Lenovo IdeaPad G580 Series

Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge), Intel HD Graphics 4000, NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
Display: 15.60 inch
Weight: 2.6kg, 2.7kg
Price: 339, 600 euro
Average of 4 scores (from 6 reviews)
Lenovo IdeaPad G580-MBBG3GE
Specifications

Processor: Intel Pentium B960
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Price: 339 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
Energy inefficient. Lenovo offers a simple office notebook with a Pentium dual-core processor for 339 Euro (~$425). The operating system must be chosen for there is none. Our test will show whether Lenovo delivers a cheap office notebook or a weak low-priced notebook with the IdeaPad G580-MBBG3GE.
Foreign Reviews
Viel Notebook für wenig Geld (Lenovo / IBM IdeaPad G580 (Pentium B950, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD)) Viel Notebook für wenig Geld (Lenovo / IBM IdeaPad G580 (Pentium B950, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD))Source: Laptopkalauz

Positive: Very high quality lacquered plastic case; brilliant keyboard; good battery life; powerful video card and low cost.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/16/2012
Source: Laptopkalauz

Positive: Very high quality lacquered plastic case; brilliant keyboard; good battery life; powerful video card and low cost.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/16/2012
Lenovo IdeaPad G580AH-4984
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i3 3110M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Links: Lenovo homepage
Price comparison
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC Store

Positive: The display; clean and loud speakers; high performance and value for money; very good cooling system.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/13/2012
Lenovo IdeaPad G580-MAAQ9UK
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i3 3110M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 600 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
Source: Tech Advisor

Battery life was good but not great. Its four hours of streaming video is ok, and you can expect longer if you disable Wi-Fi, but other laptops last longer at this price. The G580 is fairly weighty at 2.4Kg, so it’s more suited to use at home or in the office rather than life on the road.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/14/2013
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 70% features: 80% workmanship: 70%
Comment
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.
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.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M:
Multiple models based on various chips of the Fermi generation. Specifically, the GT 630M exists in GF108/GF106/GF116 variants, but are all essentially renamed GeForce GT 540M or 555M GPUs. A 28nm GF117 variant exists as well with reduced power consumption.
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.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Pentium:
B960:
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:
3110M: Ivy-Bridge-based dual-core, 2.4 GHz core clock (no turbo), includes HD 4000 GPU
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.6 kg:
With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.
2.7 kg:
70%: 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.