Hands-on review: CES 2016: Lenovo ideapad Y900

Hands-on review: CES 2016: Lenovo ideapad Y900

By Kevin Lee

Hands-on review: CES 2016: Lenovo ideapad Y900

While Lenovo might be better known for its enterprise notebooks and business workstations, the Beijing-based computer company also has an impressive fleet of thin gaming laptops. Now with the ideapad Y900, is venturing into the world of hardcore gaming with its most fully-loaded gaming notebook yet.

The Lenovo ideapad Y900 comes as a 1.41-inch (36mm) thick laptop featuring a 17.3-inch FHD screen. Tucked inside, the gaming laptop comes loaded with the top-end mobile components from both Intel and Nvidia all at a starting price of $1,099 (about £745, AU$1,506).

Lenovo ideapad Y900 review

In the pursuit of taking on gaming giants like Alienware and Origin, the ideapad Y900 is equipped with overclockable HK- and HQ-series Intel Skylake mobile processors and an Nvidia GTX 980 with up to 8GB of video memory. On top of this users will be able to load up their system with up to 512GB of SSD and a 1TB hybrid drive, as well as 64GB of DDR4 memory.

Aside from the beefy, the Y900 has plenty going for it in terms of gamer appeal. The keyboard is springy and feels extremely satisfying thanks to its mechanical switches. It also features a completely customizable backlit keyboard, down …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac

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