A True Multimedia Notebook. The Lenovo Ideapad Y550 is part of Lenovo's new line of revamped laptops. Its no secret that Lenovo has been making great business notebooks with the ThinkPad line for quite some time, but theyve never had anything that was for general and multimedia use. The Y550 is a multi-media mavens dream with many options that cater to them like Nvidia GFX and Dolby sound. The Ideapad Y550 also comes with a 15.6-inch widescreen display with 16:10 aspect ratio. It has a little bit of everything power, portability and a great price. The Y550 comes with a Intel Core 2 Duo processor but can be upgraded for an additional price to a Core i7 processor. The starting prices on the Y550 laptops are very nice to at $669. Specifications for the test Lenovo Ideapad Y550: Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6600 (2.20GHz 800MHz 2MBL2) Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit nVidia Geforce G 210M graphic card with 512MB memory 15.6 HD WLED Glossy, 1366*768 with 1.3M integrated Camera 4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz SODIMM Memory (2 Dimms) 320GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm SuperMulti DVD Recordable (Tray type) Intel WiFi Link 5100 1x2 (AGN) WLAN 6 Cell Lithium-Ion 2.6Ah 1Year Depot Warranty $804.99 Conclusion The Lenovo Ideapad Y550 is a good looking multi-media laptop with only a few places that need improvement. The heat and noise isn't too much and the performance is very good especially for a laptop that is under $900. The benefits of the discrete graphics are great it's not that expensive to upgrade on the Lenovo site. With some tinkering you can set yourself up a very nice Windows 7 laptop for under $1000 Pros: Lid design Performance to price ratio Comfortable touchpad and keyboard Cons: Needs more USB ports 1366x768 resolution screen