off) and high scenario (max display brightness, WLAN etc. 8.7 Watts in our medium (max display brightness, WLAN etc. In the other idle scenarios the power consumption does not increase too much. off) it just demands 6.1 Watts, while the B570e needs 8.3 Watts and the B560 even 11 Watts. While idle with maximum energy-saving settings (min display brightness, WLAN etc. When its energy-saving solutions are used, the notebook can score points and also performs well compared to its predecessors.
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The power consumption of the Lenovo B590 is fortunately low. Many processors from the former generation (Sandy Bridge) are slower than the 3110M CPU, e.g. With 9226 points, HP's ProBook 4540s ( 3110M, HD Graphics 4000) is again faster than the B590. In the Cinebench R10 multi-rendering benchmark the 3110M processor reaches 9126 points. However, even laptops with Intel’s 2350M processor ( HP ProBook 4530s ( 2350M, HD Graphics 3000)) can perform worse with 3799 points. The 3110M achieves 4209 points here so the B590 is insignificantly slower than other laptops with a 3110M, such as HP's ProBook 4540s ( 3110M, HD Graphics 4000) which achieves 4243 points in this benchmark. First, we test the performance of a single-core by means of Cinebench R10's single-rendering test. We use Cinebench R10 to check its performance. Alike most processors of the Sandy Bridge family the 3110M also has a TDP of 35 Watts and is fairly common in 14-inch notebooks or larger. Thanks to Hyperthreading it can run up to four threads simultaneously, but it lacks TurboBoost. The 3110M clocks at 2.4 GHz and features two cores. Overall, keyboard and touchpad leave a decent impression. The two mouse buttons in front of the touchpad have a rather short travel and click loudly. If you prefer to surf with a mouse, you can also completely disable the touchpad.
#Lenovo b590 essential windows#
Multi-touch is particularly handy in Windows 8. Thanks to multi-touch, you can also scroll with two fingers and vertical wipe through documents or web pages. On the right side of the touchpad there is a vertical scrolling area.
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In addition, it is haptically and optically separated from the palm rests. Due to the slightly dimpled surface, the fingers slide well on the touchpad. During normal typing, the keyboard will not give at all or only to a negligible extent.įortunately, the touchpad with a diagonal of 106 mm (~4.2 inches) (width: 93 mm/~3.7 in, height: 57 mm/~2.2 in) is big. However, this only happens in our selective pressure tests. As already mentioned in the case section, the keyboard gives slightly in its center. If the B590 is your first notebook from Lenovo, you might have some problems with the small enter and shift key at the beginning, which should resolve after a while. Nevertheless, the stroke is comfortable and delivers a notable feedback. The tapping is not too loud, but sounds like plastic, which might reduce the quality experience. Therefore, the typing should also be convenient for users with big hands. The gap between the keys is about 4 mm (~0.16 inches). The concave surface should increase typing precision and speed. Die keys of 14 x 14 mm (~0.55 x 0.55 inches) size are sufficiently big. The B590 comes with a fully fledged keyboard with numeric pad on its right side. In addition, Lenovo offers a number of options that extend the warranty for a surcharge. The B590 comes with a one-year bring-in warranty. Furthermore, the second RAM slot is free. After removing two screws, you gain access to hard drive, RAM, WLAN module and the fan of the cooling system. On the underside of the notebook there is a big hatch, which hides the hardware. Lenovo only delivers the notebook itself, the battery, the 230V power adapter and the usual leaflets. Included accessories are comparable to other consumer notebooks. The reception performance is even decent 10 meters (~33 feet) away from the sender with two concrete walls in between.
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Signal level and transmission quality are stable regardless of the distance.
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We could not detect any problems in our WLAN reception tests.
#Lenovo b590 essential Bluetooth#
Bluetooth version 4.0 is available too, but UMTS is not. Apart from Gigabit Ethernet from Realtek, it comes with a Broadcom WLAN adapter, which supports WLAN standards 802.11 b/g/n. Lenovo's B590 offers everything an average user needs.