The new B470 "Essential" notebook features an all-black matte plastic design with textured horizontal lines on its display lid. The lid has rounded corners and the screen surround is covered in glossy plastics. The design is quite standard and unassuming, which is fine considering that it's an "Essential" business notebook. The only design element that might possibly make this notebook stand out from other business notebooks is its glossy plastics surrounding (and on) the display. The gloss will also collect fingerprints and dust easily.
The plastics used in the display are weak at the corners if you bend them inward, although, the "ripple" effect on the LCD isn't created. The lid as a whole just is not as durable as it should be; this could have been helped by adding a bit of brushed aluminum. The display's hinges are average; that is, it keeps the lid in place, but it's pretty easy to bend the display back and only somewhat harder to bend forward.
Under the keyboard inside the chassis is a hard metal backbone to keep the keyboard from flexing under pressure, a great move by Lenovo to help the otherwise average build quality. The bottom of the notebook holds a standard plastic matte build, and is extremely sturdy thanks to the strong chassis. Remove five screws to open the bottom up to upgrade the RAM, SIM card slot (select models), hard drive, and the Mini PCI Express Card slot compartment.
Price : Rp 4,733,300
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- Intel Core i5-2410M dual-core processor
- NVIDIA GeForce 410M (switchable to Intel HD),
- 4GB DDR3 RAM (1333MHz),
- 500GB Hitachi hard drive 5400rpm,
- Intel 802.11 b/g/n,
- Bluetooth 2.1,
- DVD-multi (dual layer) optical drive,
- 6-cell Li-ion battery (48Wh, 10.8V) ,
- Fingerprint reader,
- Integrated webcam,
- Weight: 6.61,
- Dimensions: 1.30 (H) x 9.22 (W) 13.37 (D),
- One-year limited warranty
