Tech Shout!

India will receive a latest gadget from Lenovo that is a “multimedia powerhouse” – the IdeaPad Y710 notebook PC.

The IdeaPad Y710 notebook PC is power packed notebook and promises to bring to life multimedia and gaming experiences.

“There is significant excitement globally for this product given its top notch specs. The IdeaPad Y710 will revolutionalize the market with its hot-swappable twin 160 GB hard drive that gives the user 320 GB of storage space. With the option of a dedicated Game Zone keyboard for gamers, the IdeaPad Y710 is definitely a multimedia powerhouse!” said Amar Babu, Managing Director, Lenovo, India.

The technical specifications of the IdeaPad Y710 notebook are:

17 inch monitor

1440 x 900 resolution

ATI Radeon Mobility HD 2600

512MB of memory

WLAN connectivity

VeriFace face recognition software to reduce the requirement of password for recognition

Integrated 1.3 megapixel camera

Dolby Home Theatre system with four speakers and a subwoofer

Optional Blu-ray DVD reader

Perfomance switch with Turbo mode for maximum power, Quiet mode for energy saving mode and CPU overclocking

320 GB hard drive with a speed of 5400rpm

Swappable twin hard drives

One Key Recovery

RAID function for greater levels of input/ output performance and data reliability

Ability to maintain mirror copies of the data on different drives for data security

Extended battery management feature to customize user-specific battery usage patterns

Selected models of the Lenovo IdeaPad Y710 are built to give a customizable gaming experience with the Game Zone functionality which is the highlight of the product. The Game Zone provides with enlarged directional buttons for enhanced game play, four user-customizable buttons and a secondary display showing system information such as CPU speed.

The IdeaPad Y710 boasts of frameless screens, touch-sensitive control smooth, blue, metallic finish, embellished with halo lighting, a super-thin bezel, accenting the top cover and backlit Lenovo logo.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y710 is priced in the range of Rs. 45,000 to 85000 and is available at Lenovo authorized storefronts.