Shout to Y550 ideapad owners

I haven't seen too many ideapad Y550 owners on this forum yet so here's a shout to all Y550 owners.

I just bought Y550-418644U and am waiting for the laptop. It will be delivered sometime in mid August.

Just looking to hear people's experience with Y550 models. Are they good or is it like.. 'dude.. why did you buy that one?'

Prashant

 

bump one time to see if anyone who has Y550 wants to share their experience.

 

I'd also like some reviews on the Y550. There isn't much info on this board nor the Lenovo board regarding this model. I'm considering the 418644U model as well. I actually have it priced out and saved in my cart.

 

Mine is in transit. I should get it on Monday/Tuesday. I will be able to provide some info at that point. I am in no as experienced as some of the folks here when it comes to nice write up about the laptop but I can provide my initial thoughts & few pictures of the laptop.

Made, there is a coupon for this model which will make it priced at $598. The next version with 500gb also has a coupon to reduce the price to $750.

Prashant

 

Pleased owner of a IdeaPad Y550-418646U myself.

I was thinking of doing a review here because of the absolute lack of ANY reviews on the Y550, but have been caught up with using it. (Owned for about a month now.)

Bought off Lenovo CPP site for a good deal as a programming machine, (no gaming.) Was bracing for a white keyboard and started to look forward to the contrast, but was sent the gray and am okay with it. (I'll mod it to bamboo when my warranty is up.)

Biggest flaw in my opinion is screen resolution, which I knew would not be great, but I'm already used to it. Would be great to have two apps or docs open side by side, but am money deprived. LED screen is bright, even at lowest level. Side angle views are nice, vertical less so. Haven't calibrated color yet and seems to skew a slight bit blue. Gloss isn't as distracting as the previous gen's frameless glass. Overall good screen though. No dead or stuck pixels.

Heat on wrist rest not as bad as some say, but I'm sure this would be worse with a faster HD. I'll appreciate the warmth during the winter, but summer is here and the glossy rests are sticky on my palms. (Which is why I'll mod it to bamboo.) CPU fan is quiet and usually inaudible when it does kick in.

Top cover isn't the glossy with subtle orange Q-bert detail. Not sure why there is so much variation in the appearance of these laptops. Top is a matte black with the subtle black Q-bert detail. Has the feel of being rubberized and pleasantly so, but not sure what the texture is. (Will eventually mod with cherry or bamboo.)

Quality of build is impressive with very little flex. Quite a solid feel to the plastics used throughout whole machine. I just worked on a G550 for a friend and there is flex all over that machine. For just 100$ more you get a significantly more solid body. Thin enough to please, but makes me wonder how much cooler the 16" would be in this respect.

Keyboard in my opinion is a standout. Thinkpad heritage shows here. Nice feel to the keys in all respects: texture, travel, click, etc. Left ctrl is in the wrong place as everyone says and should be swapped with fn. You do get used to it.

Trackpad is better with the bump texture, but side scroll area is too small. Again, you learn to deal and find it with its lack of bumps. Trackpad buttons are a bit squishy, but adequate. (I bought the Lenovo N10 wireless laser mouse for 18$ and like that quite a bit.) Will play around with multitouch mods in the future, but does seem like a gimmick for now. Looking forward to further work with multitouch though.

White indicator LEDs are distracting and cool all at the same time. Overall effect is classy though.

Speakers are not as good as the previous gen's 4.1 setup, but quite impressive for laptop speakers. They still don't suffice for my favorite genre, Doom/Stoner rock, but it would be stupid to expect bass reproduction out of laptop speakers. Less bass intensive music/sounds will fill a room satisfactorily. Have enjoyed quite a few albums listening to the speakers.

One nice surprise was that the headphone jack is also an optical digital out, which I was not expecting. One not so nice surprise is that the headphone jack seems to be limited like a European IPod. VERY quiet headphone volume levels that will have me constantly looking for a solution until I finally buy/build a headphone amp. Placement of headphone/mic jacks on the front sucks for bedtime headphone/writing sessions. Right angle adapter for headphones a must here. (As you might have guessed, this is the other area of the laptop that grinds on me next to the screen resolution.)

