Y50 Thread

Well, I have been reading this post and I have seen some speculations. From what i've heard the Y50 will be a good contendor to the y510p.

The specs that I heard about are;
Broadwell CPU or i7 4702MQ
Maxwell GPU(860M)(which by-the-way is suited to play at 4k so 1080p will be a breeze, will whoop dual 750 right out of orbit)
8-16gb of RAM- (Maybe even DDR4)
1080p touchsreen(or non) ifps glossy or 4K
2 fans for cooling
msata slot
no optical drive (a place to put a drive maybe)
4-5 hours of battery life
5 pounds

Also I've been hearing that they might have a dual graphics one a little after.

 

Huh? Then why did Lenovo issue press releases stating that the "Y510P will now have a matte screen!" It's a major selling point for the Clevo/Sager laptops. Most laptops are glossy and having a matte screen enables them to stand out from the pack. If it were an option, Lenovo would have mentioned it.

Are you out of your mind? The y50 is getting thinner, and it's dropping it's SLI ultrabay they're taking themselves out of the "gaming" laptop market and going more mainstream.

Go to google and type in "y50 macbook" and the first headline reads "Lenovo takes a swing at MacBook Pro Retina with 4K Ultra HD Y50"

Lenovo is the #1 pc manufacturer in the world. HP who is number #2 loses billions every year. Who do you think Lenovo is trying to compete with with this major redesign? Razor and Gigabyte aren't even blips on their radar.

False. Barring a major change from Lenovo, this will be a glossy only laptop.

Please go away, you're infecting this thread with nonsense.

 

1. 4702 HQ
2. 8xx might not even be Maxwell, probably another Kepler refresh
3. DDR4 is not coming out until Haswell-E/Skylake

 

Sigh... lenovo declared this to be their new gaming rig...that alone takes care of any speculation about competition with mac. Not to mention the crazy black and red color scheme....that should really attract all the middlle aged office workers to the point that they ditch their macs and move to the y50 )

If all that hasn't clarified it yet....GTX860 vs IRIS integrated graphics..... yeah they are certainly catering to the same audience.

The only similarity brmetween these too laptops is the high res screen ... end of discussion.

Any article that you might have read is just that...it's a reporter voicing his opinion.

As for the infecting....you seem to be the one infecting...i have contributed more valid info to this thread than many others posting here.

You have contributed....wait...you haven't contributed anything except baseless speculation and farfetched opinions.

Cheers...moving on to ignoring you. )


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Touch = glossy.

However the 1080p panel might be matte.

 

Tunisia, oh god, very nice for the summer, the beach etc.. but for hardware/gaming ? bad, very bad

 

So a qualified journalists opinion is an opinion, but your opinion is a fact?

And according to you middle aged business people are using macs? Waaah?

Congrats on ignoring the matte vs glossy display issue. I will take that as a complete victory for me. This will be a glossy laptop.

And my "baseless speculation" is based on lenovos history of the screens they've used in the past. You just started speculating wildly that there would be a matte screen even though Lenovo rarely uses matte screens for non-think pad machines. You were 100% convinced there would be a matte option until I set you straight.

Please just leave. Your posts are childish nonsense.

 

I think the skipper swallowed a bit too much seawater, or it was the mushrooms that addled his brain. :laugh:

 

I can see why this would be a fair assumption, but until I see this in a press release or on Lenovo's site you don't know for sure.

I just bought an Alienware 14 last week, and although I'll need it come March, if I could, I would wait for the Y50.

 

I'll tell u what...let's put it to a vote... if the ppl on this thread would like me to leave and feel i don't provide valid info they can like your last post....otherwise they can like THIS post. Whoever has less likes at the end of a 24 hour period has no right to post on this thread anymore. Deal? )

I'll even take into consideration Octiceps vote who is a frustrated lil geek because I proved him wrong in another thread.

Regarding the glossy issue...i did infact say as soon as you told me about the y510p being sold as glossy that i can not be sure and will not express an opinion on wether the y50 will or will not be glossy or matte.

That being said it's still my opinion that it can be either way and glossy even if it is a fair assumption by the historical data is in no way a certainty

I'm not in the habit of contradicting people without facts to back up what I am saying ...as oposed to you.

As an ending to this discussion...do you have the balls to take on my challenge?

