Lenovo IdeaPad Z570: Style Comes Cheap

Thankfully, HD playback is effortless. A 1080p video runs while using just 2-3 per cent CPU utilisation which is quite literally close to nothing. HDMI connectivity means that you can play movies from the laptop on a large screen TV.

Touch-sensitive buttons next to the right-hand side speaker

The display is bright and vibrant. Colour rendition is natural too. Although it uses a glossy screen, it’s hard to hide the average performance in the darker regions of scenes. Viewing angles are pretty poor as well. Overall though, the visual experience is great as long as you’re sitting right in front of the laptop. If you exclude the average contrast ratio, it’s actually a decent screen. Audio quality is decent but  the speakers aren’t very loud .

Even with benchmarks running, we noticed no heating whatsoever on the top surface of the laptop. There is some heating on the lower surface, towards the centre of the laptop which is noticeable when you place the laptop on your lap. The laptop is extremely quiet and the cooling very effective. The test of battery life using our stringent battery drain test went pretty well. The 6-cell battery powered the laptop on for 1 hour and 19 minutes, which although not excellent, but is still good for a laptop in this price range.

Verdict

Pretty and feature-rich

The IdeaPad Z570 sells for Rs. 33,190, which makes it easily one of the more affordable laptops around. The Z570 has a lot going for it. It might not be a workhorse and you most definitely will not be playing Crysis on it. One thing’s for sure though, it has a ton of features that matter and a good design and for the majority of the tasks that you'll need it to do, it will do just fine.