Meet The Lenovo Ideapad U650 - Another Macbook Air Rival

Lenovo has unveiled more goodies after its rather tasty S12 12.1-inch Netbook. This time, the Lenovo Ideapad U350 will get heads turning with a sublime design, with .... a silver shell.

Weighing around 1.6Kg and measuring less than 25mm thick, the laptop will prove to be a worthy alternative to Apple's Macbook Air, especially as it carries an entry level suggested retail price of $649.

It comes with a 13.3-inch LED backlit screen (1366x768 pixels) powered either by a Intel GMA 4500M or 4500MHD graphics module , a choice of three possible Intel processors (Celeron 723 1.2GHz, SU2700 1.3GHz, Core 2 Solo SU3500 1.4GHz), up to 8GB memory and up to 500GB storage.

Apart from the 1.3MP webcam, there's 3 USB ports, the usual assortment of connectivity options (WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet) and the possibility to choose between Windows Vista Basic or Premium edition.

Lenovo has also thrown in a HDMI connector as well as a number of proprietary technologies like Veriface facial recognition, its Onekey Rescue system as well as the Active Protection System.

To cap everything, you can kit the laptop either with a four-cell or eight-cell battery which will give either four hours or 10 hours of usage respectively.

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