Lenovo IdeaPad Y530

74

Good

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Pros
Awesome audio output
Good power/performance ratio
Cons
Annoyingly Glossy screen
Needs better DVD playback software

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Performance: Fair: 66
Features: Good: 74
Design: Very Good: 83

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
Adobe Photoshop CS2	530
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX	411
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering	777
Battery Life (Video Playback in hh:mm)	3:13:47 AM
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	46.67
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, High, 1024 by 768	16.47
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, High, 800 by 600	23.9
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Normal, 1024 by 768	17.27
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Normal, 800 by 600	24.9
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	68.44
Firefox 2	307
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1	375
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0	264
Multitasking	392
Nero 7 Ultra Edition	693
Number of Included Batteries	1
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5	248
Unreal Tournament 3, Highest, 1024 by 768	18.08
Unreal Tournament 3, Highest, 800 by 600	23.91
Unreal Tournament 3, Medium, 1024 by 768	20.24
Unreal Tournament 3, Medium, 800 by 600	25.99
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0	331
WorldBench 6 Score	82
WorldBench 6 Word Score	Good

What You Should Know about the IdeaPad Y530

Multitask and Not Bog Down

The more memory a PC has, the faster your programs run and the more windows you can work in simultaneously. Equipped with memory between 1GB and 3GB, this laptop should be able to handle just about any task you can throw at it without bogging down too much. For instance, if you're a multitasker and you'd like to burn a music CD in one window while watching your favorite DVD movie (for the umpteenth time) in another--while flipping between your inbox and your browser to work on your blog during the movie's boring parts--this laptop can manage it all without a hiccup.

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News, Reviews, How-To's about IdeaPad Y530

Lenovo's Y530 is an All Rounder for Work and Play Though the Y530 can't run modern games at a screaming pace, it still packs a decent amount of power for its sub-$1000 price tag.