Lenovo VeriFace program with built-in web camera recognizes your face and makes a digital image, determines the main features, and on the basis of all this forms an information card that is used in the future as a password to login.
Also on the disc found a program ShuttleCenter II - is a kind of substitute for the operating system of integrated multimedia player.
With ShuttleCenter II user can view the video, DVD-drives, photos, and listen to music.
Another program, called CyberLink Power2Go, allow the owner of Lenovo U110 burn a CD and DVD-discs.
The program has an intuitive and friendly interface. Moreover, it russifitsirovana and therefore understand her work is not difficult.
The disc also presents a limited-time version of Antivirus 2007 and Norton Antivirus program EasyCapture 2.5, which will shoot video and photos with the built-in web camera.
Well, in general, and all that can be found in the box for notebook Lenovo U110, and that is supplied. We turn to appearance.
Lenovo U110 | Appearance
Consider a laptop Lenovo U110 closer. From outside the notebook is made of opaque rough plastic, which, according to editors THG, is a clear advantage, because it does not have to constantly wipe their own finger prints with glossy surfaces notebook
On the upper lid and partially on the underside of the surface caused ornament in the form of various scrolls that definitely gives your laptop more glamorous look, and can serve as a good incentive for young women to consider this particular model to purchase.
In addition to the ornament on the upper lid Lenovo U110 flaunt company logo products, made of matte metal letters.
Sama lid is attached to the body Lenovo U110 on two spring-loaded hinges that allowed not to install latches on the case of the notebook. In this case, the lid in the closed state adjacent to the body virtually without gaps, and loops, in turn, cover a speaker cone, preventing the ingress of dust inside. It should also say that the lid is not fully expanded - the maximum, you can open it for about a hundred and twenty degrees.
At the bottom of the Lenovo U110 can see the four rubber feet, with two hind legs higher than the front, thus achieved the desired lean laptop for comfortable work. Also there are vents for intake of cold air, two battery latch and the compartment under the lid with two screws for access to terminals of memory.
I would like to note that, to avoid overheating the notebook, is strongly not recommended during work to install it on the soft fleecy surface, thereby blocking access to the exacerbation of outside air.
Pay attention to the functionality of a laptop Lenovo U 110. On the back side can be seen only from the battery.
On the left, the closer to the user, is a connector for the power supply from AC power, 15-pin D-sub for connecting an external monitor or LCD panel, the grid for the release of hot air from the notebooks, two USB sockets and a switch to on / off switch built-in adapter WiFi.
On the right, the closer to the user, we see the Lenovo U110 jack lock Kensington, RJ-45 connector to connect a network cable, port USB, 4-pin IEEE 1394 (Firewire), microphone input, headphone output, universal "reader with the support of memory cards MMC, MS, MS pro, SD, SD pro, xD. Or, we caught a specimen, or was intended as a producer, but the "card reader" there was no cap, so the editors THG advised to purchase and install a card reader any memory card. Given that the cost of memory cards is constantly decreasing, it is possible for relatively little money to get a substantial increase in disk space and avoid getting dust inside the laptop. By the way, we encourage you to read our recent review of the SD card to select the most appropriate model. Closest to the user is an ExpressCard slot 34 for modules and expansion cards.
It is worth noting the lack of Lenovo U110 RJ-11 and, accordingly, a modem to connect to the internet via the telephone network. Today, given the proliferation of wireless technologies (WiFi) access and dedicated Internet service providers from the local modem is not particularly needed. Also worth mentioning is the fact that, despite the compactness of the model, all ports are free and do not interfere with the use of each other.
At the front end Lenovo U110 are two panels of indicators, which represent a continuation Button Touch Pad, coming down with a pad to rest the wrists, and signal the status of the notebook. All the indicators there are three - two LEDs on the left panel, and one indicator on the right.
Consider these indicators in order from left to right. First - this is the power indicator. If it is lit in blue light constantly, so a laptop powered on, if blinking - notebook is in sleep mode. The second indicator shows battery status and burns orange during charging. Degree battery charge is determined by the color and condition of the indicator. The third - shows what wireless adapters are included at the moment. Orange indicates that the included Bluetooth, blue - including WiFi, magenta - includes both wireless adapter. Other indicators or connectors on the front side there. This concludes our description of the functionality of a laptop Lenovo U 110 and see what he has under the lid.
And under the lid at the Lenovo U110 - a glossy splendor. All, and the keyboard, and the framing of the keyboard and wrist pad to rest, and even the matrix is a brilliant gloss.
Matrix Lenovo U110 is a frameless screen - no frames, and the matrix itself has a black border at the same level, with no gaps. On top of the screen, in the middle of the black border, you find a web-camera with a resolution of 1.3 megapixels. The right of the web-camera has a built in microphone with two holes to improve the quality of sound recording, and the left, under the glossy coating of the screen, located antenna wireless adapter (WiFi) and an indicator of activity web-camera.
At the bottom of frameless screen on the right are the three indicators of a laptop - all blue. If you look left - right, the first indicator shows hard disk activity, the second says that the activated Num Lock, and the third - Caps Lock.
