Lenovo B50-70
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Average of 2 scores (from 5 reviews)
Reviews for the Lenovo B50-70
No endurance. Lenovo sees its B50-70 destined to be a workhorse. A matte Full HD screen, powerful Core i5 processor, and a high-capacity hard drive let buyers prick up their ears in this direction. However, the laptop exhibits shortcomings in keyboard and battery life.
Source: Notebook-Center.ru RU→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Decent performance for office work; built-in optical drive; ergonomic keyboard; good price; matte display. Negative: Mediocre display and cameras.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/14/2015
Source: Laptopkalauz HU→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/06/2015
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 50% display: 80% mobility: 90% workmanship: 80%
Source: Notebook.cz CZ→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Comfortable keyboard. Negative: Short battery life; TN display; plastic design.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/25/2014
Source: Laptop.bg BU→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Fingerprint reader; matte display; low temperatures under high computational load. Negative: No mSATA / M.2 slot; mediocre screen; low battery life.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/29/2014
Source: PC Store BU→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Lightweight; elegant design; outstanding performance; excellent battery life; good matte display; reasonable price.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/20/2014
Comment
Model: Affordable and configurable; is the tagline used by Lenovo in regards of the Lenovo B50-70. At first glance, the Lenovo B50-70 looks fairly simplistic in design especially with the full matte black chassis and metallic front cover. Edges and lines are clean and elegant making it a perfect business laptop. Small businesses are the target demographic and users will certainly be impressed with the productivity and rich multimedia features of the device. The Windows 8.1 64 bit laptop packs in a 15.6 inch 16:9 TN LED panel with a matte finish.
Display quality is decent with good contrast and colors. Audio quality is excellent with stereo speakers driven using Dolby Advanced Audio v2 technology. There are many configurations but the Lenovo B50-70 variant comes with an Intel i5-4210U processor clocked at 1.7GHz, 8GB DDR3L RAM and an AMD Radeon R5 M230 GPU. Users can select either a HDD or hybrid HDD with SSD cache with a capacity of up to 1 TB each. Other technology on the laptop comes in the form of an optional optical DVD drive, 2 USB 3.0 ports, 1 USB 2.0 port, 4-in-1 card reader and HDMI out. The Lenovo B50-70 features a good battery life of up to 6 hours using a Lithium-Ion cell rated at 2200 mAh.
AMD Radeon R5 M230: Low-end graphics card based on the GCN architecture ("Sun" GPU).
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
4210U: Haswell-based ULV dual-core processor clocked at 1.7 GHz with Turbo Boost support up to 2.7 GHz. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 4400 and a dual-channel DDR3 memory controller.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.60":
15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Lenovo: Lenovo ("Le" from English legend, novo (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. As of 2004, the company was the largest laptop manufacturer in China and, after acquiring IBM's PC division in 2005, the fourth largest in the world. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company manufactures monitors, projectors, servers, etc, and specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, enterprise solutions and related services.
In 2016, the company ranked first in the world in computer sales. It still held it in 2023 with about 23% global market share. Important product lines are Thinkpad, Legion and Ideapad.
In 2011, it acquired a majority stake in Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Motorola Mobility was purchased, which gave Lenovo a boost in the smartphone market.
71%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.