Priced under £600, the Lenovo IdeaPad G570 has an impressively strong set of specifications. Matching a Sandy Bridge Intel Core i5-2410M processor with 6GB of RAM and an AMD Radeon HD 6370M graphics card has certainly paid off in performance.
The Lenovo IdeaPad G570 achieved a WorldBench 6 score of 121 points, and went through the FEAR test with a frame rate of 34fps.
It isn’t all about brute force, either, as the Lenovo IdeaPad G570 is one of the more stylish models, with a charcoal-grey, brushed metal finish on the inside and a glossy back.
The Lenovo IdeaPad G570 is sturdily built and looks as if it could take a knock without too much damage. The keyboard is well-designed, featuring a numeric keypad to the right-hand side and all keys are a good size.
The trackpad is a little on the small side but is of good quality, supporting some multi-touch gestures and scrolling.
The screen is another plus point for the Lenovo IdeaPad G570. This glossy panel offers resonant colours and though we’d prefer to have seen a higher resolution than 1366 x 768 pixels to make the most of the Blu-ray drive that it sports, there aren’t many sub-£600 laptops around with a screen of this quality.
There are also few laptops at this price that offer 750GB of hard-drive storage, which should prove more than enough for most.
If you fancy splashing out on an external hard drive for backup – after all, you’ll have plenty of change from a grand if you opt for the Lenovo IdeaPad G570 – then invest in one that supports USB 3.0 so you can take advantage of the Lenovo IdeaPad G570’s USB 3.0 port. This sits among ethernet, VGA and HDMI, and two USB 2.0 ports.
A 64-bit version of Windows Home Premium is standard fare in this price range, and with a 2.5kg chassis and battery life of 307 minutes the Lenovo IdeaPad G570 strikes a balance between desktop replacement and portability very well.
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Malcolm Fry said: In short NO I tend to think that they produced a few with USB30 as a pilot or proto-type but only then used 20 for general production Apart from that one can find these particularly on Amazon although no longer produced exept in a lower spec as part of Lenovos Essential range One does need to be a little cautious as there seem to be numerous slightly different versions about sporting different chips and graphics
Don Davide DeGrec said: So is there actually any G570 laptop with this specs or notI couldnt find in lenovos site the same one with 30 USBThis is the only G570 similar to the review above httpwwwlenovocomproducts If you find the exact mdel of the G570 in tis review please inform meThanks
Malcolm Fry said: It appears Lenovo have dropped AMD graphics from 15 G570 still on 17 equivalent in favour of HD3000 They seem to be saying that latest Intel graphics is as good but is it One can still get the REVIEWED version although it takes some finding butnew version cheaper Question Is it worth spending extra for old version except for demanding gaming
Xabi17 said: So are they different products with the same model number
Radosław Jarecki said: They probably mistook E-sata with USB30
alina said: Here is my little user review if any are interested - I used a lot of time to pick my next notebookI have an Acer 5940G i7-720QM notebook baught last year for 777 Euro - by then - less than 12 months ago - rated as one of the fastest notebooks Just baught this Lenovo G570 i5-2410M at 450 GBP aprox 500 Euro The G570 is a little faster than the i7-720QM runs more cool a little slimmer better battry life a bit less noise from fan according to Windows rating faster access time for HDD Design and build is conservative solid and clean The HD 3000 graphics card is on par with mid-range dedicated graphics cards Many i5 are for some reason sold with a dedicated graphics card for example the Geforce G310 which is actually slower than the internal HD 3000 graphics card - so plain silly to chose a model with a dedicated graphics card unless you are a hard core gamer with higher power consumption more noise more heat and which very well may send your notebook to the trash can cause of melt down of the graphics cardButtom line is - this is a low budget notebook but with top specs I actualy prefer the G570 over the 5940G Unless you put high requirement on the graphics card for hard core gaming - this is more than sufficient for any user even user like me for data chrunshing Hope this is usefull
mikester95 said: i cant find a link to this exact model of laptop any suggestions