What happened Lenovo???

The new Lenovo Y480's just released...

At CES lenovo showed the y480 with a GT 650m!! The only card you can get is a GT 640m??

Now i dont really care about the y480 so much because im going for a y580. But what scares me is that the Lenovo y580 isnt going to have a GTX 660m like promised.

Any word about that?

Thanks.

 

Y480's or out now on lenovo site. 4 configurations all 640. No options.

 

i know that, thats why i posted here wondering why you can only get a 640m when they promised 3 months ago you could get a 650m

 

Damn....I that sucks....was looking to get a 14"

 

They promised? Or they stated? Those are 2 different things.

 

Why not post then in the Lenovo forum where there are people who may have more information?

 

they clearly said that will be running with a 650m

 

because in love Notebook Review, i go to it for all my need of info on laptops

 

So not promised. Which means they decided to make a design decision that's different than they originally planned. Not a big deal.

 

well it kinda is, theres a huge jump from a 640m and a 650m all im saying is im afraid they might do the same with the y580's

 

I was also keeping an eye for this one, bummer

 

well we can wait to see what the y580 will have in store, they told us it will be a GTX 660m, but after this who knows? it could be lower

 

I talked to them, they spent 15 minutes trying to explain why the 640M was just as good.

They said the 650M might come around sometime but they have no idea when if ever. So stupid - lost a customer big time.

 

wow that really is stupid and very disappointing, did they say anything about the graphics in the y580?

 

I'm in the same boat, I talked to a Lenovo sales rep and they said the Y480 was only available with a GT 640M because it was just released. They said a GT 650M version would be available in about 2 weeks.

 

Ill believe it when I see it. That and its probably $2500 price tag at the rate theyre going.

 

yup completely agree

 

What an absolute ridiculous company. They have 4 models and 3 of them cost over $1,300 for almost the identical crap.

 

Not to threadcrap, but shouldn't this be in the Lenovo section of the forum?

 

my thoughts as well.

 

I did and got 0 responds. There forums just isnt as active as notebook review.

 

see that he mentioned the lenovo section of THIS forum.

not that the section that you should put it is active at all.

people at that section are mostly elitist who only think that the real pcs are thinkpads, its annoying really, but this is annoying as well

 

LOL @ Lenovo gaming

EDIT: Before anyone freaks out, I'm just poking fun

 

I game on an x220 , granted with an external 560ti card hooked to it
I see no reason to freak out, besides with the massive mess of nvidia GPU's and rebadges and part numbers with up to THREE variants on desktops we have no idea whats going on.

http://fudzilla.com/home/item/26939-nvidia-makes-gt-6x0-oem-mess
dont get excited over link being for desktops, same crap for mobile GPU's

 

Just as an update, the rep I talked to today said they aren't sure but expect the 650M would come around June based on past release schedules. No promises on that being true nor word on pricing, so take it for what its worth (not much).

Sad to see them blow the release of such a potentially awesome machine. Guess Ill be waiting for Monday to see what the competitors have to offer. Too bad, I was really looking forward to the Y480.

 

Still says 650m here with 660m as option.

IdeaPad Y480 - Powerful Gaming Laptop PC by Lenovo (US)

as well as in the datasheet: http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/laptop/ideapad/y-series/y480/Y480_Datasheet.pdf

 

It's relevant in gaming in my mind as a lot of us are looking for a mobile mid range gaming solution. NBR is being kind of short sighted by making you hunt around for relevant information by going through each manufacturers forum looking for a certain class of laptop.

If they simply made forums for upcoming laptops based on class it wouldn't be so annoying. /rant over

 

I get the feeling this is a marketing /fail and this was always intended to be the information for the y580

 

"lol" at $460 for a 14" with 4+ hours of battery life and 550m gpu

Two years ago, I got a 15" i7 quad with 8gb DDR3 and ATI 5730 for $650.

So yes, (cheap) Lenovo gaming

 

There is plenty of conversation, and more people with direct Lenovo contact,
in the Lenovo forum.

The OP just doesn't understand.

 

sorry guys but it thought you ment the lenovo.com forums not notebook reviews forum

Monday? Is that when the new line of laptops come out because the the new ivy bridges?

And what companys?

 

Highly believe 650m GDDR3 will be revised in future for Y480. 650m GDDR5 standard or as optional as GTX 660m in Y580.

And what's with the whining, you aint going to change what they want to do lol.

 

How am I whining? I was just curious. I don't even want one of these laptops...

 

No whining, just annoyed that they advertise 650M everywhere and then release 640LE with no explanation of timetable.

 

My best bet is they will revise the Y480 by September


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640m and 650m ddr3 are close, you can likely close the gap with ocing.

 

640LE, not so much.

 

You should be able to get better answer if this will be transferred to this section:

Lenovo Laptop Forums - IBM Laptop Forums and Notebook Computer Discussions

 

I used to love Think Pads (for work) until they launched these cheap plastic outsourced Lenovos. They are garbage compared to the build quality of the old T4x line...

 

Think Pads are previously from IBM and they didn't launch the cheap plastic Lenovo.

IBM sold their PC business to Lenovo. That's what I remember.

 

You remember correctly it seems. Made in China. Walmart sells them now!

 

there are some lines now

-idea line - consumer, divided in
---y - entertainment
---z - higher end mainstream
---u - mobility
---g - budget

-thinkpad - enterprise class, divided in
--thinkpad - traditional line
---X - mobility
---w - workstation
---t - general workhorse
---L - budget line

--thinkpad edge - budget enterprise and design centered line
---s - design
---e - normal line up
---b - ultra budget

there are some lines that I might be forgetting, but the same guys that designed the thinkpads are the same guys designing it now.

if you are comparing a consumer line to a enterprise line, you are doing it wrong, if you want go compare the lattitude with the inspiron, I think you will find yourself in the same awkward opinion.

 

At one point I had a T61 Lenovo replacing my T42. The difference in quality was shocking. Not in a good way. The plastic near the hinges started cracking in about a week and you could flex the case near the mouse pad a few millimeters just by pressing down. Keyboard developed a problem with 2 keys after a few months use. I switched to using remote desktop on an untrusted personal laptop and turned in the T61.

The thing reeked of "made in China".

 

Yeah whatever, just I advise you to buy them whatever company produces in your country, I find it hard for you to find any OEM that produces outside of china or east asia. Actually there is none

 

The manufacture is unavoidable. The design spec and standards are set by the company.

 

havent I said that the IBM designers are still the same?

 

The designers may be the same, and they may be just as good as ever in producing exactly the machine they are directed to produce. The question is, what are they being told to design and with what goals in mind?

 

You have. I haven't said anything about the design though, I'm talking about the manufacturing quality and materials - the standards. Lenovo clearly wanted to leverage the bullet proof reputation of the ThinkPad brand while reducing costs to cash in on the margin before anyone noticed the quality drop. The quality is no better than any other lesser brand now.

China can produce any quality standard, that is clear. The companies spend or cut to whatever their target is. To your point, Alienware manufactures in China as well. Great quality products.

 

since there are few modifications since lenovo took over... I would guess the same.

You also have to be aware that all enterprise class manufacturers are moving towards basically the same trend, chiclet keyboards, and some other minor changes

and seriously I cant stand another chiclet vs traditional keyboard discussion, so dont do it please

and to do add that if you arent pleased there a few other OEMs that will produce a notebook for you, show them what you want with your wallet.