Manage to lay my hands on this lovely Lenovo Ideapad Y650. Thanks DK for letting me trying it out I’ve seen it at the Lenovo’s Bloggers Night (which I have not written about it, Oops). A quick plug about the review that DK has wrote… here.

I would say that the matt cover hit a very sweet spot with me, for it made the lenovo wordings stand out, and gives it a very classy finish. And the curves around the corners just add subtle elegance to the whole design. I like. To top it off, the orange trimmings around the Ideapad Y650 breaks the monotony of the Black surface.

With a whopping screen size of 16 inches, coupled with a Blu-ray drive, it’s no doubt that it’s meant to serve up some mean entertainment… coupled with JBL Speakers, as well as Dolby Surround Sound.

Gotta admit that the sound quality is great, and the screen’s display very crisp and nice graphics.

The Ideapad Y650 tends to heat up, and I would say that it’s perfectly normal to do so, even more so when one is utilizing heavily on the graphics, and multimedia.

But fear not… the little raised legs at the back of the Ideapad helps to dissipate the heat away, so as not to overheat the unit. What struck me was that the battery unit is quite small for such a huge machine.

The Ideapad series don’t come with a trackpoint, but all is not lost for trackpoint lovers… for there is a huge touch pad to make up for it.

The subtle tactile feel on it allows fine interactivity on it, and the same multi-touch function can be used on the Y650 as well as the S10. Though I lament the lack of control for multi-touch sensitivity…

The keyboard’s alright, but the layout of the keys towards the right made it even easier for me to make typo errors. It feels as if the whole keyboard has been squeezed. =X

Especially the Home, End, PgUp and PgDn buttons. Kudos to ease of volume controls… and the placement of the lovely speakers at each corner. It would have been great if the keyboard is shifted down slightly below the speakers. The layout as such meant that more room to rest the wrists, but I felt that my wrists were positioned in an awkward manner. It felt uncomfortable to type after a while.

The surroundings of the keyboard is glossy, but it ain’t as bad, for it don’t show up the fingerprints and such that quickly. Glad that the keyboard keys are matt. White and Orange combination makes it look very pretty though.

The Ideapad Y650 weighs in at approximately less than 2.5 kg, making it one of the lightest 16-inch laptops around. Not my kind of device for me to bring around on the move, but it makes a great entertaining gadget. Not to mention that big screens make designing work easier too.

My take on the Y650? I like it without a doubt, though it’s simply not possible for me to run around with a huge machine. Entertainment’s a punch on it, with the great sound quality, and of course, Blu-ray drive to unlock great content.

Apart from this Ideapad Y650, there is the 15 inch model the Y550, which is unfortunately not available in Singapore market, and the 14 inch model the Y450. Would love to lay my hands on the Ideapad Y450.

Nicole