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Lenovo IdeaPad U300S

Based on 32 reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

15
Average:

10
Bad:

5

Pros

Great looks.
Keyboard works a treat.
Provides all the benefits of an ultrabook.
Thin and light.
Strong Core i7 performance.
Bump-resistant SSD.
Long battery life.
Aluminum chassis.
Surprising audio fidelity.
Good keyboard.
WiDi.

Cons

Too much flexibility on the screen's hinges.
Battery life could have been better.
No SD card slot.
Too expensive.
Port selection is only basic.
Sealed battery.
Keyboard not back-lit.
Sharp edges.

By TechEye on June 25, 2012

8/10. Overall the IdeaPad U300s is an attractive laptop which, despite some minor niggles, mixes great portability with impressive performance. Share this Intel Ultrabook head-to-head: HP Folio 13 vs Lenovo U300s HP Folio 13 review Acer Aspire 5538G...

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By TechEye on June 25, 2012

As Intel’s Ultrabook kick into full throttle as partners gear up for the release of a new wave of Ivy Bridge based devices TechEye took the time to have a look at how some of the initial wave of ultraportables have fared.Intel set itself a mammoth...

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By RegHardware on May 12, 2012

Product round-up It took a little while for the production lines to get going, but the first few months of 2012 have seen super-slim Ultrabooks completely outnumbering every other type of desktop or laptop PC coming our way. Intel’s tight definition...

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By laptops.reviewed.com on May 11, 2012

The Lenovo Ideapad U300s is something of a departure for the company. Their previous laptops had mostly been the sleek black slabs of their corporate Thinkpad range, which harks back to when IBM made them. The Ideapad U300s is very different from them,...

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By RegHardware on April 30, 2012

Once you've tried the IdeaPad U300s, you won't want to use any other computer... says one of Lenovo's Beijing-based engineers as part of the slick advertising for this smart Ultrabook. I don't happen to agree - well, I'd be nuts if I...

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By TechSmart.co.za on April 16, 2012

The IdeaPad U300s is the first ultrabook offering from the world’s second largest PC manufacturer. Does it crack a TechSmart nod? In short, yes. We are particularly fond of the Lenovo’s design, with its sleek brushed aluminium shell hiding a...

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By TopTenREVIEWS on April 11, 2012

Slim and light, the IdeaPad U300s offers long battery life and quick processing speeds, but it isn't as good the top products in our...

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By InfoWorld on March 31, 2012

If you're looking for a Windows laptop that looks like a MacBook Air, you've come to the right place. These systems are fast and full-featured, yet slim, light, and generally long on battery life. A few even sport solid-state drives, and some...

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By itreviews.com on March 28, 2012

There's no shortage of great looking Ultrabooks on the market, with the likes of the Toshiba Z830 and Asus ZenBook UX31 also vying for your attention. But there is something a bit different about the Lenovo U300s. It feels slightly less indulgent...

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By HotHardware on March 15, 2012

The Lenovo IdeaPad U300s scored fairly well in all of our standard benchmark suites, but did come up a little short in a couple of areas, due to its single channel DDR3 memory configuration. Storage subsystem performance testing showed the machine...

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