Lenovo IdeaPad Z580 Review: Almost The Perfect Budget Laptop

Conclusion

The Lenovo IdeaPad Z580 represents a great value thanks to its combination of good build quality, a solid keyboard and touchpad, good performance, and six hour battery life. The only areas that need improvement are the screen -- 1366x768 is low and hard to be productive with -- and speakers, which sound tinnier than expected. The fan also has a slight whine but isn't loud enough to be annoying.

I'm willing to forgive all of these items as none of other notebooks in this price range offer anything better and struggle to match the Z580 in its other qualities.

Pros:

• Nice design
• Good performance
• Solid keyboard
• Well priced

Cons:

• Low screen resolution
• Slight fan whine

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* Ratings averaged to produce final score