Coming soon - Y470P!

[GregPf]

i define keyboard flex is you depress a key with a hefty amount of force you can actually see, and barely feel, the actually plastic keyboard bending under the pressure. it's not THAT noticeable but definitely comes into play in my mind when addressing build quality.

I was going to say "mine doesn't do that" and then I looked closely when pushing on 'j' very hard.

Yes, I can see flex when pressing abnormally hard. Just barely, but it's visible.

No, I can't feel it, especially when using it normally.

Now, maybe were I really pounding on a game or a very angry email...

just placed my order for the mSATA 128gb drive so i will be making a separate post on that for everyone once i receive and install it (hopefully) successfully.

Definitely looking forward to it!

[GregPf]

You might want to check this out:

Processors — Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Monitor overview

It's a small tool from Intel that shows your clock speed varying as you do stuff -- AKA "Intel Turbo Boost."

Mine, on the i7, seems pretty binary: So low it's nearly shut off (like when I'm typing here) or up at 2.2GHz when something wants to consume computrons, like rendering a web page or running a game.

More than anything else, it's a demo that the clock varying tech actually does do something. Like, probably, keep it cool. And save battery. Amusing to watch. Not truly useful. But who does this stuff to be useful?

Note that right-click on it gives you a choice of sizes. That wasn't clear to me at first, and the big fat graph is, well, too fat for me.

[GregPf]

Did an little updating of my review post on the Y470p:

Random Gorp: Lenovo Y470p Initial Impressions

It's not a huge change, just some additions / changes that nearly all appeared in posts here. Just thought I'd let folks here know.

[thenamesian]

guys, thanks for the input & responses. i think the keyboard flex is more exaggerated near the top (at least on mine it's around the W and S keys).

another observation: i originally thought my laptop was made on 12-03-09 (looked like December 2009) but upon further thought i realized that the Chinese use a different date format than my American self. i have surmised that it must've been made on 2012-MARCH-09 (i put in the order on the 7th).

anyways, this thing seems to be a great bang for the buck. haven't experienced any cooling issues at all so far.

as far as the mSATA install, i will take pictures and show some detailed steps. this will be a huge learning process for me so all of you noobs, fear not, i will take all of the risks here. just got confirmation e-mail that it shipped out today so hopefully a walkthrough can be posted this week.

one question: what's the best way to make a backup disk for Windows? through Windows itself or through one of those pre-loaded programs? i'm yet to do this and i want to make sure i do it right.

[Baenwort]

When I've installed SSDs into laptops in the past I've always used Acronis(or in the case of Intel drives their included version) as it resizes the partition to fit on your new drive provided you have enough space.

Solid State Drive Support in Acronis Products | Knowledge Base

Just make sure you do the recommended changes to get windows to take full advantage of your SSD.

SSD - Install and transfer the Operating System - Windows 7 Forums

[Biker]

Hi all. I joined this board years ago when I was researching my first laptop - ended up going with a T43. It's still kicking with all its original parts, besides a replacement fan. BUT...I am now typing to you on my new Y470p.

In case anyone is still fighting with static/interference in their headphones, try this fix I found on Lenovo's forums:

1. Go to your Realtek Audio Manager. If you haven't messed with your taskbar too much, there's an icon there.

2. You need headphones plugged in for this step. On the right side of the window, right click on the green symbol under "Analog" and select "Connector Retasking."

3. Select "Line Out."

My headphone buzzing disappeared instantly when I selected this. Clearly the computer drives this jack differently depending on this setting. I haven't looked into the true reasons for this, but unless I notice poor sound quality in some other area, I will keep this as my setting. Hope this helps someone.

EDIT: The static came back sometime around the time I was messing with the audio manager in order to write this post. I hope you all are grateful! It's worse if I set the output to "headphones." But before it was absolutely gone...very curious. Note that I've noticed the static on 2 different pairs of headphones, both nice ones. So I don't think that's a big factor.

I'm still tweaking my new computer, no msata SSD planned just yet. Not sure if I'll be a regular visitor here, but you may see me around. Happy to help where I can...but some of you are more capable with computers than me. Cheers!

[JP$]

guys, thanks for the input & responses. i think the keyboard flex is more exaggerated near the top (at least on mine it's around the W and S keys).

another observation: i originally thought my laptop was made on 12-03-09 (looked like December 2009) but upon further thought i realized that the Chinese use a different date format than my American self. i have surmised that it must've been made on 2012-MARCH-09 (i put in the order on the 7th).

anyways, this thing seems to be a great bang for the buck. haven't experienced any cooling issues at all so far.

as far as the mSATA install, i will take pictures and show some detailed steps. this will be a huge learning process for me so all of you noobs, fear not, i will take all of the risks here. just got confirmation e-mail that it shipped out today so hopefully a walkthrough can be posted this week.

one question: what's the best way to make a backup disk for Windows? through Windows itself or through one of those pre-loaded programs? i'm yet to do this and i want to make sure i do it right.

Just read this post in the y470 owner's lounge. May be helpful for migrating windows during your msata ssd install. It's Post 2648 in the thread: Lenovo Y470 and Y570 Official Owners Thread

[thenamesian]

Just read this post in the y470 owner's lounge. May be helpful for migrating windows during your msata ssd install. It's Post 2648 in the thread: Lenovo Y470 and Y570 Official Owners Thread

thanks JP$, i will definitely be referencing that when i do my install. when i do it i will make a new thread dedicated just for the mSATA install/migration.

[LagunaCId]

This might be helpful to those seeking more battery life -
I am getting 6ish hours of battery life by setting the maximum processor speed to 50% on the advanced power settings for Energy Star.
And so far I haven't seen any real hit on performance. It's quite great!

[GregPf]

This might be helpful to those seeking more battery life -
I am getting 6ish hours of battery life by setting the maximum processor speed to 50% on the advanced power settings for Energy Star.
And so far I haven't seen any real hit on performance. It's quite great!

Thanks for finding this and posting it! I'm definitely going to keep it in mind.