Review of Levono Y50 Laptop with 512 SSD 4K Resolution

After 5 years with my HP, I finally pushed the button on a new laptop. Core 7, 16GB RAM, 512 SSD, 4K Resolution

Pros:

Very nice construction - solid. Looks like a nice race car.
Lighter than I thought it would be for such a powerful machine.
Thin.
The surface of the keyboard feels wonderful. The area around the keyboard is not smooth like plastic or cheap metal, more comfortable and has texture.
Light up keyboard is cool, but I don't keep it on. The spacing of the keys is perfect for my hands. Big enough to have the number pad on the right.
SSD is amazing. Boots up and is ready to go quickly, about 30 seconds or less.
4K is ridiculous.
Acceptable number of USB slots and has HDMI and SD card slots.
RAM can run everything you would normally use at any given time.
Made mainly for gamers who like a lot of speed.

Cons:

Windows 8.1 is fine, just not used to it yet. I can't seem to turn off the touchpad with the mouse connected. Have to turn it off every time.
4K resolution makes text small.
My external monitor, although has high resolution, not 4K, so the resolution on the SyncMater is not exact when extended.
For editing images, the 15.6 inch display is gorgeous, but as beautiful as the image looks on the 4K display, the print never looks as good. I tend to use my SyncMaster for the editing part. The size of the tool bar is way too small to really read well. If I didn't know the software well enough, I'd be very frustrated. Can't make the size of the print big enough for my eyes.

Would I choose this computer again? Mostly yes. After using it for about 4 weeks, I don't know if I needed the 4K or the 512 SSD. The extra cost is not something to dismiss. I already use external hard drives for storage and how great does the resolution have to be before you get too spoiled. For $1,500 including tax, this laptop is a great machine with everything needed for years of use. I hope to get another 5 years out of this one.

I am very curious to find where the 4k screen option was for this laptop. All i can see is the pretty standard 1920x1080 option. Do you have a link to the model that you bought?

mjmackinnon wrote in post #17392678
I am very curious to find where the 4k screen option was for this laptop. All i can see is the pretty standard 1920x1080 option. Do you have a link to the model that you bought?

http://shop.lenovo.com …/lenovo/y-series/y50-uhd/

So what sort of display is it? Some form of IPS or OLED? is there any specs for the colour accuracy or gamit?

http://www.notebookche​ck.com …12-Notebook.124351.0.html

Looks like the color gamut is about 48% of AdobeRGB.

Thanks for the helpful replies. I've been away.

I bought the model that is not available at Best Buy, but from Amazon. The Levono website had it, but not available right away. The cost was $1349 and I have to say, I spent much more, of course, on the last few laptops due to technology being a lot less expensive now. For what I got, I am happy, but looking into a 4K monitor is around $500 and I wasn't ready for that. Still, my faithful Samsung is going to be used until I can afford something else.

I just found out that 4k resolutions were available on laptops now. I think I saw an ASUS ROG laptop with 4k and it was around $2500. Madness, if you ask me. I couldn't think at all how I could utilize a 4k display this small.

4k TV's are rapidly going down in price. I think I will get one of those first

I actually had no desire to get a 4K laptop. I thought it was ridiculous. Then I saw this one and saw the reviews and I don't regret it. The display is really beautiful, but I didn't need it. We looked into the 4K large TV, and they are amazing, but not needed right now. I'm very happy with the nice SONY we got at Costco. Laptops are kept for many years at my house so I like to get something that will last. I hope this one does.