The launch of IdeaPad Y710 notebook by Lenovo was recently announced in India. There are too many attractive features which will surely attract a vast number of customers.

This new laptop by Lenovo has a 17-inch screen with a 1440 x 900 resolution. Some of its other distinct and mind blowing features include ATI Radeon Mobility HD 2600, 512MB of RAM, WLAN connectivity, a Dolby Home Theatre system, an optional Blu-ray DVD reader and a performance control switch with Turbo mode for maximum power, which includes CPU overclocking and Quiet mode for saving energy.

 One of the most exclusive and unique thing about this laptop is that it has a hard drive of up to 320 GB with a speed of 5400rpm which also houses a second, hot swap drive.

Other than this, Lenovo for the first time has introduced RAID function in its new and exclusive laptop. This function will use both the hard drives simultaneously to achieve greater levels of input/output and data reliability. That’s not all; the RAID function also maintains mirror copies of the data on different drives to ensure complete data security.

Managing Director of Lenovo, India, Amar Babu reported, “There is significant excitement globally for this product given its top notch specs. The IdeaPad Y710 will revolutionalise the market with its hot-swappable twin 160 GB hard drive that gives the user 320 GB of storage space. With the option of a dedicated Game Zone keyboard for gamers, the IdeaPad Y710 is definitely a multimedia powerhouse.”

Lenovo has also kept in mind the aspect of entertainment and the selected models of Lenovo IdeaPad Y710 would come with Game Zone functionality. Game Zone includes enlarged directional buttons for enhanced game play, four user-customizable buttons and a secondary display showing system information such as CPU speed.

An integrated 1.3 megapixel camera and VeriFace face recognition software that instantly identifies the face of the user for the log-in and thus help eliminate the need to remember passwords, are other features of the Lenovo IdeaPad Y710.

As far as the looks are concerned, the laptop comes with a smooth, blue, metallic finish, decorated with halo lighting, accenting the top cover and backlit Lenovo logo. The Lenovo IdeaPad Y710 is priced at Rs. 78,000 and is available in all Lenovo authorized storefronts.