Lenovo IdeaPad U450p — A 14″ CULV Notebook

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Netbooks may have stolen the show for small and light devices, but don’t count out thin notebooks running on Intel’s Consumer Ultra Low Voltage platform. Lenovo continues to  jump into this market with a new IdeaPad notebook  now available for pre-order. SlashGear caught the U450p model,  available with either the SU2700 (1.3GHz, 800MHz FSB) or SU3500 (1.4GHz, 800MHz FSB) CPU paired with the Intel Integrated Graphics X4500.

This notebook appears to fit between a small, low powered netbook and a heavy but full-featured notebook, and weighs in at 4.62 pounds. It offers a 1366 x 768 resolution on the 14″ display. Given the screen size and starting price of $799, I think the dimensions are reasonable: 13.3″ x 9.3″ x 0.9 – 1.1″. 3GB of RAM is standard, but the U450p can handle up to 8GB of memory. The 5400 RPM hard drive can range in capacity from 250GB to 500GB and the notebook does include an integrated optical drive.

Lenovo says the 6-cell battery should last for six hours, so you won’t go all day without either the AC adapter or a second battery. Three USB ports, a memory card reader, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, VGA out and a Gigabit Ethernet round out the device, but you can see the full specifications in this this PDF datasheet from Lenovo. At this time, the Lenovo website indicates at least 4-week delivery time for the U450p.

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