Lenovo IdeaPad S400 Series

Lenovo IdeaPad S400-MAY8LGE

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Average Score: 70.25% - average

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60% Lenovo IdeaPad S400
Source: Techreview Source Archive.org version
The Lenovo IdeaPad S400 is a bargain-priced Windows 8 Ultrabook that offers solid performance and an attractive design. While it does lack battery life and display viewing angles, it does have a very comfortable keyboard.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 03/04/2013
Rating: Total score: 60%

60% Lenovo IdeaPad S400
Source: Techreview Source Archive.org version
The Lenovo IdeaPad S400 is a bargain-priced Windows 8 Ultrabook that offers solid performance and an attractive design. While it does lack battery life and display viewing angles, it does have a very comfortable keyboard.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 03/04/2013
Rating: Total score: 60%

60% Lenovo IdeaPad S400 Review
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
For a sub-$500 notebook, the Lenovo IdeaPad S400 delivers a great mix of speed, comfort and portability. For $455, you get a capable Core i3 processor in a very slim and light design. The keyboard and touchpad are also above average. However, you'll need to sacrifice battery life to get such a capable Windows 8 machine at this price. Overall, though, the S400 is a good choice for social networking, Web surfing and light productivity tasks.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/27/2013
Rating: Total score: 60%

60% Lenovo IdeaPad S400 Review
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
For a sub-$500 notebook, the Lenovo IdeaPad S400 delivers a great mix of speed, comfort and portability. For $455, you get a capable Core i3 processor in a very slim and light design. The keyboard and touchpad are also above average. However, you'll need to sacrifice battery life to get such a capable Windows 8 machine at this price. Overall, though, the S400 is a good choice for social networking, Web surfing and light productivity tasks.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/27/2013
Rating: Total score: 60%

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70% Đánh giá Lenovo IdeaPad S400
Source: Sohoa VN Express VN→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/10/2012
Rating: Total score: 70% display: 70% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%

70% Đánh giá Lenovo IdeaPad S400
Source: Sohoa VN Express VN→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/10/2012
Rating: Total score: 70% display: 70% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%

91% 휴대성과 성능, 경제성을 두루 갖춘 휴대 노트북 - 레노버 아이디어패드 S400 (성능편)
Source: Notegear KO→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/18/2012
Rating: Total score: 91%

91% 휴대성과 성능, 경제성을 두루 갖춘 휴대 노트북 - 레노버 아이디어패드 S400 (성능편)
Source: Notegear KO→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/18/2012
Rating: Total score: 91%

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Lenovo IdeaPad S400
Source: Itsvet HR→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Solid production; good keyboard. Negative: The display and touchpad are not good.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/22/2013

Lenovo Ideapad S400-MAY9WGE

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Review af Lenovo Ideapad S400
Source: Laptopworld.dk DA→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Comfortable keyboard; good sound system; good price. Negative: Very poor quality of the webcam.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/21/2013

Lenovo IdeaPad S400-MAY9BGE

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Average Score: 60% - poor

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60% Lenovo IdeaPad S400 Touch 14-inch Laptop Review
Source: Comp Reviews Archive.org version
For those that want a low cost touchscreen based laptop, the Lenovo IdeaPad S400 Touch is a very attractive offer. The relatively compact and light system offers a smooth enough overall experience which is useful for the new user interface of Windows 8. It certainly isn't going to be winning any performance marks but is close enough to the competition.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/11/2013
Rating: Total score: 60%

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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.

Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

Intel HD Graphics 4000: Processor graphics card in the high end Ivy Bridge models. Offers a different clock speed in the different CPU models (ULV to desktop quad core) and therefore a different performance.

AMD Radeon HD 7450M: Entry to middle class graphics card based on the Seymore XT codename featuring the UVD3 video processor. 

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge): Processor graphics card which is integrated in the Sandy Bridge Pentium and Celeron processors. Similar to the desktop HD Graphics 2000 and not related to the old Arrandale processor graphics with the same name.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core i5:

3317U: Ivy-Bridge-based ULV-CPU in Q2 2012. Offers a core clock of 1.7 - 2.6 GHz and an HD 4000 GPU (350 - 1050 MHz). The TDP is rated at 17 W.

3337U: Ivy-Bridge-based ULV-CPU in Q1 2013. Offers a core clock of 1.8 - 2.7 GHz and an HD 4000 GPU (350 - 1100 MHz). The TDP is rated at 17 W.

Intel Pentium:

997: Ultra Low Voltage Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. Due to the Pentium brand, many features of the Sandy Bridge core are deactivated.

Intel Core i3:

3227U: Ivy-Bridge-based ULV-CPU in Q1 2013. Offers a core clock of 1.9 GHz (no Turbo Boost) and an HD 4000 GPU (350 - 1100 MHz). The TDP is rated at 17 W.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

14.00:

14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact. 

In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers. 

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

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70.3%: 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.

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