Btw ...only users who are registered BEFORE today will be taken into consideration ...just so certain ppl will not be wncoraged to create duplicate accounts )

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Just shut up. Nobody gives a damn about you.

 

Yes indeed...that's why you keep posting about me )

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Alright, let's end this right here:

octiceps, you've already been warned to stop the personal attacks; if you can't tolerate a poster, that's what the "Ignore" button is for.

-Jinx-, you haven't posted much on NBR yet, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt--but this is not how we discuss things and settle disagreements here, so take this as your last warning to leave snarky personal comments in your head.

Thanks, and back on topic now, please.

 

Aye aye captain. Strictly on topic from now on.

Ok..so not expressing personal opinions anymore...just sticking to the facts.
Here is a side by side comparison of Mac & y50

Mac Retina 2014 vs Y50 4K

Screen: glossy vs glossy(not confirmed for non touch)
Battery: ~ 9 hrs vs ~ 4hrs
Touch: no vs yes
Processor: i7 vs i7
Graphics : IRIS vs GTX860
Aspect: conservative vs modern
Target: mainstream vs gaming(as advertised by lenovo)

From what i can see the only thing linking these 2 things together is the screen and size.

The dedicated GPU, huge difference in battery life , target audience(as advertised by manufacturer) and wacky "paint job" on the lenovo clearly places them in a different league altogether.

If you care to respond to this spinal pls argument your opinions clearly by facts and not personal opinions.
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Another thing may be the build quality and the pricing. Also, i believe there is a good chance that the y50 will have the FHD matte display since lenovo can literally just take one from their lenovo y510p

 

Lenovo Y50 Touch Laptop | 15.6" High-Performance Gaming Notebook PC | Lenovo (US)



Ironic how the Y40 (no numpad) is shown.

Lenovo Y40 Touch Laptop | 14" High-Performance Gaming Notebook PC | Lenovo (US)

Y40 will have FHD touch.

 

The y50 has actually been in the shop for some time...there was a link somewhere on this thread I believe.

The y40 is new however...good catch!!

The image is just a placeholder me thinks.

They can but i really hope they don't... not that it wasn't a good TN panel but i was just hoping the 1080p variant would also be IPS as the 4k clearly is.

Sadly lenovo does have a history of canibalizing/scavenging old hardware so anything is possible.


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Linus posted a video on the best gaming laptops of CES. The y50 was in it.
Nuff said.

 

Would you mind posting a link to the video. I tried to find it but didn't manage.

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Here you go, Best Gaming Notebooks of CES 2014 - YouTube
Looks like a great laptop!

 

it will arrive toooooo late !

 

For everyone saying that it has a fan or a cooling hole on the side, it is a speaker, so better get a cooling plate before may

I think yo can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5FGHCqyhto

I am so excited for this laptop, any news about the 860m?

 

The cooling is great: dual fans, air is aspired from down and thrown back. Thay had studied it a lot.

But the problem is: is all plastic? So I can't dissipate even through the walls......or is any kind of metal?

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Actually he did, watch on 6min

 

Heard it's gonna be carbon fiber like the premium thinkpads

 

Some of the videos stated that the y50 is brushed aluminum.

The y40 has a carbon look so might be carbon.....but personally I don't believe it will at this price point.

For the cooling air is sucked through the bottom intake grill by a dual fan solution and evacuated next to the screen hinge ...same like a lot of laptops right now.

 

Brushed aluminum...wooow... So I can do a very high overclock with comfortable temperature while gaming..

Have I only choose who between 860m and r7 265m(?) r7 270(?) perform better.. For now I focused on AMD side...because gpgpu is quite double in this two card, and unless the field nvida give a very high overclockability ( such as the vram on 650m with modded bios) I will choose r7



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The Y40 and Y50 look cool. I'll probably wait for more info on the possible Y70 before I make a purchase though.

 

Do note that lenovo has not announced the y70 officially. This is just some info I extracted from their teaser video that some guy was playing on the y50 during his presentation of the laptop. None of their press releases actually mention it.

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So guys, these are all the images i managed to source online.

 

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With all the Research and Investigation i've done online for the past few days, i managed to get an insight on the configuration of the Y50.

Processor: Its verified to be Core i7 4702MQ (2.2 -3.2Ghz).