Vista, which I have used since RC, was sampled for all of a half hour before I set to tri-booting with Win7 64bit RC, Kubuntu 9.04, and the fruity OS that shall not be named. I'm no Vista hater, but 7 is definitely better in so many respects. Kubuntu 9.04 installs and runs like a champ with no problems. The tree fruit OS took some fiddling to find the right distro to load the most current, but I finally found it. As you could probably guess, this last OS is still an install in progress. Wrong rez, wrong sound from the speakers, no wifi even with a usb dongle, but I am running the latest and working on the issues. Chameleon bootloader is more visually appealing than GRUB and makes me wonder why GRUB won't do visual like Chameleon...

Battery life I'm sure is better with the LED backlighting, but haven't done any comprehensive testing yet because Win7 sleep works pretty damn well. I'm usually plugged in, but when not I close the lid to put to sleep. When I go back to the laptop from sleep mode, (which usually coincides with my own sleep,) I have used only a few single percentage points of battery time. Win7 and Sleep mode are a revelation to me with this laptop. Why try and screw it up with traditionally buggy hibernation? (As a side note, the battery lock switch on the bottom I think is always loose for everyone, ?)

Touch sensitive controls are gimmicks usually and I rarely end up using any of them. (The scroll area is interesting if I can ever get control of it for my own whims, like screen brightness, coverflow, whatever I can dream up. But to use it in its default config doesn't appeal to me.) Hardware volume buttons do get used and are a nice addition.


Overall I am completely happy with the machine, knowing that laptop purchases are all about trade offs when you are financially challenged. I am content with the trade offs I made in buying this machine. I am tempted by the Y650 in build quality and sound now that I have the Y550, but I wouldn't buy that machine with the same screen rez as this Y550. I also am tempted by the older Y510/530's with their 4.1 sound and SUPERB build, (nice feel to all aspects of the body on those.) If the previous gen had LED screens with better rez, I probably would have gone that route.


So I'm sure this is a bit rambling for a quick and dirty mini review that doesn't answer everyone's questions, but I'm not gaming on this machine and didn't feel like spending a few days working on a review. I'm not sure if people want a review of one of the lower end tiers either...

I do have to admit that the Y510/530's were stand-outs in many regards and I wish this machine evolved more from that lineage than the departure Lenovo took.

If you've ordered the machine or are thinking of ordering, however, there is little chance that you won't find something you like about it.


Ask questions if you got 'em. It is a shame there are not more user opinions of the Y550 around. I might benchmark if anyone wants, but my Y550 is lower end and I don't think it would be that interesting to most.

Enjoy!

I'll stop rambling now...

 

Hey, there. I have a question, actually, about something you mentioned. I hadn't heard about the loose battery lock switch -- is it loose enough to be a problem, or do you think it'll become bad enough to be a problem?

I know a lot of people really prefer the T400/T500, but those are way out of my price range, and since I'm taking online classes this summer, I can't wait for a better deal. xD

 

Please note that the entire IdeaPad line of laptops is lacking the option for enabling Intel VT. Even on configurations with processors supporting this feature.
I'm not bashing on the IdeaPad line, as I have owned several models and was very satisfied. I'm simply stating this fact, and if you intend to use this feature, you should look elsewhere.

Lenovo's official statement says that IdeaPads simply do not support this feature.

 

Hey Jaylin,

http://detail.zol.com.cn/picture_index_294/index2938668.shtml

Here's a picture of the battery lock that is loose, (picture shows 2nd battery lock switch in the "unlocked" position.) There are two battery switches and the most important switch is always snug as it has a spring, (You can see it on the lower right.) Notice the gap to the batttery as you look left? That 2nd lock switch on the lower left is a simple post, unsprung switch that moves too easily. I wish it had more resistance when it seats.

I haven't found that this is a problem in everyday use and don't believe it will ever get bad enough that the battery will unseat and shut the computer off. (Unless you always have the screen resting on a table with the keyboard sticking up in the air like in the picture.) Every time I think about that switch and check it, the switch hasn't moved out of the locked and seated position, (most likely due to its proximity to the back left foot.)

If it ever gets to a point where it has become a problem, a small paper shim will snug up the movement of that switch until the end of time.

To me it is a small issue that doesn't impact a normal day.

Ortegaluis is right about about something I forgot to mention. There is no INTEL VT support on this machine and I knew that going in. This is obviously a deal breaker for quite a few. The BIOS is very bare bones and there are no options for overclocking, vt, etc. Does seem stupid to not have vt settings in the BIOS if all of the hardware can support it. (I'm not so savvy yet as to need the feature yet. I either reboot into the OS I need and work there, go to another more capable machine, or take the emulation performance hit.)

