14 DAY TRIAL // Now that summer is in full bloom, all hardware makers and PC suppliers are getting ready for another wave of product releases. Some of said companies are, in fact, already taking steps towards becoming the first to unveil new inventions. Lenovo isn't exactly among them, since the latest developments on its side don't really involve a great deal of novelty. Instead, the company has finally begun to ship a certain ultra-mobile computer that it formally revealed about two months ago.
The device in question goes by the name of IdeaPad U460 and is a 14-inch ultraportable laptop based on Intel's now well known Calpella platform. Like all of its type, this machine aims to strike a suitable balance between mobility, performance and, just as importantly, battery life. Nevertheless, consumer preferences vary, so the PC maker decided it was suitable if two versions of the U460 came out at once.
The cheaper model has a price tag of $799 and has, at its heart, the Intel Core i3-350M central processing unit. This chip has a clock speed of 2.26Ghz and is backed up by 4GB of RAM. No discrete GPU is present, which means that the Intel GMA HD integrated graphics will have full reign over the LED-backlit screen, whose resolution is of 1366 x 768 pixels. As for storage, a hard disk drive provides a capacity of 500GB. The second model is roughly $150 more expensive (has a price tag of $949), since it boasts the more competent Intel Core i5-450M CPU (2.40GHz) and the NVIDIA GeForce 305M discrete graphics.
Both versions of the Lenovo IdeaPad U460 come with the obligatory WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, LAN and even less common features such as a fingerprint reader. Finally, their maker threw in an 8-cell battery and the Microsoft Windows 7 Home premium 64 bit operating system.