We turn to the body Lenovo U110. The lion's share of its area is the keyboard. This is a standard 83-button model, all the buttons which are made of glossy plastic. This move seems a dubious products, because after a long work on this keyboard, it looks like, to put it mildly, not neatly.
Above the keyboard on the left are: push button Lenovo U110 and tiny buttons "novo". It is extremely interesting. If the laptop is turned off, then when you click on this button starts utility OneKey Recovery (restoration of the operating system a key). Using this function must be very careful, as there are likely to lose all data on drive C. When the power is on and laptop operating system is loaded, pressing this button you can change the configuration of the system power consumption.
More fine-tuning system adjusts the power button and "novo" can be done in the program Lenovo Energy Management. Generally, vesbma was strange to find a laptop special button start the recovery process. How would this, on the contrary, did not cause unnecessary problems. Surely the owners of Lenovo technology so often have to restore your operating system?
Right above the keyboard Lenovo U110 is another interesting development - inductive touchpad. Initially this panel to dim orange indicator lights to reduce / increase, as well as mute the volume. To activate the touchpad and see the other buttons to hold your finger along the panel. The panel consists of five buttons, framed by ornamentation, right two buttons we have already mentioned. The first button on the left opens a window for setting the function Dolby, the following two are customizable and the user can "hang" on these buttons to launch any program.
Under the keyboard is the panel for the wrist rest and touch-pad with two buttons. Panel for the wrist rest is very small, just put it on your hands, but rather, it is not lack, as the panel size is determined by the dimensions of a laptop and its keyboard. In this model, the manufacturer opted for the keyboard, and we on our part to fully support. Pro Touch Pad nothing special to say, it is also small, with good accuracy, with no false positives.
Lenovo U110 | Ergonomics and first impressions
Housing, which compiled laptop Lenovo U110, made of good plastic, with the push of nowhere does not bend, does not creak. But if you close the lid of a laptop with only one hand, the distinctly heard some pops and slight creak. Therefore, to avoid potential problems with the screen in the future, editors THG recommended to close the lid Lenovo U110 with two hands, holding the corners of the screen.
Display Lenovo U110 glossy and supports HD-ready resolution of 1366x768 pixels, which corresponds to the aspect ratio 16х9 is cinematic and increasingly popular among manufacturers, so the viewing of videos on a laptop Lenovo U110 will be quite comfortable if you do not take into account the small screen diagonal. Display pleased excellent contrast and clarity, it has a large reserve of brightness, which will work even in bright daylight. However, it is said that when working in the premises must have a laptop so that the light source is behind the screen, otherwise the matrix will display a glossy luster and your face. Overall we liked the screen.
The keyboard installed in the notebook Lenovo U110, we are also very pleased. Despite the glossy finish, quality of the keyboard itself is very high. Keys for such a small notebook rather large, triggering confident, clear, type the text - a pleasure. The only downside, in our opinion - a fairly dense arrangement of the keys relative to each other, so the lady with manicures at risk to get a fingernail between the keys and break it.
As we already mentioned, touch-pad has a good accuracy, and works with no false positives. The surface of the touch-Pad slightly rough, finger slides on it with confidence and at the same time, easily. The only complaints about the buttons - they are pressed gently, but somehow vague, there is no clarity.
Audio system Lenovo U110 us a little disappointed. At the maximum volume level almost unheard of. Rather, for the sake of design, than common sense, the manufacturer placed the speaker cone so that they are not directed to the listener, as him. Speakers and so weak (half a watt), but still play in the other direction. Would be logical to advise those who would like to sound normal, carry a mobile headphones or speakers.
Lenovo U110 runs very quiet, despite the constantly running fan, but given the background noise in a typical office, the laptop can not hear at all. Even with the CPU load of about seventy percent of the noise level has not increased, the fan speed is not increased, and the body as a whole, not warmed, the temperature increase is felt only on the left side where hot air is emitted. There Corps to become a little warmer, so to work, holding laptop on his knees, can safely, without fear of burns. Also manifest-designed cooling system and use Intel processors with low power consumption and heat dissipation.
Lenovo U110 | Detailed specifications
At the beginning of this article, we have a table with specifications Laptop Lenovo U110. Now it is time to further investigate these parameters. Laptop built on Intel GM965 chipset with integrated graphics GMA X3100, able to reserve for their own use up to 358 megabytes of RAM.
Since laptop Lenovo U110 is not positioned as a game, no one expects that this video will show any high performance in 3D-shooter games or benchmarks. GMA X3100 is enough to accelerate the Windows Vista Aero and watching videos in HD-resolution, as it will be enough to run World of Warcraft or some level of Quake 3. The processor in the Lenovo U110 is installed with low power consumption and, consequently, with reduced heat, allowing the system "live" from the battery for quite a long time. For more information about battery life, you will learn below. Chip Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo L7500 is made for 65-nm technology and is based on core Merom. The nominal clock frequency of his equals 1.6 GHz, while working in a power saving mode clock frequency is reduced to 1,2 GHz.
As for RAM, then such a decision rather typical for technology Sony - in the Lenovo U110, one gigabyte, soldered to the motherboard, and the second set in the slot. In such a configuration capable of carrying a laptop on board to three gigabytes of RAM.
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