Lenovo's flood of laptops continues with the Y, V, and Z Series IdeaPads with Intel's new Sandy Bridge CPUs. First on offer are the three Y Series laptops, the Y470, Y570 and Y570d. The Y470 is a 14-incher, while the Y570 and Y570d are nearly identically spec'd 15.6-inch (1366 x 768 resolution) LED paneled laptops. All three feature up to Intel Core i7 CPUs, a host of graphics options (including NVIDIA's GeForce 555M), up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, an up to 1TB HDDs. All three also boast Blu-ray drives, JBL-designed speakers, plus Mini-PCle, a six-in-one card reader, optional TV-out, HDMI, RJ45, three USB 2.0 ports, and a 2 megapixel webcam. A six-cell battery comes standard on all models. The Y570d -- you may have guessed -- packs 3D, and comes with a pair of 3D glasses. Computing never looked cooler! The Y Series laptops will be available in May (yes, May) for a base price of $899.99. Find out about the rest after the break!
Lenovo Y, Z, and V Series IdeaPads
The V Series lineup includes the V370, V470 and V570, at 13.3-, 14-, and 15.6-inches, respectively. All three models feature up to Core i7 processors, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, and up to 1TB HDD, plus Bluetooth, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Blu-ray drive, HD graphics support, HDMI out and stereo speakers. The V470 and V570 have NVIDIA GeForce 525M graphics options, while the V370 packs a weaker NVIDIA GeForce 315M GPU. All three models come standard with six-cell batteries and will be available starting in April for a base price of $599.99.
And that brings us to the Z Series IdeaPads, which includes the 13.3-inch Z370, 14-inch Z470, and 15.6-inch Z570. These bad boys also feature Core 2011 CPUs and up to 8GB of DDR3 memory. Other key specs include NVIDIA GeForce 410M graphics for the Z370, and NVIDIA GeForce 525M 2GB graphics for the Z470 and Z570. All three boast Blu-ray drives, 802.11a/g/n WiFi, optional Bluetooth, three USB ports, a 5-in-1 card reader, HDMI and VGA outs, and a webcam. There's no pricing or availability info for the Z Series laptops, but we'll let you know Lenovo finally decides to share those important details. Full press release (if you really just need more reading material) is below.
