Lenovo IdeaPad Y700 15.6" Ultra HD IPS Gaming Notebook Computer, Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.6GHz, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB, Windows 10

2023-10-30T20:00:00

I bought this laptop in July 2016, and it just died this month (October 2023) over seven years later. I never expected such a long lifespan from a computer, let alone a laptop, but it just continued to work up until the very end. It would run hot, and it would have a habit of not sleeping after year four, but otherwise it was a great companion. I used it to play games, write papers, watch videos, surf the web, all of which it handled with ease. I'm taking a star off because it cooked itself to near death in a backpack once for no reason, but it was able to be saved, and for the poor battery life when not under a heavy load. I know Lenovo isn't making this computer anymore, but I would just like to leave a review because this laptop was such a reliable piece of machinery. It's a bittersweet goodbye, but I'm glad Lenovo made such a good laptop,

zgmb

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2023-04-17T20:00:00

This laptop destroyed the whole pre-installed original Windows 10 hdd in less than one year from purchase of the computer! Poof! and it was totally gone and out of reach with no change to save the 1TB capacity with all the content on it!!! That was a chock!! A direct HDD killer of a laptop this is! It's a catastrophic fault by Lenovo!

Lasse

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2020-11-17T19:00:00

I have been using my y700 for more than 4 years and I could not be more satisfied with this laptop! I have been using it for software development (with heavy weight dev environment), for editing with creative softwares (also heavy weight) (photo, animation, 3D), for gaming (full graph - and the fps is still very good - no need for running at medium level at all! e.g. WoT, Quantum break etc.) I have never had any problem with it.. I have never had to repair it or bring it to customer service.. The laptop is never warm. The only thing that could have been made better is the battery - but it is written in the specs description I did not wait 10 hours when gaming.. :) It lasts very long when using Office applications, though! And it is the best looking laptop with this performance and actually and unfortunately the only one! Even by Lenovo..

DaxialArray

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2020-11-04T19:00:00

I bought this laptop in 2016, and have only had problems with it since. EVERYTHING is broken- touchscreen, to battery life, keypad to hard drive, takes 3 hours of black screen to turn on, but if I leave it on overnight, then it won’t turn on at all in the morning. Overpaid for a piece of junk- terrible laptop, will never be buying from lenovo again.

VioletB

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2020-05-25T20:00:00

Works really well, I'm a learning developer and I use heavy softwares for video editing and animations and so far it's been super fast.

Chibuikem

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2020-04-19T20:00:00

its very good at gaming u can all gams at medium setting with high fps but

zaid a.

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2020-04-07T20:00:00

Good for gaming and work, just perfect for a balanced price!

Nuno P.

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2020-03-23T20:00:00

Honestly the best product and model. I have the IdeaPad Y700 since 2016 and it works great. Very high quality and has all the features I need. You pay more you get more! Thanks

Yazeed B.

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2020-03-18T20:00:00

Seems like a pretty decent piece of kit so far. The drivers need updating, though, and the website has been down so I've had to just deal wit the issues related to that but otherwise it's quite fine.

Ari F.

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2019-07-01T20:00:00

I bought this laptop because I wanted to use him for school, I normally spend my days working on after effects, Zbrush, you know, the heavy boys, but I thought that this pc would handle them but I was wrong, I thought it had like 4Gb graphics memory but instead is for discrete graphics, I cannot even load small textures on blender, not even minecraft can run smoothly on this pc. It was an illusion I guess. Disappointed.

amado_amado96

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2019-04-01T20:00:00

This laptop have good GPU and Ram amount but my friend had a problem with disk and sent it back on warranty an got a new one.

TTGames

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2018-12-02T19:00:00

The device is great but with lots of issues. -hi specs. -Good features. -Acceptable performance. -Always freezes. -Battery indicator is not accurate it drops suddenly.

EYO85

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2018-06-27T20:00:00

I love this computer I’ve had many new computers but all have clipped during music production DAW’s due to high cpu usage. I have stacked some of the most greedy synths into one track and all play at the same time without this amazing machine breaking a sweat. Thank you Lenovo!!

BOOG11487

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2018-06-08T20:00:00

I bought it a 2 weeks ago and honestly impresed by design and flow of software. Visual and sound are solid and a great deal to me. I'm eating a few apples on this Lenovo, my family loved it too.

Edhen512

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2018-05-31T20:00:00

I bought this Laptop 2 Yrs Ago. Modern games With heavy files work amazing! Browsing is very fast and videos are looking amazing in 4K! Thank you Lenovo!?