The BIOS is so bare bones that it looks as if Lenovo can fix this with updates in the future, but that is just my personal speculation.

Hope this helps...

 

Thanks for awesome rambling. That was really helpful & kinda scary now. Since you mentioned few stuff.. I will keep looking those as an issue with my laptop

I think my laptop use will be basic enough not to worry too much about screen resolution (just hoping) & audio (just hoping again)

What's the benefit of optical digital out?

Prashant

 

If I were you, I would have been more afraid if I had bought a comparable Dell or HP. You'll appreciate your Y550 when you set your hands down and start typing. Personally, the small gripes I have with the machine are just that... small. I've adjusted to the machine and love it, (I'll love it even more when it is partly made of wood!)

When/If I find a fix for the analog headphone audio levels, I'll post it. Right now I just take the lower volume as an admonition not to burn out my ears before I'm old. I listen to music loudly too much as it stands.

Another biggie I forgot to mention was that there were no dead/stuck pixels on the display. (I attribute that to my "No Dead/Stuck Pixels dance/prayer/sacrifice to the LCD Gods, though...)

The optical headphone out (S/PDIF) is for digital speakers or reference audio monitors. I do a bit of fumbling with music, and my Y550 is also used as a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation.) The optical out is just a nice luxury to have so you get a clean audio signal out versus the slight losses you may have with analog audio out.


I wouldn't worry about your purchase if I were you. Just enjoy the terrible/wonderful anticipation before it shows up at your door.

Don't forget to pay your respects to the LCD Gods though. They are an angry and vengeful bunch.

Enjoy!

 

Thanks for the picture example! I see what you mean about the battery thing now.

I don't think the heat will be too bad -- some is okay, and unless it's actually worse than the HP I had (that one got hot), I have nooo problems at all with it. Lack of VT support, I think, won't have very much of an effect on me. I didn't even know what it was until I looked it up, and I'm not very techy. xD

Also, does anyone know why the Y550 has pictures of both white and gray keyboards, and whether we'll know which one we would get?

One more thing: Did anyone order directly from Lenovo? I've heard some horror stories about people's orders getting pushed back a month, then another month, and then getting cancelled or something. Was the wait okay? Will I be back in college before I get my Y550? I'm planning on ordering one today or tomorrow if my dad okays it.

I'm just worried that I'll have problems and not receive it for a while. xD With my luck, it'll end up like that. My dad wanted to buy a Toshiba Satellite L505 from the local Office Depot, but the keyboard was flimsy and I didn't like the general build of the laptop.

 

Heat is only warm and definitely not hot. (Recently been working with an old celeron thinkpad 2160 and I swear I could cook eggs with it!)

From what I understand as of today, if you order straight from Lenovo, you'll get the slate gray keyboard/wrist rest for the Y550. If you order from a reseller, you will usually pay more and will more than likely get the white keyboard/wrist rest if it is shown in their picture descriptions.

As an example of shipping times, I have two recent examples. I ordered my Y550 in mid June from:

Removed by Mod. Do not post CPP/EPP Access codes.

I was initially given a ship date of mid July. My order was on a Thurs night. Received the laptop the following Thurs., still in June.

Just last Friday (17 July), around midnight, I ordered a G550 for a friend. Ship date was mid August. Somehow Lenovo time travelled and she received the laptop this past Wed. (22 July)

For me, Lenovo shipping has been no less than fantastic!

 

I second that. I ordered mine of July 8th & their estimated shipping date was August 12th. I am getting mine on Monday.

I think Lenovo puts date that far off just to be safe.. this is what we call in software development world as padding the estimates and Lenovo seems to pad the estimates & then it round it to next biggest number

Personally, I don't think this is a smart move by Lenovo. Some people might not be willing to buy the laptop with the shipping date that far & secondly, it might provide people false hope who wants to cancel their order (allowed within 21 days of ordering per Lenovo) and will wait knowing they have time in hand.

Prashant

 

I'm planning to buy the Y550 for college like Jaylin, but my main concern is that it's a bit too big at 15.6 inches. I was leaning towards the Y450 but the white keyboard disgusts me and I don't think I'd be able to tolerate it getting dirty everyday. How much does the Y550 weigh? And would it be too heavy for a girl in college?

