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Lenovo U41 Series

Lenovo U41-70-80JV00JBGEProcessor: Intel Core i3 5010U, Intel Core i5 5200U, Intel Core i7 5500U
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 5500, NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Display: 14.00 inch
Weight: 1.6kg, 1.7kg, 1.8kg
Price: 600, 800, 999 euro
Average Score: 72.23% - average
Average of 3 scores (from 4 reviews)
price: 67%, performance: 72%, features: 57%, display: 71%, mobility: 64%, workmanship: 90%, ergonomy: 81%, emissions: 88%

 

Lenovo U41-70

Specifications

Lenovo U41-70Notebook: Lenovo U41-70
Processor: Intel Core i7 5500U
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 940M 2048 MB
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.6kg
Price: 999 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage

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Reviews

80.7% Lenovo U41-70 Notebook Review | Notebookcheck
Fast ultrabook. As thin and light as an ultrabook, and yet it's not an ultrabook. It lacks a touchscreen and a bit more battery power, but a GeForce graphics card is inside. How does Lenovo's new subnotebook fare compared with other thin graphics machines?

 

Lenovo U41

Specifications

Lenovo U41Notebook: Lenovo U41
Processor: Intel Core i3 5010U
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 5500
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 1.8kg
Price: 600 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
 U41 (Model)

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Average Score: 70% - average

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Reviews

70% Lenovo U41 review
Source: Techradar English Archive.org version
The laptop market is very crowded around this popular price point, filled with models that are capable of the same everyday tasks as the U41. There are far fewer that come with a slim and light design though, making this the U41's main selling point. It's a portable computer with roughly Ultrabook-like dimensions at a much lower price than most Ultrabooks. Spend a bit less and you could get something like HP's 255 G3, a super-affordable laptop that is notably larger and a lot less powerful than the U41.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/17/2015
Rating: Total score: 70%

 

Lenovo U41-70-80JV003RGE

Specifications

Lenovo U41-70-80JV003RGENotebook: Lenovo U41-70-80JV003RGE
Processor: Intel Core i7 5500U
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.7kg
Links: Lenovo homepage

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Foreign Reviews

Легкий и мощный Lenovo U41-70
Source: Notebook-Center.ru RU→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Powerful hardware; good display; good keyboard; perfectly designed. Negative: Poor color reproduction.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/10/2015

 

Lenovo U41-70-80JV00JBGE

Specifications

Lenovo U41-70-80JV00JBGENotebook: Lenovo U41-70-80JV00JBGE
Processor: Intel Core i5 5200U
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.7kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage

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Average Score: 66% - average

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

66% Mit SSD und Einstiegs-Grafikkarte
Source: Chip.de German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/24/2016
Rating: Total score: 66% price: 67% performance: 74% features: 68% display: 63% mobility: 57% ergonomy: 75%

 

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.


Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

NVIDIA GeForce 940M: Mid-range graphics card of the GeForce 900M series, based on the Maxwell architecture.

Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

Intel HD Graphics 5500: Integrated graphics card (GT2) in the Core processors of the Broadwell U-series (15 W TDP). 

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


Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.  

5500U: Broadwell-based ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor for notebooks and ultrabooks. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 5500 GPU and is manufactured in 14 nm.

Intel Core i3:

5010U: Broadwell-based ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor for notebooks and ultrabooks. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 5500 GPU and is manufactured in 14 nm.

Intel Core i5:

5200U: Broadwell-based ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor for notebooks and ultrabooks. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 5500 GPU and is manufactured in 14 nm.

» 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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72.23%: 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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GeForce 940M, Core i7 6500U, 15.00", 2.2 kg
HP Pavilion 15-au013ng
GeForce 940M, Core i7 6500U, 15.60", 2.04 kg
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GeForce 940M, Core i5 5200U, 15.60", 2.4 kg
Lenovo IdeaPad 700-17ISK-80RV001HMH
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Lenovo IdeaPad 700-17SK-80RV0031GE
GeForce 940M, Core i7 6700HQ, 17.30", 2.7 kg
Lenovo Ideapad 700-17ISK-80RV001MGE
GeForce 940M, Core i7 6700HQ, 17.30", 2.7 kg
HP Envy 17-n105ng
GeForce 940M, Core i7 6500U, 17.30", 2.8 kg
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GeForce 940M, Core i5 6200U, 17.30", 2.8 kg
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HP Pavilion 15-ab251nl
GeForce 940M, Core i7 6500U, 15.60", 2.3 kg
Asus K501LB
GeForce 940M, Core i3 5010U, 15.60", 2 kg
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GeForce 940M, Core i5 6200U, 15.60", 2.3 kg
Asus X555LB-XO101H
GeForce 940M, Core i7 5500U, 15.60", 2.3 kg
Asus X555UB-DM106T
GeForce 940M, Core i7 6500U, 15.60", 2 kg
Acer Aspire F15 F5-572G-70JY
GeForce 940M, Core i7 6500U, 15.60", 2.4 kg
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GeForce 940M, Core i7 5500U, 13.30", 1.3 kg
Acer Aspire V Nitro VN7-571G-516E
GeForce 940M, Core i5 5200U, 15.60", 2.4 kg
HP Pavilion 15-AB206UR
GeForce 940M, Core i5 5200U, 15.60", 2.3 kg
Acer Aspire F5-571G-59XP
GeForce 940M, Core i5 4210U, 15.60", 2.4 kg
Asus X556UB
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GeForce 940M, Core i7 6500U, 15.60", 2.1 kg

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Stefan Hinum, 2015-06-25 (Update: 2015-06-25)