Rating: - Forget Password? Buy New Laptop!!!
Here is the short version of my review - "DONT BUY! IF YOU FORGET THE PASSWORD THEN YOU NEED TO THROW AWAY THE LAPTOP OR PAY $500 TO LENOVO TO REPLACE THE MOTHERBOARD AND HARDDRIVE.
I recently bought a Y510 Ideapad from Lenovo. Right out of the box the machine runs a program called Veriface which is supposed to be a face recognition application - this works well only if you are in a well lighted place otherwise it keeps complaining.
Rating: - Missing Hard Drive Capacity
160 GB just isn't what it used to be. When the dust settles plan on having a 105 GB hard drive. The missing 55 GB is allocated between the D-partition (27.1 GB) and the pre-installed OneKey Recovery feature. So if you need more hard drive capacity you might want to think about upgrading.
Rating: - Happy with purchase
I've had the Y510 for almost a month. I'm happy with it; its my first laptop purchase ever. I'm using it for very basic use but the internet is fast, the screen looks great and Vista is working well so far. Just hooked up a wireless printer - the installation was quick and easy. It's a little heavier then I would have liked, touch pad has a mind of its own sometimes but that could user error. Screen does show a lot of finger prints, but just wipe with cloth Lenovo provides and its fine. So far so ... Read More
Rating: - Be Careful with Your Purchase.
I purchased a Lenovo Y510 2 months ago. It works fine, is very responsive, with good memory, RAM, etc. To my shock, I recently found out that Lenovo does not make a Docking Station for the computer! In fact, they have no idea if they ever will. I spoke to their representatives for nearly an hour and got nowhere, other than stalling. When referred to the Complaint Dept. I got a recording. One would think that a professional (?) mfg. firm would provide ancillary support items!!!!