 

My impression is that it'll probably be between 6 and 6.5 pounds, but I guess you'd be better off waiting for a reply from someone who owns it already. xD My last laptop, an HP Pavilion, was a 15.4" and weighed about 6.4 lb -- I carried it to most of my classes, and my college campus (Michigan State University) was, um...I think, on the larger side. If you don't carry too much other stuff with you and you have a good backpack and everything, I think it should be okay. I'm female, not too big myself (4'10"), and it wasn't too bad for me.

 

mqureshi:

Just weighed my Y550 on a regular people scale and it said 5.5lbs w/o the power brick. Scale goes in .5lb increments, so take that with a grain of salt. If the Army taught me anything, it's that ANYTHING can feel heavy if you carry it long enough, (doesn't matter if you are female or male, the suffering is the same after a point...) The right strap(s) on any bag/backpack is what's important. The weight difference between the Y450 & Y550 looks to be under 1lb. Looks like the Y650 weighs less than the Y550, but that would definitely bee too large in dimension to lug around. Good luck!


Jaylin:

Enjoy State! That is the most beautiful campus I've ever been to.

 

I bought this specifically for college next year, and don't find it any heavier than the average text book. As long as you get a decent backpack, you shouldn't have a problem carrying it at all. As for the shipping, I ordered the highest spec'd model and got mine the next week.

 

Oh ok then, with all these ultraportables on the market it too tempting to get one of those, but the specs on these are great.

And is it really 1.5 inches thick? My 5 year old Toshiba is that thick and for me that's kind of big.

 

Y550 is a little under 1.5 inches and Y650 is 1 inch thick. Kind of crazy, isn't it? Laptops in this price range will always be about 1-1.5 inches thick so that they can overcharge for thin-ness. Dell and most other manufacturers have had thin and light machines since 2000, but they've always come at a premium. This isn't going to change until the CrunchPad or Apple Tablet comes out, and more than likely not even then.

I personally was pricing out netbooks when I decided to get my Y550. By the time the netbook with everything I wanted was priced out, it was only 30$ less than what I bought the Y550 for. Portability is great, along with better battery life, but less screen/power/keyboard, etc. makes the jump to a proper laptop for so little a no brainer. Typing on little keyboards all day does suck too. (Unless what you meant by ultra portable is something like a Macbook Air or the like...)

I'd still like a netbook, but by the time I will be in the market for one the CrunchPad will be out and that will make more sense to me.

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/07/04/crunchpad-prototype-coming-this-month-be-available-asap/


Now I know I'm rambling...

 

capoteleet: Thanks! I've been at State for two years, and it's great (I especially love the campus), but it's not really my scene. I suspect that I have social phobia, and the sheer amount of people here is overwhelming and I've had lots of trouble making friends. My laptop is my life. ;D

And yeah, the thin and cool looking laptops tempt me all the time, but if you want nice specs with that, it would cost a toooonnn. And my dad isn't willing to pay more than $600, so, uh, so much for that, I guess. xD

I'm actually in the middle of a dilemma right now -- I adore the Y550, but I desperately need a laptop for class...right now. Or really soon. The Studio 15 is in our local Best Buy and it's not bad...

Siiighh.

I'd never heard of the CrunchPad before this, but woooww it looks cool.

 

Ahh the CrunchPad looks AMAZING.
More temptations. :[

Jaylin: Yeah as an entering freshman my parents have set the limit at $600 as well. If you go to lenovo.com/spp they have the Y550 for $515(just make an account, you really don't have to be a shareholder. . It's incredible. The U350 is so tempting though, thin but slow (1.3Ghz)

 

There is your decision right there. If I bought something convenient over something my heart desired, every little flaw or annoyance in my convenient choice would remind me of what I didn't have. A week's wait, even if it stretches to two is a small price to pay for adoration. (I couldn't believe that Lenovo shipped from that CPP site in a day. My friend received her laptop in what amounted to 2nd day air if you think about it.)

If you don't like the build quality of the Toshibas, Dell isn't going to be much different in this price range. I admit I haven't touched the studio 15, but I've worked with a range of different laptops and there is a reason I chose Lenovo. Every maker has their lemons, but Lenovo just seems to make more solid machines more often. (My fingers can't get enough of their keyboards either. Dell feels like typing on plastic covered jello filled with broken toothpicks.)

