The latest evolution in a line of affordable laptops is the
Idea Pad Y410p. The ‘p’ models historically denote a high performance version
and we’ve got that in spades here, along with a nice design and strong feature
set.
Lenovo has slowly yet surely gone from virtual unknown to a
top-tier PC manufacturer over the past few years. While the ThinkPad line
(purchased from IBM) gave them a foothold in the Western hemisphere, their
tireless push into mainstream markets has been paying off for them.
Lenovo IdeaPad Y410plaptop released just a couple weeks ago, the Y410p sports the new Intel Haswell
processors. In fact, it packs the powerful quad-core Core i7 chip into a
relatively slim 14-inch chassis. You also get the punchy Nvidia GeForce GT 750M
2GB graphics card, both standard on all Y410p models. You also get 8GB of RAM
and 1TB hard drives standard on all models.
One of the standout features of the new Y410p
and Y510p gaming laptops is a swappable optical drive, which can be replaced
with a second GPU. We saw a couple models offered last week with that option
included from the factory, hovering around the $1K mark with the rest of the configurations
pretty maxed out too. As of publication none of said models are available, but
we expect them to return eventually.
