Review Lenovo IdeaPad Y560p-M61G3GE Notebook

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y560P has one big weak point that pulls the whole (good) notebook down – the display. There have been massive cutbacks made on the 15 incher here. The display is reflective and definitely not bright enough for a multimedia notebook. A mobile use is also only possible to an extent due to the weak battery runtime. The Lenovo IdeaPad Y560P's system performance and its JBL speakers are impressive.

The laptop's main feature, the Core i7-2630QM, was fully convincing with its four cores. The AMD Radeon HD 6570M graphics card is sufficient for current games, providing you reduce the detail level and resolution a bit. The installed six GB DDR3 RAM are absolutely sufficient. A nice feature is the installed DVB-T tuner. Cutting edge interfaces, such as USB 3.0 or the latest Bluetooth version, aren't found, though.

The price of almost 800 euros is nevertheless a clear challenge. If you don't need long battery runtimes and can cope with a weak display, you'll get a strong multimedia notebook for a small price.