Lenovo Ideapad V360 Battery Life and Benchmark Results

Yesterday I lugged both my Macbook Pro and Lenovo Ideapad V360 to a business network meeting. I seriously thought it was insane and unnecessary to weigh myself down. However, the weight increased wasn’t back breaking. Thank goodness.

Lenovo Ideapad V360 General Battery Life

If you’re constantly browsing the web, the battery will last you a good 3-4 hours. The standby is pretty impressive as well. On standby, it can last up to 6-hours or more. Thanks to its power saving mode either in the operating system or the machine.

From my observation, the standby has 2 phases. The first is to turn off the monitor and the second is to put the computer on sleep mode. But the standby test was done by leaving the computer alone. Meaning, I left it there and didn’t touch it at all.

On the daily basis of opening the notebook, browsing and closing without powering down, you can expect the battery life to last probably 3 hours.

I’ve to personally say this battery life review isn’t complete yet. I’d still like to see how long can the battery withstand constant movie viewing and music listening. So, I’ll get back to you on that later.

Lenovo Ideapad V360 Benchmarks

The tool I used to generate these results were from Futuremark. Using both their PCMark and 3Dmark software. And no, it wasn’t a pirated neither an original version.

Generally, the Lenovo Ideapad V360 performed well in the video and spreadsheet segment of the benchmark.

A note of caution if you use this software, beware the insane browser simulation flicker. It totally reminded me of those TV programs which warn you it contains fast moving images. Lol.

When it came to gaming, the Lenovo Ideapad V360 couldn’t handle heavy graphics. The frames per second (FPS) was either 0 (zero) or less than 10. However, this is highly dependent on any game settings.

And what would interest me more, how will the Lenovo perform with Starcraft 2 installed?

Ooh ooh. I forgot to mention I can only share the 3DMark scores with you because for some odd reason, PCMark didn’t display the machine scores.

There’s 1 other test I’d like to try but I’ll need to get the approval from Intel Malaysia, P1 and Lenovo Malaysia first.

The drop test.

Lenovo IdeaPad V360 Wimax-inside Laptop Photos and Quickie

If you follow me on Twitter, you’d know I’ve the unreleased Lenovo IdeaPad V360 laptop with Wimax-inside in my hands now. And no, I didn’t steal it. It’s a review unit from Intel-P1 (and Lenovo) for me to experience the Wimax-inside technology built into this laptop. So far, I’ve completed the Lenovo V360 road test – literally, all the way pass Tractors Malaysia to Puchong Utama.

Now, it’s time to formally introduce the Lenovo IdeaPad V360 with Wimax-inside notebook to you. In short, I find it lightweight, convenient with Wimax, average lasting battery but more than enough to handle your office and blogging-on-the-go needs.

Here’s a visual description of the Lenovo V360. Kicking it off with the Lenovo box. At first glance, when I saw the box, I thought the unit was pretty big. But the 13″ laptop inside is really nicely sized.

Lenovo IdeaPad V360 Powered by

On the bottom right of the keyboard, you’ll find the logos from NVIDIA, Intel Core i3, Windows 7 and Wimax forum. Including, Lenovo’s finger print scanner. Nonetheless, I was surprised to find a sticker to signify the Wimax built into the laptop. Because when I attended the What’s Inside bloggers event, one of the concerns was how to tell if a netbook or notebook had Wimax-inside. So, I guess this was the solution – easy.

Lenovo logos and mouse surface

This is a common sticker used by Lenovo to tell you what solutions are installed into this system. But what I like more about this area, is the mouse surface on the Lenovo. It’s got a bumpy (and slightly rubbery) surface. Great feeling when using it. Much better than the red dot IBMs had.

Lenovo IdeaPad V360 ports

The ports are only located on the left and right. And I found it surprising to find 2 port types on this notebook. They were; eSATA and HDMI. It looks to me eSATA is becoming a common port very soon. As for the HDMI port, I guess it’s to use your laptop as an alternative media player if you’re not purchasing a standalone version.

Lenovo IdeaPad V360 Technical Specifications

I couldn’t find the official information on Lenovo’s website. But based on the Wimax Inside website, the specifications are:

Processor	Intel Core i3 @ 2.27 GHz
Operating System	Windows 7 Home Premium
Hard Disk Space	500GB SATA HD (7200rpm)
Memory	2048MB (2GB) DD3 SDRAM
Graphic Card	NVIDIA GeForce 305M 512MB
Bluetooh	Yes
Wireless Connectivity	Intel Centrino Advanced-N + Wimax 6250 / WiFi ready
Display	13.3″ (glossy surface)
Battery	6-cells

And you know what I realized, there is no CD/DVD drive! Doh.

Well, I hope this visual coverage was helpful to some who may be wondering what the Lenovo IdeaPad V360 looks like and possibly, what is offered. If you’ve additional technical questions, you may want to pose them to Lenovo. They’ve got a Twitter account too.