Lenovo IdeaPad N585 – 59359186 Overview

The brand new Lenovo IdeaPad N585 – 59359186 15.6-inch laptop model is here to deliver a usable Windows 8 computing experience at an extremely cheap price. Featuring the latest AMD E1-1500 dual-core processor at 1.48GHz, conventional capacity of 4GB of RAM memory, and a less than averagely sized 320GB hard drive, Lenovo’s N585 – 59359186 doesn’t win benchmark victories, but it will enable you go online, complete office tasks, and play high-def multimedia, and all that for a price of only $280.

As you can see in the chart above, AMD’s E1 is among the lowest end laptop CPUs on today’s market. Any step up from the E1 is a good investment which will save you from sluggishness in some more hardware-demanding situations, but you will have to be ready to shell out more than $300.

To complement the entry core components, the N585 – 59359186 additionally provides all the features an average laptop on the market today has. It brings a DVD burner if you still make CDs and DVDs, a six-cell battery (with no official info on battery life), a 720p camera for Skype and other online chats, stereo speakers with sound enhanced by Dolby Audio, four USB ports for your peripherals and extrnal storage devices, HDMI and VGA screen connections, a 2-in-1 media card reader for reading your SD and MMC cards and Wi-Fi plus Gigabit LAN for Internet.

All this stuff is packed into a 1.4″ thick 5.6-pound casing, so the N585 – 59359186 is obviously rather a desktop replacement notebook than a companion of frequent travelers. What catches attention on this otherwise very simple looking notebook is the AccuType keyboard, well known for its ergonomics and it looks nice too.

Overall, the notebook will provide you with all necessary features at an unbeatable price. And price is probably the most important concern for those on a tight budget and many of them will accept somewhat low performance as a trade-off.

Lenovo IdeaPad N585 – 59359186 Specifications

• Display: 15.6-inch 1366-by-768-pixel
• Processor: AMD “Vision” E1-series E1-1500 dual-core at 1.48GHz
• Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 7310 integrated
• Memory: 4GB DDR3, expandable to 8GB
• Storage: 320GB hard disk drive at 5,400rpm
• Optical drive: DVD writer
• Webcam: 720p
• Audio: Stereo speakers, Dolby Advanced Audio v2
• Network: 802.11b/g/n wireless, Gigabit 10/100/1000 LAN, no Bluetooth
• Input: AccuType ergonomic keyboard with number pad, multi-touch trackpad with physical buttons
• Ports and Slots: 2 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x HDMI, 1 x VGA, 1 x 2-in-1 multimedia digital card reader
• Battery: 6-cell lithium-ion
• Dimensions: 1.4″ x 14.8″ x 9.7″
• Weight: 5.7 pounds
• OS: Windows 8 OS
• Warranty: 1-year