Lenovo IdeaPad U430 Series

Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 4400, NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M
Display: 14.00 inch
Weight: 1.7kg, 1.864kg, 1.9kg
Price: 700, 800 euro
Average of 15 scores (from 17 reviews)
Lenovo IdeaPad U430 Touch 59372369
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 4200U
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M 2048 MB
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixels
Weight: 1.864kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
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Average Score:
Turbo-book. Everything in one device: Great build quality, nice design, good performance with full Turbo power and a touch panel with HD+ resolution. The perfect package?
Source: Computer Shopper

Consumers have become accustomed to accepting compromises when shopping for a budget touch-screen laptop. The Lenovo IdeaPad U430 Touch is an affordable touch-screen laptop that makes few compromises, packaging a solid keyboard, good performance, long battery life and a hi-res display in an elegant aluminum chassis.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/18/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Computer Shopper

Consumers have become accustomed to accepting compromises when shopping for a budget touch-screen laptop. The Lenovo IdeaPad U430 Touch is an affordable touch-screen laptop that makes few compromises, packaging a solid keyboard, good performance, long battery life and a hi-res display in an elegant aluminum chassis.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/18/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: PC Mag

With a combination of portability, higher-resolution screen, great day-to-day performance, storage space, and decent port selection, the Lenovo U430 Touch easily bests the former Editors' Choice ultrabooks, the Asus VivoBook S400CA-UH51 and the Acer Aspire M5-481PT-6644. If you want portability and a decent price, then the Lenovo U430 Touch is our recommended choice. It takes over as the new Editors' Choice for entry-level ultrabooks.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/30/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: PC Mag

With a combination of portability, higher-resolution screen, great day-to-day performance, storage space, and decent port selection, the Lenovo U430 Touch easily bests the former Editors' Choice ultrabooks, the Asus VivoBook S400CA-UH51 and the Acer Aspire M5-481PT-6644. If you want portability and a decent price, then the Lenovo U430 Touch is our recommended choice. It takes over as the new Editors' Choice for entry-level ultrabooks.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/30/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: PC World

The Lenovo IdeaPad U430 Touch is on the heavy side for an Ultrabook, weighing in at 4.2 pounds, but it’s well made and very attractive, and its battery lasted for a full 6 hours, 38 minutes in our tests. It’s a terrific value at $700.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/23/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: PC World

The Lenovo IdeaPad U430 Touch is on the heavy side for an Ultrabook, weighing in at 4.2 pounds, but it’s well made and very attractive, and its battery lasted for a full 6 hours, 38 minutes in our tests. It’s a terrific value at $700.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/23/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Digital Trends

Lenovo has managed to once again create budget Ultrabook magic with the Lenovo U430 Touch. At $699, this system is hard to beat, as it offers a decent display resolution, good keyboard, and adequate performance without sacrificing battery life.This is not to say the U430 is perfect; it most certainly isn’t.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/10/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Digital Trends

Lenovo has managed to once again create budget Ultrabook magic with the Lenovo U430 Touch. At $699, this system is hard to beat, as it offers a decent display resolution, good keyboard, and adequate performance without sacrificing battery life.This is not to say the U430 is perfect; it most certainly isn’t.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/10/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Laptop Mag

Lenovo IdeaPad U430 Touch VerdictThe mere fact that the $699 Lenovo U430 Touch has an attractive design, excellent backlit keyboard and strong endurance would be enough to make it one of our favorite Ultrabooks. But Lenovo went even further, adding voice-recognition software and undercutting the competition by at least $100.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/06/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Laptop Mag

Lenovo IdeaPad U430 Touch VerdictThe mere fact that the $699 Lenovo U430 Touch has an attractive design, excellent backlit keyboard and strong endurance would be enough to make it one of our favorite Ultrabooks. But Lenovo went even further, adding voice-recognition software and undercutting the competition by at least $100.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/06/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Source: HardwareLuxx

Positive: appealing design; high quality workmanship; good input devices; good port positioning
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/31/2013
Source: HardwareLuxx

Positive: appealing design; high quality workmanship; good input devices; good port positioning
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/31/2013
Lenovo IdeaPad U430p
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i3 4010U
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 1.7kg
Links: Lenovo homepage
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Average Score:
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebook-Center.ru

Positive: Good performance and a fairly extensive multimedia capabilities; reasonable price; good display; simple and stylish design. Negative: Only 1 USB 3.0 port.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/12/2014
Source: Laptopkalauz

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/20/2014
Rating: Total score: 86% performance: 80% display: 70% mobility: 100% workmanship: 100%
Lenovo IdeaPad U430p-59428492
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 4210U
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 4400
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 1.7kg
Price: 700 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
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Average Score:
Foreign Reviews
Source: Chip Test & Kauf - Heft 2/2015

Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 01/01/2015
Rating: Total score: 86%
Source: Chip.de

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/18/2014
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 91% performance: 62% features: 68% display: 61% mobility: 100% ergonomy: 79%
Lenovo IdeaPad U430-59399823
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 4200U
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
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Average Score:
Foreign Reviews
Source: Chip.de

Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/28/2014
Rating: Total score: 69% price: 72% performance: 70% features: 79% display: 52% mobility: 71% ergonomy: 70%
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Lenovo: Lenovo ( "Le" as in the English word legend and "novo" (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. From 2004, the company has been the largest laptop manufacturer in China and got the fourth largest manufacturer worldwide after the acquisition of IBM's PC division in 2005. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company also produces monitors, projectors, servers, etc.
In 2011, Lenovo acquired the majority of Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Lenovo took over Motorola Mobility, which gave them a boost in the smartphone market.
From 2014 to 2016 Lenovo's market share in the global notebook market was 20-21%, ranking second behind HP. However, the distance decreased gradually. In the smartphone market, Lenovo did not belong to the Top 5 global manufacturers in 2016.
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 730M:
Rebranded GeForce GT 645M/640M with minimal improvements to power consumption. Can also be based on the slower GK208 chip (only 64 bit memory interface).
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
Intel HD Graphics 4400:
ULV integrated GPU (GT2) with 20 EUs found on certain Haswell CPU models.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i5:
4200U:
Haswell-based ULV dual-core processor clocked at 1.6 GHz with Turbo Boost support up to 2.6 GHz. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 4400 and a dual-channel DDR3 memory controller.
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.
Intel Core i3:
4010U:
Haswell-based ULV dual-core processor clocked at 1.7 GHz with no Turbo Boost support. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 4400 and a dual-channel DDR3 memory controller.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.7 kg:
This weight is typical for very big tablets, subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles with a 11-13 inch display-diagonal.
1.9 kg:
79.33%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.