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日本Lenovo V17 Gen 2 – Top 5 Pros and Cons
The term “budget laptop” has been thrown around here and there, but we feel like there are only a few devices that embody the values and characteristics of a truly budget laptop.
One of them is the IdeaPad 3 series from Lenovo, which brings very good value for money hardware and design. Lenovo decided to try and one-up themselves, resulting in a less expensive laptop, that still offers decent hardware and more.
Today we present you with LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the Lenovo V17 Gen 2.
Lenovo V17 Gen 2: Full Specs / In-depth Review
4 reasons to BUY the Lenovo V17 Gen 2
1. Upgradeability
The laptop’s upgradeability isn’t perfect, but it does come with a good port selection. Once you open up the device, you can see half of the RAM being soldered, along with a single SODIMM RAM slot. In terms of storage, there is one M.2 PCIe x4 slot and space for a 2.5-inch SATA drive.
Here is our teardown video, which shows how to access all the slots on the laptop.
2. Display quality
There are two display options, with a 1600 x 900p TN panel, which you should just skip because the Full HD IPS option that we see here is fantastic. It comes with comfortable viewing angles, a max brightness of 356 nits in the middle of the screen, 334 nits as an average for the whole area, a maximum deviation of 8%, and a 1230:1 contrast ratio. The more interesting thing is the 97% sRGB coverage, which makes the laptop excellent for Creativity.
This is further established with the color accuracy, as our Design and Gaming profile does a really good job at getting the colors in order, reaching a dE value of 1.1. Here are the results of our test with the stock settings (left) and with our profile applied (right).
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Kontorsarbete
Office Work bör främst användas av användare som tillbringar den mesta tiden med att titta på textstycken, tabeller eller bara surfa. Den här profilen syftar till att ge bättre tydlighet och klarhet genom att behålla en platt gammakurva (2,20), ursprunglig färgtemperatur och perceptuellt korrekta färger.
Design och spel
Den här profilen riktar sig till designers som arbetar professionellt med färger, även för spel och filmer. Design and Gaming tar skärmpaneler till sina gränser och gör dem så exakta som möjligt i sRGB IEC61966-2-1-standarden för webb och HDTV, vid vitpunkt D65.
Health-Guard
Health-Guard eliminerar skadlig pulsbreddsmodulering (PWM) och minskar negativt blått ljus som påverkar våra ögon och vår kropp. Eftersom den är skräddarsydd för varje panel lyckas den hålla färgerna perceptuellt korrekta. Health-Guard simulerar papper så att trycket på ögonen minskas kraftigt.
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3. Battery life
The laptop is powered by a 45Wh battery pack, which lasts for 8 hours and 45 minutes of Web browsing, or 6 hours and 57 minutes of video playback. Now, we conduct the battery tests with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits, and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with.
4. I/O
The I/O on the laptop sports a single USB 2.0 port, a Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) port, and a Type-C 3.2 (Gen. 1) port. Next, we have an HDMI 1.4 port, an SD card reader, and a 3.5 mm audio jack.
1 reason NOT to buy the Lenovo V17 Gen 2
1. Design and build quality
The plastic chassis on the design isn’t one of the strongest that we have tested, not by a long shot. The lid and base twist and flex significantly. Thankfully, the dimensions are portable enough to justify it, as the device has a weight of 2.20 kg and a thin profile of 19.9 mm. The lid also doesn’t open with one hand.