GPU: Nvidia GTX 860M with Optimus, so there's a very high possibilty that the Nvidia GPU is working along side the Intel HD 4600 (watch this video in HD and ud see that at the Dispay nav. of the Device Manager Window, you could see two GPUs Lenovo Y40/Y50 Gaming Laptop Hands-on - YouTube Closely look at 00:50).

Display: 1080p for base config but upgradable to 4K. For Touch models, its definitely Glossy because of the glass in front but im not sure if its gonna be an IPS or TN panel. For non-touch model, Even if Lenovo says its matte, you might end up getting a glossy display( Learnt the hard way with the y510p) but we hope for the best.

Hard-Drive: Normal 1TB with 8GB caching SSD also upgradable to a pure 512GB SSD.

RAM: Up to 16GB.

DVD-Drive: None in the Laptop but probably extensible by using a USB DVD-Drive.

Sound: 2 Stereo Speakers with a Subwoofer underneath by JBL.

All in all, its a cool laptop with two fans. Here's a link to the laptop in Lenovo's Website: Lenovo Y50 Touch Laptop | 15.6" High-Performance Gaming Notebook PC | Lenovo (US)

 

Also, it seems Lenovo changed the Laptop charger from the old pin head to a cooler rectangular MacBook look alike. Hope it has the magnetic feature.

 

Screen is definetly IPS for 4k..you can see it in the earlier videos I posted because there is bo color shift however the guy is filming the laptop.
For the y40 screen is 100% TN visible from the very limited viewing angles in some of the videos.

Since it has only one gtx860(no more SLI) it's also sure that it will run optimus with the iGPU

Also are you sure it's i7 4702 ?
I'm nit sure but I remember seeing i7 4700 in device manager in a video...I will check when I get off from work.

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Anyone know how powerfull the 860m is? Is it better then 770m? If so, this laptop has an amazing price for it specs

 

The Lenovo rep in one of the videos I watched said a 4702MQ but it's possible that it's a 4700MQ on the actual hardware. I'll also look at the videos again. it's even a +1 if it is the 4700MQ, higher clockspeed(up to 3.4GHz).

 

All signs point to an OC 765M.

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Will the 860m be enough powerfull for watch dogs on medium? And cant i get a better gpu in the lenovo?

 

OK now is all clear for everyone:
Official data sheet: https://www.google.it/url?sa=t&amp...C&usg=AFQjCNHIw9ZbWtTyMsjLQOt5f2qTONt1UQ

Optional GPU rispectivly:

R7 270m ===> for y40
860m ===> for y5
Both 4gb vram

Problem is: I suppose r7 with overclock will ne quite better 860m overclocked


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Also to clarify: what the lenovo call r7 m270 is supposed to be an enthusiast card according amd presentation
http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com...5-M200-Graphics-Cards-414733-3.jpg?1389177685

So what is better? A greater GPU with a capped screen or a GPU slightly lower with a next gen screen for you?

I have the answer..I will buy that only for screen xD

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Sooo, a rebrand of the 8850M?

AMD Radeon HD 8850M - NotebookCheck.net Tech

Still weaker than the *DDR3* 750M, minus the awesome kepler overclocking. Laaame.

 

Ok so just to be clear... r7 270 is MUCH WEAKER than 860m...it will be about on par with the 850m MAYBE if we are lucky. R7 270 is not an enthusiast card.

If everyone looks at the official specs that lenovo released it's obvious that somehow they are lying to us.

Line 2 in the specsheet says DVD Drive....
Either the specs they released are wrong (wich i doubt) OR the CES laptop is not the final product as it clearly did not have a dvd drive...just a prototype that will never go into mass production

I knew it was too good to be true



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Does the y40/y50 have better build quality than their y410/y510p predecessors?

 

Probably not, but don't take my word for it.

As for the DVD, don't give up hope, i have seen dvd drives in laptops thinner than the Y50.

 

I hope , DVD drive or no, that the Y40/Y50 has the same look from CES.

 

That's not the point...i actually like the fact that it has a dvd drive...that way i can swap in a caddy and ssd.

The idea is that a dvd drive means a whole different chasis. If they change something this major then all the suppositions we are making on this thread based on what we saw at CES are for nothing. It will be a whole different machine then the one we saw at CES.

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If its a different chassis that'll be definitely disappointing, because of the cool looks of the laptop that was shown at CES. Not to mention that's the picture they're showing on the Lenovo site too, so it'll definitely make for some not-so-happy potential customers if they pull a "bait and switch".