Ricco

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2018-04-25T20:00:00

Bought this for my wife for her photography software. Her other laptop kept freezing up and could not be expanded beyond 8GB of RAM. She loves the 3840x2160 display, the speed of start up and the ease of handling big RAW files. Added bonus is the sound system, keeps her rockin!

LenStem

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2018-04-23T20:00:00

This laptop really is a great buy, as my primary use is school and I wanted a powerful laptop it works great! However it is marketed as a gaming laptop which could be problamatic if it is your main priority for this laptop. The GPU is lacking to play AAA modern games and you will have to run low settings. GTX 960m is pretty outdated when it comes to games.

Corey93

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2018-04-20T20:00:00

Bought this a month ago and constantly facing issues but the biggest one has to be the keyboard. Constantly keeps failing (issue driver power failure) and the only way to recover is with a hard reset. Running the latest drivers/BIOS/Windows and no help from support. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT, it has been abandoned by Lenovo with faulty drivers

avagantamo

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2018-04-01T20:00:00

I got this laptop about two months ago, and I've been very happy with it so far. The built-in speakers especially have really impressed me, and I often find myself listening to music without headphones, something I avoided whenever possible with my old laptop. The keyboard also has nice feel, though the trackpad is a bit rickety for my tastes. The matte screen is provides great color, but mine developed a line of damaged pixels within a month of getting the computer. It looks like it's under warranty and I plan to get it fixed as soon as I get a chance, but it was still a bit disappointing.

jippijip

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2018-03-30T20:00:00

I bought the computer about 2 months ago, and so far, so good. Runs pretty quick, graphics are good, etc. No complaints so far. Would be nice if it had a cd/dvd drive in it, so that's the only downside convenience wise, but I can always get an external.

khite1986

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2018-03-22T20:00:00

I have seen complains about the screen failing, the sound breaking, etc. No, I don't have those problems. The problem I have, is with the GPU. It stutters, and stutters, and stutters. Yes, I have updated drivers. My bios is updated. I have Lenovo vantage. Everything is updated. The problem is with the temperature throttles. I've researched this problem, and others have it as well. Apparently, there is no way to fix it. Oh wait, I know how to fix it! Give me a new PC or my money back! Oh, but, my warranty has expired... Great. Thanks for bringing my hopes up. Now, all I have is a laptop that can barely play any game without constant stuttering and lag issues. Should have spent my money elsewhere.

void

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2018-03-21T20:00:00

This computer has been very stable and able to do everything required. Very fast, great sound and video.

krodapi

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2018-03-18T20:00:00

Everything was good except for fan making noticable sound

Monty27

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2018-02-20T19:00:00

Did not buy this for gaming purposes, more for the resolution of the screen for analyzing digital imagery data. Needed the high resolution and that is great. Needed large amount of RAM to handle the data processing and that worked out great. The storage capacity with the Solid State drive and harddrive worked out perfect. Will buy a few more for additional users in the future.

Ricky4444

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2018-02-17T19:00:00

I brought this a month back satisfied with product ,but this laptop will clearly get fingerprints on the surface ,and Nvidia GeForce GTX 960m 4gb is for mid range gamers could include GTX 980m 4gb graphic card ,last I would give rating for this 3/5

Gamerguest

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2018-02-11T19:00:00

i had this laptop configured to my specifications and it's amazing, lightning fast

GINO r.

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2018-02-10T19:00:00

I am using my machine for web browsing, document (esp. scientific) writing, programming (mostly python and R). I was looking for computational power and good memory, no gaming. The only noticeable limitation I had noticed until last Friday was poor microphone performance: when I place VoIP calls with google voice, my counterparts can hardly hear me, whereas on my end, speakers render their voice quite well. Last Friday, after I installed the latest Lenovo suite update, the system started freezing often. The mouse cursor hardly moved at all, or if it did with great delay, I could not switch between windows with Alt+Tab, or even bring up Task Manager with Ctrl+Shift+Esc. I am not sure it this is related running browsers other than Edge (Chrome and Firefox). Chrome is my default browser, and I was able to use it until then.

gzip

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2018-02-07T19:00:00

money vs value amazing , great performance , good quality

Marcelferras

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2018-01-24T19:00:00

Bought for my son as a Christmas gift. He uses it primarily for gaming (Arc and editing videos (Adobe Premiere). He loves it thus far. Of course he was coming off of a pretty old machine so anything would have been great in comparison. That said, he's ran into no barriers in his use of it.

The S.

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2018-01-20T19:00:00

Maybe this laptop has good hardware but: 1. it's working very slow on win10 2. win7 installation is not possible due to drivers error 3. settings in bios are very limited 4. from time to time keyboard does not respond

marcin_x

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