I won't even mention how buying a laptop from Best Buy is like buying a Huffy bicycle from Kmart, unless I just did... You'll always pay a lot more for a lot less there.

Hope this helps...

 

Very well written & very true capoteleet.
Jaylin, since you said "very soon".. I am assuming you don't need it like tomorrow so I think you should order Lenovo since that's what you really want. I am not a big fan of Dell since I thing of Dell as a low grade laptop specially comparing with Toshibas.

Prashant

 

We placed our order last night! The estimated shipping date is August 3rd, but I guess everything could change on Monday when they actually start processing orders again. Wish me luck! *crosses fingers*

 

Hey everyone, just finished reading through all the posts here as I am in process of researching/buying either the Lenovo IdeaPad Y550 - 418644U or 418646U for my sister.

The only difference I can find seems to be the processor cache size with the 418646U having only 1mb and the 418644U with 2mb. Not sure how much an advantage it would be for the 2mb but since it's $50 more is it worth having?

As an FYI there is another sale going on currently (isn't there always)?

At Lenovo's site you can use the ecoupon and get the IdeaPad Y550 - 418646U:
Lenovo IdeaPad Y550 - 418646U
Reg = $729.00
Sale = $599.00
eCoupon - USP09MULTIMEDIA (Exp July 29, 2009) -$50.00
Subtotal = $549.00

For the Lenovo IdeaPad Y550 - 418644U:
Reg = $799.00
Sale = $779.00
eCoupon - USPIDEA44U (Exp July 29, 2009) -$180.00
Subtotal = $599

IMO Lenovo's site is poor in providing detail specs on each model in one central place either in a comparison against other models or as a stand alone. Why no model matrix?

Other sticking points:

Why is there is no mention as to the number of USB ports?

Some user reviews mention a lack of bluetooth but this site has a spec listing indicating it has bluetooth, which is correct?
http://www.notebookreview.com/price/product.asp?pid=240729&productFamilyID=1318

Lenovo also mentions Windows 7 available as a free upgrade but how will it be implemented. Is it as an "in place upgrade" or will it require a fresh install (preferable as far as I'm concerned). If it is a fresh install, what about using the latest Win7 RC candidate which should be good for a year? Or will lack of drivers and feature functionality be an issue?

What will happen the "secure partition" on the HDD devoted to Vista restore?

And lastly I guess another shortcoming is lack of Draft-N for the wifi, or is the spec sheet wrong and they have actually included it?

Thanks for the help...

Almost forgot, I know Lenovo only offers 6-cell batteries but isn't there anyone else offering a compatible 9-cell?

 

http://shop.lenovo.com/ISS_Static/WW/AG/merchandising/US/PDFs/yseries_techspecs_062509.pdf

This might help you out in answering some of your questions.

Prashant

 

To answer some of your questions.

Mine did come with bluetooth, but I don't believe that the lower spec'd models have it, but that can easily be solved with a cheap dongle if you find it necessary.

I can't say for sure about the difference between the two models, but if she is just using it for internet, music and school, I would doubt the cache size would make a huge difference.

Mine came with two USB ports and than an USB/eSATA combo port, which means you have three USB ports total.

Yes you can upgrade to windows 7 without deleting having to delete you files, they will just send you the upgrade cd and you can upgrade your system from inside vista, without erasing your hard drive. As for the RC, I used it and it works well, but because you don't have to wipe your harddrive you should just upgrade to windows 7 when the upgrade disk comes. When you upgrade to windows 7 any partitions that you have will remain the same, this includes your vista recovery partition, which means if you recover from it it should recovery vista, although I'm not entirely sure

All y550 models come with an intel 5100 wireless card, which has N-Draft wireless

 

Just an update on the shipping:

We placed our order on the 25th, and the status says that they've already shipped my Y550 -- on the first business day after our order. I'll be keeping an eye on whether the package moves, but it looks like they're on top of things right now. Not only that, but my dad was able to fix my old laptop, so I'm not even in a hurry anymore. Things are looking up!

 

For the ones that are interested, there is a new config on the Y550, which comes with a GT130M (a revamped 9600M GT), it uses P8700 and 4GB RAM plus VHP64. It is for $1049 in the Lenovo Website.

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/...-category-id=1E2D8518B7794868A14C5680E9B35C96

 

Thanks for the info, can you point to where it came from?

