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Lenovo Readies Y50 Refresh with GTX 960M Graphics and IPS Display

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seems they fixed what linus hated about it

at its price per performance its the only laptop worth buying imo

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/209816/lenovo-readies-y50-refresh-with-gtx-960m-graphics-and-ips-display.html

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Lenovo is giving final touches to its refreshed Y50 15.6-inch performance notebook, which it plans to launch this March. The refreshed Y50 will come in three variants, two of which will feature 4K Ultra HD IPS displays, and the third a 1080p full-HD IPS display. All three variants will feature NVIDIA's new GeForce GTX 960M graphics with 4 GB GDDR5 video memory. At the heart of the three will be Intel's Core i7-4720HQ processor (quad-core, 2.60 to 3.60 GHz, 6 MB L3 cache), backed by 8 GB or 16 GB of RAM. The top-spec variant will ship with a 512 GB SSD, while the others will offer a 1 TB + 8 GB hybrid drive. Prices will start at €1120, and go up to €1400. The target market will be EMEAI, which has an appetite for 15.6-inch notebooks.

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Holy crap yes!

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Now maybe i'll consider recommending it

Edit: If it'd had thunderbolt i'd buy one

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Holy crap yes!

not sure if its gonna be sold in NA

 since the target market is EMEAI (Europe, Middle East, Africa, India)

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not sure if its gonna be sold in NA

 since the target market is EMEAI (Europe, Middle East, Africa, India)

Oh... *sobs*

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(I think you forgot to include a source)

 

Seems pretty nice, although if the picture's any indicator, it looks like a glossy screen. Blech. :S

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Just a question, how much more power would the 4k panel use than the 1080p when not gaming? I'm hoping of getting the 4k panel but i'm also worried about the battery hit. 

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I just don't like that gaming notebooks these days all look like "gaming notebooks." I want a notebook I can travel for work with and not look like I have a toy for a laptop. The MSI GS60 Ghost would look like a nice laptop without the gaming series logo on the lid for example.

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Had one of the more recent Y50s... horrible battery life. Ended up selling it like 5 months later for a hundred dollar loss on craigslist.

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Just a question, how much more power would the 4k panel use than the 1080p when not gaming? I'm hoping of getting the 4k panel but i'm also worried about the battery hit. 

My guess is something betwen 10-20% more power than 1080p.

GPU and CPU need to work little harder even at idle and panel will take some extra power over 1080p too.

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cool but did they change the glossy screen too ?! That was the No.1 reason for me to gave that laptop a huge 'X' on my list ...

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Ok cool, looks like my plans for getting a 15" ultrabook has changed

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My buddy bought himself the last y50 around xmas, 1080p alright TN panel, 860m, hdd with ssd cache. It's great.  An even better one would be even better.  And the build is much much much much nicer than my HP pavilion.

 

$999 canadian or like $800usd.  

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You have got to be kidding me... I just bought the y50 with the 860m...

 

lenovos Y range change specs around every 6 months so they suck at maintaining value 

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You have got to be kidding me... I just bought the y50 with the 860m...

Don't worry, the 960M is basically the same card as the 860M from what I've heard from the rumour mill.

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You have got to be kidding me... I just bought the y50 with the 860m...

Well, the old one with 860m and 4k screen is 1,100 while the 960m one with 4k is 1,600.

So unless you hate the screen or find the battery life too short, I don't think you missed much.

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My buddy bought himself the last y50 around xmas, 1080p alright TN panel, 860m, hdd with ssd cache. It's great.  An even better one would be even better.  And the build is much much much much nicer than my HP pavilion.

 

$999 canadian or like $800usd.  

 

I'm on one right now. Pretty base model version - i5/860/8GB RAM/1TB HDD w/ 8GB SSD thing, but I'm pretty happy. The screen does leave some to be desired, and the touch pad isn't quite as nice as my old ASUS gaming laptop, but the rest of it is set up really nice. No major gripes even though I was slightly nervous about picking up this version.

 

With a better screen and a 960m I'd recommend it, no brainer.

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980m was like 97o, so 960m would be like a 950? Isn't that basically 750ti/860m?

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980m was like 97o, so 960m would be like a 950? Isn't that basically 750ti/860m?

960m would be like a 870m

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960m would be like a 870m

Why?

840m wasn't like 750m.

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With some overclocks 860M could come awfully close to the 870M. 960M will probably be overclocked 860M on GM107.

It'd be nice if you could still overclock the 860M. :(.

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