
Sound Intel HD Audio
Pointing device touchpad

Display

Viewable size 15.6 in
Native resolution 1,366×768
Graphics Processor AMD Radeon HD 6370M
Graphics/video ports HDMI, VGA
Graphics Memory 1,024MB

Storage

Total storage capacity 750GB
Optical drive type DVD+/-RW +/-DL BD-ROM

Ports and Expansion

USB ports 4
Bluetooth yes
Wired network ports 1x 10/100
Wireless networking support 802.11n
PC Card slots none
Supported memory cards SDXC, MMC, Memory Stick Pro
Other ports 1x 3.5mm headphone output, 1x 3.5mm mic input

Miscellaneous

Carrying case No
Operating system Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Operating system restore option restore partition
Software included CyberLink PowerDVD 10
Optional extras none

Buying Information

Warranty one year RTB
Price £499
Details www.lenovo.co.uk
Supplier http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk

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