Interesting how Lenovo doesn't mention Draft-N on their site. AS for Win 7 upgrade, I do prefer to start clean and perform OS upgrades by formating the disk prior in stead of doing an in-place upgrade - usually has less complications...

 

Does anyone know if the NVIDIA Geforce GT 130M in the Y550 uses DDR2 or DDR3 memory?

 

Lenovo is known for using GDDR3 and DDR3 in all of their laptops, I see no reason why they would change this...

 

It's DDR3
http://go.notebookreview.com/?id=52...andising/US/PDFs/yseries_techspecs_062509.pdf

 

Thanks. I was just making sure.

 

Sorry for such a newb question but if the 418644U and 418646U both come with Windows Vista Home Premium 64, will any of the older MS Office 2003 programs work?

Or for that matter any sites available that show which apps and programs will work Vista 64?

Thanks again

 

No problem. I have a y550.

 

I am too lazy to summarize so here's the link:

http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista-7/712998-solved-microsoft-office-2003-doesnt.html

http://forums.techarena.in/windows-vista-performance/891786.htm

I haven't started using my new Y550 yet, since I have to do clean install first.

Prashant

 

Thank you all very much! Really appreciate the valuable input... BTW, ordered the 418644U so looks like I need to prepare and decide if I will go with the latest Win7 RC or hack around with Vista and wait for the official release?

Since most here seem to be more current on what works I have different question - I need to select a decent Draft-N router too. I understand Cisco systems isn't what it used to be.

From what little I've read so far D-Link DIR-655 seems to be a decent router.

Any thoughts, suggestions or comments?

Thanks again...

 

Just put my order in for a Build Your Own Y550, was wondering if this is currently the best deal on memory for the laptop.

 

Interested people:
Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 Custom Build or CTO
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/...002706:&smid=DA40E564A98B48AC82D1A42981E9AFA8
Finally something good for IdeaPads!

 

The Y550 customization pages seem to add 2x price of OS upgrade. Noticed on 1-Aug-2009. Notified Customer Service today and got price adjusted.

 

just wanna ask...how about the heat on Y550?
on the palm rest....is it too hot or just warm (when playing games or when the system already run for 3 hours or more)

since I've read, there's trouble issue about heat on the Y450 series.

 

I haven't run my laptop for more than 3 hours yet nor have I played any games on that... but from the experience so far.. I would say "Whatcha talkin about Willis " I haven't felt the heat at all.

Prashant

 

I'm considering y550 as a new lappy
does the y550 have hdmi port? Edit, Seems like it does.

also, how is the battery life with 130m gt? the guys on this forum are getting 3+ hours browsing and word processing: http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=ideaPad&message.id=12514



thanks for the info

 

Hi all, i have the Y550 since last month (july), the one with the G130M graphics.

And yes, if you play games like L4D, Crysis or any games that utilise heavy 3d, it gets hot! I even sent back to the factory for "repairs". They said they changed the mobo, but then, the heat issue is still there.

For comparisons sake, my max temps for GPu are 90-95degrees. Though the lappy did not crash and there are no visible slowing of framerates at 90-95 degrees, i am concerned at the high temps, as my warranty is 1 year only (singapore).

Most likely after a year, the GPU will be fried and i am screwed......

 

I just pulled the trigger this morning on a Y550. I got mine from newegg for 799. Its speced nicely for the price too. Heres the link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834146584

Theyve also got a y650 for 749.00 with free shipping, but it only has the intel 4500mhd gpu. Its an ok gpu. I ran spore on a inspiron 15 with the same gpu at decent frame rates and all setting set to low.

 

I was wondering if there's a difference between the Nvidia G 130M and the GT 130M listed on the Lenovo site.

The build your own version has the G 130M listed while the 41864AU has the GT 130M.

Is it a mistake or are they different? Lenovo's site is weird sometimes...I know there are different cards but why would they put different cards in the Y550?

 

Lenovo is well known for having typos on their site.
130M stands for the GT130M based on the 9600M GT. AFAIK, it is the only one.

 

Okay cool. Thanks for that. I thought there was only the GT130M but wasn't sure. All of Lenovo's sites have typos...they're really bad about it.

I'm probably going to get a Y550 then for about $730 from the CPP site.

 

That is a good laptop! Good luck with your purchase@