14 DAY TRIAL // Knowing how quickly the 3D trend was growing, even in spite of the much proclaimed disdain that end-users have for the bulky, square 3D glasses, Lenovo decided, earlier last month, to take steps to secure part of the 3D PC market. The means its choice at the time was a certain mobile PC part of the IdeaPad lineup. Now that time has passed, enough for the PC maker to put its plans in order, Lenovo has decided to finally start selling said machine.
The laptop that has begun to ship goes by the name of IdeaPad Y560d and is, basically, a high-end gaming and multimedia laptop with a display whose refresh rate is 120Hz, 60Hz for each eye. Granted, this capability comes at the price of a lower native resolution. To be more specific, the screen tops at 1366 x 768 pixels, instead of 1920 x 1080 pixels that many enthusiast products have.
That being said, the actual configuration is not to be frowned upon. At the center of it lies an Intel Core i7-720QM central processing unit, clocked at 1.60GHz. This chip is backed up by 4GB of RAM and is paired with the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 graphics card, whose amount of VRAM is 1GB. As for storage space, a hard disk drive confers 500GB upon the laptop, enough to meet the needs of any user. Other specifications include Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, a DVD writer, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, Bluetooth 2.1 and a 6-cell battery.
The Lenovo IdeaPad Y560d is pre-loaded with the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit operating system and carries a starting price tag of $1,500. It can be ordered via this page on the manufacturer's website. Those unwilling to part with such a large sum at once need not despair, of course, since cheaper versions (up to $300) should make their appearance soon.