subject: Lenovo Ideapad Z460 Review [print this page] If the ideapad Y series because of association strong configuration familiar to people, then there is strict control of the budget for the rational consumer, the price will be more satisfactory to note that Lenovo ideapad Z series, and it is this ideapad Z460 excellent price series of a notebook computer.
Select the promotional period in the summer market Z460, as if destined to push the entertainment-oriented features, while the price of 5,000 yuan, looked around many consumers made up my mind, it is this same emphasis on branding, product performance and overall purchase price of the rational model, Lenovo introduced this incentive value for money notebook.
ideapad Z460 design
Lenovo ideapad Z460 equipped with Intel Core i3 350M graphics processor with nVidia GeForce310m, combined with a variety of software to enhance their effectiveness, their performance quite exciting. As standard with Lenovo's performance management software, Z460's power will be intelligent computation based on your adjusted automatically, while also reducing power consumption to extend battery life, sense.
Lenovo ideapad Z460 with 14-inch mold, black as the main colors of the body, using the popular piano effect and HP Imprint technique, C face with brushed metal panel with "chocolate" floating keyboard, coupled with the overall sound design , stylish highlights. As the home entertainment is the main push the relationship, ideapad Z 460 travel weight of 2.598kg (with battery and power adapter), the portability look slightly bulky. However, relatively good performance of the screen brightness, temperature control is also very good.
Lenovo ideapad Z460's piano effect surface and similar products, easily contaminated with fingerprints or stains, but the A side of the mirror effect is still making the whole product of the extraordinary qualities seem, at the corner of the smooth handling for Z460 color in the dark state of the body , remains an active movement.
Piano border with mirror screen with quite stylish, but the reflection is inevitable, in some lighting conditions the complex environment, the visual effect of the screen will be some impact.
Use the sunken shaft of the Z460, a strong sense of the whole keyboard area, plus all the 120 open angle, making the activities of both hands on the visual area was relatively large. The shaft is moderate damping effect so that the user can open only one hand or closed roof, giving the impression that it is convenient.
1.3 million pixel camera with built-in microphone of the classic combination, so that users can always Z460 online video chat or video games, in the summer time will be more fun.
Z460's use of the popular chocolate floating keyboard, using both the ThinkPad notebook series can be seen in some of the ergonomic key design. The traditional flat keyboard with different keys, Z460 has all the buttons down the surface of the semi-arc depression, curvature of the fingers of ordinary people just can accommodate the front. This design is very novel, but does not affect users who use the traditional keyboard, a few minutes enough to know key features. As the large gap between the keys, key-way medium, combined with matte-style button surface, keyboard feel very comfortable. And the gap is very small floor with keys, the keyboard is easier to clean.
Lenovo ideapad Z460's body is integrated touchpad design, and through the frosted effect of treatment, due to the plane of the palm rest below the touchpad, users can easily feel the touch area. But this metal touch pad rather hard, did not feel very smooth to use.
Legend's style continues shortcut key design, Z460 and Lenovo notebooks, like the other series, can be simple and easy to mute, turn on audio and video playback, processor performance and power mode switching etc, very convenient and practical.
ideapad Z460 interface layout
Lenovo ideapad Z460 provides users with a fairly mainstream interface configuration, the left side of the fuselage with RJ45 network cable port, VGA video interface, independent USB2.0 interface, eSATA, HDMI interface and a ExpressCard34 slot. Wireless network switch in front of the fuselage on the left, users can quickly turn on or off the wireless network. The card reader was designed in the right position in front of the fuselage.
In the right side, the design of the DVD burner position, so the interface is relatively small, only one set of audio input and output interface, USB2.0 interface and a separate power connector. Configuration from the interface point of view, Lenovo ideapad Z460 satisfy most home users in their daily work and entertainment needs, or can. But for gamers, or other USB device more users, slightly less than the number of interfaces.
Lenovo ideapad Z460 larger space inside the fuselage, in theory, would be more ideal thermal performance, the demolition of two baffle bottom of the fuselage, the user can hard drive, memory and wireless card to expand, upgrade. Since most of the core components are located in this region is also very easy to clean up the radiator, the durability of the books has been some improvement.
In the start button on the right is the Z460 one key recovery button. When the system close to collapse due to various reasons, can not operate even when the press of the button, Z460 immediately to restore the system automatically within a few minutes to intact, Trojan virus has plagued users of this function help, you can sit back and relax.
Z460 hardware configuration and performance analysis
In the hardware configuration, Intel Core i3 350M processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, WD320GB hard drive and GeForce 310M graphics Lenovo IdeaPad Z360 battery card with Lenovo ideapad Z460 have to adapt to the performance of mainstream applications.
Intel Core i3 350M processor clocked at 2.26GHz, the processor uses 32nm process technology, and support for dual-core processor, HT Technology, with dual-core four-thread processing capability, thermal design power TDP 35W.
Chipsets, HM55 to replace the PM55 as the new Core Duo processor intimate partners, the new HM55 chipset is in line with the built-in Intel graphics processing units and introduction of new processors, the processor can provide comprehensive support. Less the North Bridge chip, motherboard makers can design more compact, while the thin and light notebook, lightweight help.
In the graphics, Lenovo ideapad Z460 selected and i3 Lenovo IdeaPad Z360A-PSI battery with a very balanced nVidia GeForce 310M. 310M uses a more advanced 40nm process, than the previous generation 55nm products at lower heat, the frequency is greater room for improvement. With a common G105M notebook compared, 310M has 16 times higher than G105M2 stream processors, and floating point capability is nearly twice higher than the corresponding (73:38). Meanwhile 310M also support DX10.1, which also makes the latest Win7 operating system software to have more play space.
Z460 comes standard with a 11.1V/48Wh of lithium batteries, we mainly used BatteryMark software to simulate the daily production of other major office and multimedia applications to conduct a comprehensive assessment of endurance capacity.
In the test, we close the screensaver, sleep, and set the battery are the highest
performance and system modes, Lenovo ideapad Z460's battery power to 100% under the conditions provided for the user 173 minutes of battery life.
Bottom of the fuselage surface heating area and C the same, the same maximum temperature reached about 38 C, cooling air outlet position to reach 45 or more, so if the user uses the Z460 on the legs, there will be more obvious burning sensation . And positive temperature control compared to the thermal Lenovo Ideapad Y650 battery environment as the bottom surface is superior than C, it is best to use the Z460 on the table.
Overall, Z460 is a stylish impression with both notebook and performance, user-friendly design of the shortcut function keys, gives a comfortable, practical impression, mainstream hardware configuration and software support rich enough to meet the general user entertainment and daily operational needs.
